Milege Festival

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The Milege World Music Festival or just Milege Festival is an annual music festival, happening every November, organized by Milege Afrojazz Band.[1] The festival is a celebration of world music, games, cultural dances, stories, poems, and so on. Art pieces from the Repainting Uganda project are also displayed and sold during the festival.[2] The festival invites many different world music stars from across Africa and sometimes from Asia, Europe, and America. The Milege World Music Festival of 2014 saw Japanese world star and world's first female nyatiti player Anyango perform.[3][4]

GenreWorld Music, Folk music
LocationsBotanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda
Coordinates0.0620109°N 32.4792744°E / 0.0620109; 32.4792744
Years active15
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Milege World Music Festival
GenreWorld Music, Folk music
LocationsBotanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda
Coordinates0.0620109°N 32.4792744°E / 0.0620109; 32.4792744
Years active15
FoundersFrancis Manana Birabi
Attendance10,000+
CapacityUnlimited
Organised byMilege Band, Milege Acoustic Project
WebsiteMilege World Music Festival
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Milege started the festival in 2010, moving across Uganda, but has since 2014 relocated it to the Botanical Gardens in Entebbe.

Organizers

The festival is normally organized[5] by Milege band members, members of the Milege Acoustic Project, and well-wishers. Preparation for the festival starts as early as January.

List of Milege World Music Festivals

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YearDatesFestival VenuePerformers
2017 24-26 November Botanical Gardens, Entebbe
  • Milege Acoustic Project (MAP)
  • The Tabs Ug
  • Totemo
  • Bengatronix
  • KYB Gumboot Dancers
  • Rockies Troupe
2016 25-27 November Botanical Gardens, Entebbe
  • Milege Acoustic Project (MAP)
  • Haka Mukiga
  • Undercover Brothers Ug (Uganda)
  • Dj Ruck (Uganda)
  • Rockies Troupe (Uganda)
  • MoRoots (Uganda)
  • Daniel Okiror (Uganda)
  • Maddox Ssematimba (Uganda)
  • Pal Musica (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • DJ Rachel (Uganda)
  • Drumnation (Burundi)
  • Kyambogo University Students Cultural Associations
  • Giovanni Kiyingi (Uganda)
  • Bengatronics (Kenya)
  • Deena (Germany/Uganda)
  • Canaan Gents (Uganda)
  • Rachael Magoola (Uganda)
  • Gregg-SS DJ’s (Kenya)[6]
2015 20-22 November Botanical Gardens, Entebbe
2014 20-21 November Botanical Gardens, Entebbe
2010 November The Lake Victoria Serena Resort
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