Milege Festival

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]

Milege World Music Festival
Genre	World Music, Folk music
Location(s)	Botanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda
Coordinates	0.0620109°N 32.4792744°E / 0.0620109; 32.4792744
Years active	13
Founders	Francis Manana Birabi
Attendance	10,000+
Capacity	Unlimited
Organised by	Milege Band, Milege Acoustic Project
Website	Milege World Music Festival

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

Year	Dates	Festival Venue	Performers
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	Okeita Akogo Sandy Soul Manana and Milege band Babette Haag Undercover Brothers Ug Giovanni Kiyingi Trizza Ingyenzi dancers from Rwanda Watmon Dance troupe Ojijo the poet Afrika Jambo Beats Haka Mukiga Ruyonga Jungle Janzi Band Patricia Zoe (The story teller) Davis Ntare King Kash Santuri Safari DJs[7]
2014	20-21 November	Botanical Gardens, Entebbe	Anyango Milege band Undercover Brothers Ug Giovanni Kiyingi Annet Nandujja and the Planets Bolton Sserunjogi Higenyi Troupe Afro Simba band[8]
2010	November	The Lake Victoria Serena Resort	Milege band Janzi Band Kombo and Afrosimba Band The Lantern Meet of Poets Nawany and Kahiri[citation needed]

References

1. "Milege band brings world class festival to Uganda". Observer Uganda. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
2. "World Music Festival -'Repainting Uganda'". The Pearl Guide Uganda. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
3. "A Musical Weekend at Milége World Music Festival". The Pearl Guide. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
4. "Celebrating world music with Milege". New Vision Uganda. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
5. "PHOTOS: Milege World Music Festival Turns Out Successful". Chimpreports. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
6. "Main stage lineup". Milege. Milege.
7. "World music gets botanical platform". The observer.ug. The Observer Ug. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
8. "Uganda: Milege World Music Festival - Camp, Dine and Dance". The Pearl Guide. Retrieved 20 November 2014.