Ugandan, international artists to perform at We Love Youganda Festival

KAMPALA - A host of Ugandan artists, including Bobi Wine, will be joined by their international counterparts this Saturday at the 2nd annual We Love Youganda Festival.

This year's event will be held at the Kamwokya football ground, right next to Kiira Road Station.

It will be a cocktail of music, art, culture and sports activities to support awareness and access to water and sanitation in Uganda.

And the highly-anticipated festival, starting at 4pm until 10pm, will be free entry. No entrance fee, to be precise.

 Such is the kind of action you will see this Saturday. Pictured is a game between VcA and Watoto Wasoka at Bakuli, Kampala

The We Youganda Festival is organized by Viva con Agua (VcA) - an international NGO supporting water and sanitation projects in the country.

Saturday's line-up includes a multi-national selection of celebrated music and visual artists, including:

Musicians

International: Megaloh & Ghanaian Stallion (Germany) Knackeboul (Switzerland) and Octopizzo (Kenya).

Local: Bobi Wine, Maro, Lady Slyke, Abramz and Sylvester, Taye & Spyda MC of Tandika Essaawa, MALIKA (Sphynx, Agee, Jojo), Jora Mc, Pryce Teeba and Abaasa.  

            

 Here, Bobi Wine serenades a crowd in Moroto on Tuesday

Artists

Björn Holzweg (Germany), Bobbie Serrano (Germany), Oibele (CH), Ronald Ro Kerango (Uganda) Destreet (Uganda), Tindi Paul (Uganda), Jobray Writer, Mos Opten, The Ghetto Film Project and Watoto Wasoka.

Dancers

Break Dance Project Uganda (Uganda), Batalo East (Uganda) and Mambya Dance Co. (Uganda).

The 2nd We Love Youganda Festival will come on the heels of a trip by the Ugandan and international artists this week to Moroto, where they are visiting Viva con Agua and Welthunherhilfe water projects, and performing for the people of Northern Uganda.

Bobi Wine puts his hand to use at a borehole in Moroto. It is one of the projects by Viva con Agua

An international collabo is being recorded during this trip by top artists: Megaloh and the Ghanaian Stallion, Knackeboul, Octopizzo, Uganda's own Bobi Wine and Maro to support Viva con Agua's Ugandan water projects.

They will also shoot a music video together, to be released in all four of their countries to promote VcA activities.

Creative music, art, culture and sports workshops on water and sanitation will also be held at TLC (Treasure Life Centre, Kamwokya) on Thursday.

"All for water - water for All:" Viva con Agua Uganda aims to create awareness on water, sanitation and hygiene issues and generate funds for clean water projects.

VcA's Ugandan-based partners include: Welthungerhilfe, Bayimba International Festival of the Arts, Goethe Zentrum Kampala / Ugandan German Cultural Society, and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany.

 Some 20,000 people are benefitting from the Moroto water & sanitation project

 

 

 

 Namalu Girls Primary Angavu Art Studio

 

 National Theatre Angavu Art Studio

 

In Moroto on Tuesday, musician Bobi Wine visited the water and sanitation projects, got involved in workshops by Breakdance Project Uganda, visited Moroto Municipal Primary School, and performed for the community alongside Maro, Octopizzo (Kenya), Megaloh (Germany), and many other artists.

Take a look . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here, Bobi Wine shows that besides his vocal skills, he also has something going on in his hands

 

 

 At Moroto Municipal Primary School . . .