THE UK’S LARGEST FREE FESTIVAL OF AFRICAN MUSIC AND CULTURE CELEBRATES 21st ANNIVERSARY
Funded by Arts Council England
and Liverpool City Council
Location: Sefton Park, Liverpool
Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd June 2013
12:30pm - 9:30pm both days
Admission: FREE
'This isn’t just the largest festival of African and Caribbean music in Britain, it's the best'
- The Sunday Times
'A wonderful celebration of music, food, arts, crafts and fashion from Africa’
- Big Issue in the North
'Perhaps Britain's best free festival'
- Clash Magazine
One of Songlines Magazine’s Top 10 UK Summer Festivals for 2013
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With less than 2 weeks to go until Africa Oyé lands in Liverpool’s Sefton Park on 22nd and 23rd June 2013, organisers can now reveal the stage times! With another stellar festival set to take place, the largest free African music event in the UK have now revealed their line-up of acts from across Africa and the wider Diaspora.
Stage times on the day revealed:
Saturday 22nd June, 12:30pm start:
13.15 - 14.25 - Zong Zing All Stars (DR Congo)
14:30 - Movema World Dance Performance (15mins)
14:55 - 16:05 - JAY (Cape Verde)
16:35 - 17:45 - Black Prophet (Ghana)
18:15 - 19:35 - Son Yambu (Cuba)
20:05 - 21:25 - Osibisa (Ghana)
Sunday 23rd June, 12:30pm start:
13.15 - 14.25 - JAY (Cape Verde)
14:30 - Beatlife Drum Troupe (15mins)
14:55 - 16:05 - Yaaba Funk (Ghana/UK)
16:35 - 17:45 - Atongo Zimba (Ghana)
18:15 - 19:35 - Dele Sosimi (Nigeria/UK)
20:05 - 21:25 - Mokoomba (Zimbabwe)
This year’s festival is Oyé’s 21st Anniversary celebration and has already been nominated by Songlines Magazine in their top ten for 2013. With acts hailing from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Cuba, DR Congo, Cape Verde and Nigeria, Oyé 2013 is set to be a feast for the ears.
Funded by Arts Council England
and Liverpool City Council
Location: Sefton Park, Liverpool
Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd June 2013
12:30pm - 9:30pm both days
Admission: FREE
'This isn’t just the largest festival of African and Caribbean music in Britain, it's the best'
- The Sunday Times
'A wonderful celebration of music, food, arts, crafts and fashion from Africa’
- Big Issue in the North
'Perhaps Britain's best free festival'
- Clash Magazine
One of Songlines Magazine’s Top 10 UK Summer Festivals for 2013
- -
With less than 2 weeks to go until Africa Oyé lands in Liverpool’s Sefton Park on 22nd and 23rd June 2013, organisers can now reveal the stage times! With another stellar festival set to take place, the largest free African music event in the UK have now revealed their line-up of acts from across Africa and the wider Diaspora.
Stage times on the day revealed:
Saturday 22nd June, 12:30pm start:
13.15 - 14.25 - Zong Zing All Stars (DR Congo)
14:30 - Movema World Dance Performance (15mins)
14:55 - 16:05 - JAY (Cape Verde)
16:35 - 17:45 - Black Prophet (Ghana)
18:15 - 19:35 - Son Yambu (Cuba)
20:05 - 21:25 - Osibisa (Ghana)
Sunday 23rd June, 12:30pm start:
13.15 - 14.25 - JAY (Cape Verde)
14:30 - Beatlife Drum Troupe (15mins)
14:55 - 16:05 - Yaaba Funk (Ghana/UK)
16:35 - 17:45 - Atongo Zimba (Ghana)
18:15 - 19:35 - Dele Sosimi (Nigeria/UK)
20:05 - 21:25 - Mokoomba (Zimbabwe)
This year’s festival is Oyé’s 21st Anniversary celebration and has already been nominated by Songlines Magazine in their top ten for 2013. With acts hailing from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Cuba, DR Congo, Cape Verde and Nigeria, Oyé 2013 is set to be a feast for the ears.
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