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Greetings.
Hopefully we'll see you soon - for "the
friendliest festival on the planet". |
BEFORE
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 Festival Programme Booklet
The
printed festival programme shall be ready any day now, but if you can't
wait (or maybe it's more convenient) - you can download the PDF here (5MB) |
Press Conference
On Thursday
24th Jan, we're having a Press Conference in
Dar es Salaam. Members of press, media
and sponsors are all very welcome. Please let us know if you're coming so we can
anticipate numbers.
Siku ya Alhamisi tarehe 24 Januari, tutakuwa na mkutano na waandishi wa habari Dar es Salaam, vyombo mbalimbali vya habari pamoja na wadau wengine wanakaribishwa. Tafadhali tujulishe iwaapo utahudhuria ili tuweze kufanya maandalizi kwa ufasaha. |
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 Opening Night invitation
You are
warmly invited to the Opening Ceremony on Thu 7th Feb - simply click on
this link to print the e-invite.
Please note: Free admission with this
invitation BEFORE 8pm ONLY. |
 Accommodation,
Airport Transfers, Tours & Safaris
For all your travel and
accommodation enquiries within
Zanzibar and
flights anywhere in
Africa, we warmly
recommend Tabasam Tours at www.tabasamzanzibar.com.
They can arrange
airport transfers, book accommodation and reserve 4-day festival passes.
For special discounts on some hotels, be sure to mention reference
"BUSARA". While visiting
Zanzibar
you may also be interested in, for example: Beach Hotels & Resorts,
Diving and Snorkeling, Dhow and Sunset Cruises,
Dolphin Tours, Spice Tours, Stone Town Tour, Prison Island Tour, Jozani Forest Tour,
Tanzania
mainland Safaris, Car
and Motorbike Hire. |
SAUTI ZA BUSARA MUSIC FESTIVAL |
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 How To Get In Free
KIINGILIO BURE KABLA YA
MACHWEO!
Music from 4pm-1am
(Entrance is charged from sunset)
Tickets and Price |
DAY
(1 day) |
FESTIVAL
(all days) |
International Visitors |
Day Pass
(come & go) |
US$12 |
US$28 |
VIP Pass
(access to seating area) |
US$20 |
US$48 |
EA Residents |
Entry after sunset
(single entry) |
2000/- |
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Day Pass
(come & go) |
15,000/- |
24,000/- |
VIP Pass
(access to seating area) |
20,000/- |
50,000/- |
Tanzanian citizens |
Entry after sunset
(single entry) |
1000/- |
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Day Pass
(come & go) |
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12,000/- |
VIP Pass
(access to seating area) |
20,000/- |
50,000/- |
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US$ prices are for indication only. All prices charged in Tanzanian shillings.
VIP Seating subject to availability.
Discounted prices for EA Residents and Tanzanian citizens (ID may be required). |
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 Now, with
just a few weeks to go, it's time to find out who is actually playing when.
To know more have a look at the What's On When page.
