One of the Trust’s main activities is to hold an annual international music and dance festival in Kenya, to raise money for Kijani’s projects. The idea started in 2004, when CARMEN CAME TO KENYA. Brought by the Garden Opera Company from London. Now in its fifth year the festival has brought many famous international artists to Kenya and produced an eclectic fusion of music and dance with Kenyan artists.
The Kijani Kenya Music Festival is the only musical and cultural event of its kind in Kenya. The Festival has grown in popularity and become a calendar event at the beginning of the year in late February and early March.
The areas, where the concerts are held, receive 50% of the ticket revenue, from the concerts, in order to support local HIV/AIDS and environmental conservation projects. The remaining 50% goes to other national projects.
By the time the Festival was held in 2007 it had gained in popularity and was a “must attend” event. This Festival had a flavour for all age groups, and divided in two parts. The first part was performed on the usual dates in February - March and a second half, in early August.
Kijani Festival performances by year:
Operaplayhouse (Mozart´s Magic Flute)
Guildhall Strings
London Adventist Chorale
Eric Wainaina
Suzzana Owiyo
Locations:
Arboretum and Ngong Racecourse, Nairobi.
Fort Jesus, Mombasa.
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The Cape Town Opera (Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess)
Jazz in the Park (featuring the best Kenyan Jazz artists)
Guildhall Strings (performing Vivaldi’s Gloria with the Nairobi Chamber Choir)
London Adventist Chorale
Locations:
Hells Gate National Park, Naivasha.
Fort Jesus, Mombasa.
Pentecostal Church, Bomas of Kenya and the famous Nairobi Arboretum, Nairobi.
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The London Adventist Chorale
The Garden Opera Company (Rossini’s La Cenerentola)
Elena Riu a Venezualan pianist,
Conjunto Sabroso Salsa Band
The Lucia Alvarez Flamenco Group
Locations:
The Yatch Club, Naivasha.
A stadium in Nanyuki.
Ol Pejeta Game Reserve, Laikipia.
Lions High School, Kisumu.
Fort Jesus, Mombasa.
The Carnivore Restaurant, the Pentecostal Church and the famous Nairobi Arboretum in Nairobi.
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The Garden Opera
Noriko Ogawa
Gaurav Mazumdar
The London Adventist Chorale
Locations:
Yacht Club and Hells Gate National Park, Naivasha.
Mount Kenya Safari Club, Nanyuki.
The Village Market, All Saints Cathedral and The Carnivore, Nairobi.
Fort Jesus, Mombasa.
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The Garden Opera Company (Carmen Comes to Kenya)
Locations:
Hell´s Gate National Park, Naivasha.
Mount Kenya Safari Club, Nanyuki.
Fort Jesus, Mombasa.
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