The 4th edition of the Bulawayo Arts Festival is set to kick off this weekend in the city of Kings and Queens, running from the 1st to the 5th of June. Held every year during the first week of June, the festival coincides with the celebration of Bulawayo Day which falls on the 1st of June. The city will be turning 130 this year and the festivities of the festival will feature a street carnival and koNtuthu Legends concert.
Bulawayo Arts Festival will have events spread out across several venues, with it's official launch on the 2nd of June headlined by one of the city’s leading musical groups, Black Mfolosi. The festival will close with the Imbokodo Concert, a celebration of women in music with an all-female lineup.
Here is what else to look forward to from the festival:
Saturday 1 June
City Hall Car Park
Bulawayo Day Parade - 10:00
World Bicycle Day Commemoration - 10:00
Indigenous Games Competition - 14:00
Kontuthu Legends Concert - 14:00
Sunday 2 June
Large City Hall
Gospel Explosion: Power of Praise - 15:00
Stanley Hall
Official Opening of Bulawayo Arts Festival - 17:00
Black Umfolosi Presents Kulture Kasi - 18:00
Monday 3 June
Macdonald Hall
Inaugural Inxwala Memorial Performance Lecture with Gog'Bekezela - 10:00
Stanley Hall
Dance Workshop - 10:00
Small City Hall
High School Spelling Bee - 10:00
Tuesday 4 June
Stanley Hall
Dance Workshop - 10:00
Bulawayo Amphitheatre
Schools Cultural Showcase - 10:00
Small City Hall
I Wear My Culture Exhibition and Documentary Screening - 15:00
Wednesday 5 June
Inyathi Centre
Youth Concert - 13:00
Friday 7 June
Large City Hall
Imbokodo: Her Voice, Her Power Concert - 18:00
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