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    Buyel’Ekhaya Pan African Music Festival adds Vusi Nova to lineup

    Staff ReporterBy Staff ReporterDecember 6, 2018Updated:December 6, 2018No Comments4 Mins Read
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    The annual Buyel’Ekhaya Festival will once again thrill East London crowds on 16 December at Buffalo Park Cricket Stadium. This year’s programme of workshops, fashion and the music festival will be a treat for culture lovers celebrating the festive season. 

    This year’s superb lineup features legends, as well as the hottest hit makers across a variety of genres, making Buyel’Ekhaya an unmissable event for everyone in the city and from across the region. Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Jonas Gwangwa, Zahara, Peddie-born Dumza Maswana, Busiswa, Shekhinah, Sun-El Musician, Moonchild Sanelly, Prince Kaybee and Mobi Dixon are all billed and now Port Elizabeth-born Vusi Nova, who is riding high on the charts with his smash hit  ‘As’phelelanga’ has been added to this fantastic festival. TV personality Moshe Ndiki, who hails from East London, is set to MC the show.

    Buyel’Ekhaya was established in 2009 in East London with a simple vision: To turn the Eastern Cape into the Cultural Mecca of South Africa. Since inception, the festival has grown in leaps and bounds. Having attracted a mere 4 000 patrons in 2009, the festival has grown to a 22 000 capacity crowd, year in and year out. This is testament to the loyalty of the people of the Eastern Cape to the brand as they are the ultimate owners and custodians of the Buyel’Ekhaya brand, having supported it and grown with it for the last 10 years.

    The crown of the Eastern Cape’s festivals, The 10th Annual Buyel’Ekhaya Pan African Music Festival promises to continue to celebrate all that is African, contributing to the maintenance of cultural heritage and diversity. This is delivered through a vast programme of activities from the Fashion Development Programme and Artist Development Programme to the culmination point which is the festival on 16 December 2018.

    Since inception, the festival has hosted a mixture of emerging and established artists from the Eastern Cape, South Africa and the rest of Africa, in keeping with the spirit of inclusiveness and Pan-African ideals. It is no different this year. A music workshop hosted by Buyel’Ekhaya yielded a crop of newcomers that will grace the festival too on 16 December.

    Nomahlubi Mazwai who conceived of and produced The Buyel’Ekhaya Festival says: “In 2016, we expanded a two-day programme, closing in on our vision to give full expression to the tenets of culture that form a central part of the African lifestyle, through song, dance and fashion. And this year this is what patrons can expect.”

    Mazwai continues: “There will be a fashion workshop on 12 December at Hemingways Mall at 12 noon. People can apply for the workshop by emailing info@buyelekhaya.co.za.”

    Rising designers, who took part in last year’s fashion workshop, will showcase alongside big names at Hemingways Mall on Friday, 14 December when Gert-Johan Coetzee, Sonwabile Ndamase, Zimbabwe’s Chimanye Nyasha (known as Zuvva) and Linda Sithole show off their creations.

    Fashion Workshop: Wednesday, 12 December 2018 at Hemingways Mall at 12 noon
    Fashion Show: Friday, 14 December 2018
    Venue: The Venue, Hemingways Mall, East London

    Designers:
    Gert-Johan Coetzee
    Sonwabile Ndamase
    Nyasha Chimanye (known as Zuvva from Zimbabwe)
    Linda Sithole

    Tickets:
    Date: 16 December 2018
    Venue: Buffalo Park Cricket Stadium
    Tickets: R250.00

    Available from Shoprite, Checkers and Computicket nationwide

    MOSHE NDIKI TO MC THE FESTIVAL ON  16 DECEMBER 2018

    Artists:
    Vusi Nova
    Ladysmith Black Mambazo
    Jonas Gwangwa
    Zahara
    Dumza Maswana
    Busiswa
    Shekhinah
    Sun-El Musician
    Moonchild Sanelly
    Prince Kaybee
    Mobi Dixon

    Stand a chance to win a double ticket

    To be in the running for one of two double tickets for Buyel’ Ekhaya, send an email with Buyel’ Ekhaya Tickets in the subject line. Address it to community@grocotts.co.za and in the body of the email put your name, surname, contact number and the answer to this question by midday on Wednesday 12 December 2018:

    Who will host the Buyel’ Ekhaya Music Festival?

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