A carnival and street parade kicks off festivities on Thursday 12th February
featuring a beni brass band, drummers, wanandege (umbrella women), dancers, stilt walkers and acrobats.
The parade starts mid-afternoon on the edge of town and passes through Daranjani market area around 4:15pm - (just look for the stilt walkers). Then it makes its way through the narrow streets of old Stone Town
arriving at Forodhani around 5pm and continues into the Mambo Club (grassy side) of the Old Fort, where the main stage of the festival is situated.
