Nyege Nyege to give a platform for budding creatives to showcase their talent

This year’s Nyege Nyege festival, slated for November 14th to 17th, is in a new edition dubbed “Afrogalactic Carnival.” It will incorporate the all-new Nyege In the City daytime program, seeking to showcase a variety of experiences within Jinja City with the intention of delivering a more wholesome, uniquely Ugandan experience.

Doubling as the 9th edition of the festival, the festival will include a new, carefully curated ” Nyege In The City” daytime program with experiences spread across Jinja City. This program will include guided tours, fine dining experiences, water-based activities on the Nile, and cultural experiences, culminating in the party experience at the festival grounds.

While addressing the media at Talent Africa Group offices on Tuesday evening, the festival organizers re-echoed their continued partnership with Jinja Authority to co-organize the festival, which is fueled by the desire to drive further socio-economic impact by providing opportunities for various service providers within the city center.

Derek Debru, the CEO of Nyege Nyege, said, “This edition is keen to highlight the unique value proposition towards the creative and cultural sector in the country by offering a platform for budding creatives to showcase their talent, as well as uniting revelers in the diverse Ugandan culture through partnerships with various regional cultural festivals and dance troupes.”

The festival line-up which includes 10 cultural dance troupes, DJs, and artists from global music houses will be unveiled as the festival draws to a close.

The first round of this year’s lineup includes performances from within and outside Africa. These include premiers from Teso megastar Patrick Atude, cultural performances from the Batwa Dance Group, Otim Alpha, festival staples-the Burundi Cultural drummers and special appearances from Soweto’s Legendary selector RMBO, Tash LC, Bacardi house OG Dadaman, French folk pioneer Emmanuele Parennin, Norwegian folk noise artist Stuurle Garland, Nkisi from DRC and many more.

Returning this year is the much-anticipated Dark Star Stage which will showcase some of Africa’s most daring experimental artists, the main stage, Hakuna Kulala Stage, and the return of the Reggae stage headlined by special guest Cali P from Jamaica.

Once again, Nyege Nyege is partnering with Talent Africa Group to organize the immersive Nyege In The City experience.

Aly Alibhai, the CEO of Talent Africa Group, said, “We are closely working with the Jinja City Authorities to bring forth new experiences outside the festival grounds that give revelers a deeper appreciation of Jinja City and Uganda at large. We have taken our due diligence to ascertain safe and the best partnerships with different businesses within Jinja to bring Nyege in the City to life.”