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Confirmed
line up |
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba (Mali)
Winners of BBC World
Music Awards Album of The Year 2007. Doubly nominated for Best
Group (
Africa) AND Best
Newcomer in BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards 2008 |
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Malouma (Mauritania)
Genre-bending and
provocative, the mystical voice of
Mauritania
spent August and
September 2007 at
Number 1 in World Music Charts Europe |
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Maalesh (Comoros)
Best Group,
Indian Ocean, Prix Musiques de L'Ocean Indien Award, 2007-2008 |
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Featuring:
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba (West Africa), Malouma (West Africa), Maalesh (Comoros), Seckou Keita Quartet + (West Africa / Europe), Bi Kidude (Zanzibar), Bantu & Afrobeat Academy (West Africa / Europe), Yunasi (Kenya), Culture Musical Club (Zanzibar), Bring the Noise (Pan Africa), Ahmed el Salam (North Africa / Europe), Afrodynamix (Pan Africa / Europe), Celloman (Europe), National Taarab All Stars (Zanzibar), Maulidi ya Homu ya Mtendeni (Zanzibar), Eric Wainaina & the Mapinduzi Band (Kenya), Tamarind Band (Zanzibar), Nfithe (Mozambique), N’faly Kouyaté and Dunyakan (West Africa / Various), Sakaki Mango (Japan), TMK Majita Original (Tanzania), Maurice Kirya (Uganda), Mwana FA (Tanzania), Nako2Nako Soldiers (Tanzania), Jaymoe (Tanzania), Splendid Theatre (Tanzania), 7 Survival (Tanzania), Tibirinzi All Stars (Pemba), Z. Anto (Tanzania), Kassim (Tanzania), Madee (Tanzania), Jahazi Modern Taarab (Tanzania), Mrisho Mpoto (Tanzania), Black Roots (Zanzibar), Akhenaton Family (Zanzibar), Moto Combat (Tanzania), KIKI Taarab (Zanzibar), Yange Yange Trio (Tanzania), Jakamoyo (Tanzania), Kijiji Family The Big Nation (Zanzibar), DJ Yusuf (Zanzibar / Europe),
and your good selves.
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Festival
Finalé Party Tuesday
12 February
4pm til late |
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We are pleased to
announce the festival finale party, featuring SEVEN live bands, acrobats,
fire-eaters, and award winning international DJ - will be held at Fairmont
Zanzibar.
The Fairmont Zanzibar
is located on the beautiful north east coast of
Zanzibar, famed for miles of white powder
sandy beaches and pristine coral reefs.
More info: www.fairmont.com/zanzibar |
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BITS AND PIECES |
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Busara
5 Book
For too many late
nights over the past few months we have been writing and compiling a stunning
array of photographs recollecting scenes of the festival's history for a
coffee-table book, published in collaboration with Zanzibar Gallery. Many
thanks are due to all at ZG who worked tirelessly to help produce this
labour of love.
Be sure to get a copy
of "Busara - Promoting East African Music", available in
all good bookshops from January. |
Busara
5 CD (+ DVD)
 Still on the topic of celebrating five
years, "Zanzibar Festival Classics", is a compilation CD (limited
edition including free DVD) featuring a selection of audience favourites
that have performed at Sauti za Busara over the years. Featuring Bi
Kidude, Culture Musical Club, The Collaboration ft, Chiwoniso,
Mo'Some Big Noise, Kilimanjaro Band, Juma Nature, Chibite,
Jagwa Music, Ferooz and many more.
Zanzibar Festival
Classics is released internationally February 2008, thanks to partnership
with Fourth World Music (UK).
More info: www.fourthworld.co.uk |
Video
clip
Sauti za
Busara music festival is just around the corner, and here - to get you in
the mood - is one of our favourite festival movies:
Watch 5 min clip from
Sauti za Busara 2006
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WITHOUT WHOM… |
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Sauti za
Busara music festival 2008 is generously powered by: |
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Music Crossroads, Embassy of Germany, Alliance Française de Nairobi, Zanlink, Tabasam Tours, Ultimate Security, Jupiter Group, Linear Velocity, Footcandles, Mercury’s Restaurant, Stone Town Café, Archipelago Café & Restaurant, Old Fort Restaurant, Café Foro, Mtoni Marine Restaurant , Kendwa Rocks, Austrian Embassy in Nairobi, Kulturland Oberösterreich, DHL, Zanzibar Serena Inn, Dhow Countries Music Academy, Alliance Française de Dar, Fourth World (UK), and www.zanzibar.net
Thanks also to:
Ministry for Information, Culture & Sports,
and to all the people of Zanzibar:
"Shukurani kwa
kukubali kuwa tamasha hili ni letu sote na mchango wenu ndio
ambao umelifanikisha." |
www.busaramusic.org |
Busara Promotions,
PO Box 3635,
Zanzibar,
Tanzania
busara@zanlink.com
Tel: +255 24 223
2423 or +255 784 925 499 or +255 773 822 294
Find us in
Stone
Town, between Africa House and Hotel
Serena, opposite Amore Mio. |
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