Music festival Africa Oyé has announced a free online event scheduled for Friday, July 16th, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. The show will be available to watch again any time afterwards.
Several performances have been announced for the festival, including 2018 festival headliner, Rocky Dawuni; Cape Verdean singer-songwriter, Elida Almeida; and Kasai Masai.
The show will also feature DJ sets from BBC Radio 1Xtra’s DJ Edu and BBC World Service regular, Emily Dust.
The digital special will also feature interviews with the festival team, past and present, as well as a delve into some archive festival footage.
Africa Oyé – the long-running celebration of the music and culture of Africa and the Diaspora – usually takes place on the summer solstice weekend in Sefton Park every year. However, the ongoing pandemic has forced the event’s organizers to explore digital options for the last two years.
Paul Duhaney, Artistic Director, said “It became clear when Glastonbury announced that they wouldn’t be having a festival again this year that it was going to be very difficult for the rest of the industry not to follow suit. A lack of guarantees on things like insurance and the potential for local restrictions to surface in the future has lead myself and the team to make the decision to concentrate on online activity for the time being.”
Watch the festival at www.youtube.com/user/AfricaOye1
Author: World Music Central News Room
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