Organizers of Malawi music festival Lake of Stars (LoS) have announced that the event will not take place this year. However, LoS Head of Media and Communication Zilanie Gondwe has quashed assertions that this might be beginning of the end of the festival in Malawi. “We have taken a break before in 2012 and also […]
Zambian artist B1, real name Bruce Simbwalanga, has described Malawi as his second home where he feels free and safe. The musician said this in an interview on Saturday morning after his show alongside Skeffa Chimoto at Mangochi’s entertainment beehive, Zitherepano Club. The Kwa George hitmaker, who kept patrons at the packed venue on their […]
UN Malawi has said the recently held Lake of Stars Discovery is the cleanest festival ever, thanks to the organizers for stepping up efforts on environmental conservation to mitigate the effects of climate change. Under the harshtags #NoPlasticChallenge, #ClimateChangeMw and #Youth4ChangeMw, UN Malawi conducted a waste management competition throughout the festival. To enter, one had to visit the Climate Action […]
Following a successful 15th anniversary Lake of Stars festival last year, the 2019 edition dubbed Lake of Stars Discovery took place from 27 to 29 September in the remote setting of Nkhata Bay District at Kachere Kastle. LoS Discovery was run as a boutique festival at Kachere Kastle, a stunning lodge built in the style […]
Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Salim Bagus says the number of tourists into the country has reduced drastically this year due to the anti-Jane Ansah protests. Speaking during the official opening of the entertainment festival, Lake of Stars on Sunday at Kachere Kastle in Nkhata Bay, Bagus said this has potential to bring down […]
Lake of Stars has kick started with a call for environmental conservation to mitigate the effects of climate change. Speaking to Nyasa Times, Conservation Music Malawi (CMMW) champion and environmentalist Elias Gaveta stressed the need to educate communities on how to protect the environment at both local and national level. “We partnered with International Conservation […]
Organisers of this year’s Lake of Stars scheduled for this weekend at Kachere Kastle in Nkhata Bay on the shores of Lake Malawi say all the tickets to the festival have been sold. Head of Media at this year’s music festival Zilanie Godwe warned people who did not buy the tickets in advance since May […]
Malawi’s celebrated international arts event, Lake of Stars festival returns this year in an exciting new format dubbed “Lake of Stars Discovery”. The three-day celebration will take place from September 27 – 29 in a beautiful, remote setting where a castle stands on the curve of the lake – Kachere Kastle in Nkhata Bay district, […]
The recently held Lake of Stars 15th anniversary has smashed all previous festival records, delivering a 3-day extravaganza that left festival goers in awe. Despite challenges including high winds and sandstorms, Lake of Stars shone brightly, proving its worth yet again Malawi’s leading festival. LOS director Will Jameson described the 2018 festival as “incredible”. “It […]
The organisers of Lake of Stars (LoS) Festival have hailedMalawi’s premier mobile network provider, TNM Plc, for its unwavering commitment towards local arts through its contribution for this year’s festival which ended on the early hours of Monday at Kabumba Hotel in Salima. TNM Plc was LoS official telecommunications network provider and as part of […]
It has been established that a possible faulty electrical issue with a vehicle in the main car park caused a fire at Lake of Stars on Saturday night. According to the organizers, high winds and simmering embers led to a secondary fire and four cars were destroyed in the incident. Several other vehicles were moved […]
TNM Plc, official telecoms partner for the Lake of Stars (LOS) splashed out different goodies to over 200 winners of sporting activities that the company organised for fans at this year’s three day Lake of Stars which ended early of morning of Monday at Kabumba Hotel in Salima. The company lined up a number of […]
Lake of Stars in partnership with European Union hosted a pre-event dubbed “Day of Ideas” which attracted hundreds of students and youths from different communities around Kabumba Hotel in Salima. According to the organizers, “Day of Ideas” was set aside for young people to interact and share ideas on issues ranging from education, technology, health, […]
TNM Plc, official telecoms partner for the Lake of Stars (LOS) has extended the fan to sports loving fans to this year’s three day Lake of Stars currently underway at Kabumba Hotel in Salima. The official telecom partner has given the festival loving fan to sample different sporting activities that include Beach Soccer, Volleyball, tag […]
One of the leading banks, FDH has given out tickets to this year’s Lake of Stars (LoS) festival which kicks off on Friday to Sunday at Kambumba Hotel in Salima to 10 winners in a promotion aimed at creating hype for the festival. FDH Bank had two Lake of Stars promotions. One was a ‘like […]
Six young and critically acclaimed musicians from five countries will assemble in Lilongwe Malawi for xJazz, an exciting jazz music residency programme scheduled from 23rd to 30th September. According to curator and band leader Siya Makuzeni, the weeklong music and creative project will bring together female artists from Southern Africa and the UK working in […]
Hivos Malawi has joined some companies and organizations in supporting this year’s Lake of Stars ahead of 2018 music festival slated for September 28 – 30 at Kabumba Hotel resort, Leopards Bay in Salima with $ 15 725.00. After a year’s break, the festival returns to Malawi’s central region to mark the Lake of Star’s […]
TNM Plc, mobile telecoms and ICT partner of the Lake of Stars Festival says it will give out five tickets to lucky winners of its social media competition ahead of the arts and culture event. To stand a chance of winning, fans and festival lovers are asked to post “Like” on TNM’s Facebook, Twitter and […]