Scottish hip-hop Stanley Odd added to Malawi Lake of Stars lineup

Stanley Odd, a hip-hop group from Scotland, will be one of the headliners at this year’s Lake of Stars (LOS) festival to be held in September at Sunbird Nkopola in Mangochi. Lake of Stars organizers confirmed in an interview , saying Stanley Odd will be among the 12 Scottish creatives shortlisted to come to the […]

Zim’s Mtukudzi, more international acts in Malawi Lake of Stars lineup

As dates to the Lake of Stars keep drawing closer, the organisers continue unveiling international acts billed to perform at the three-day international arts festival slated for 26-28 September, 2014 at Sunbird Nkopola Lodge in Mangochi. Added on the list are Zimbabwean sensational female singers Selmor Mtukudzi (daughter to Zimbabwe’s music legend Oliver Mtukudzi) and […]

TNM pumps K6.7m in Lake of Stars Malawi festival: Official telecoms partner

Malawi’s premier mobile network provider TNM has been unveiled as the official mobile telecommunications service provider at the 11th edition of Lake of Stars Festival in September this year. TNM’s Head of Marketing, Sobhuza Ngwenya said as part of its obligation towards the festival, scheduled for September 26-28 at Sunbird Nkopola Resort in Mangochi, TNM has also provided […]

Zambia’s Zone Fam excited to perform in Malawi

Zambia’s number one rap group, Zone Fam, is very excited about their Malawi tour. The crew is billed to perform at the Lake of Stars (LOS) art festival in Mangochi in September. The award-winning group’s manager, Duncan Sodala, in an interview Tuesday morning, said the Lusaka-based guys were looking forward to their first ever performance […]

Lake of Stars ‘expensive’ tickets could price locals out of event

Some Malawians have promised to lead a boycott against this year’s Lake of Stars Music Festival after it was announced that the tickets for the three day concert are priced at K30,000. The party-goers claim the entry fee prices most Malawians out of the event and they wondered why the festival should be held in […]

Malawi Lake of Stars evolves to City of Stars on 10th anniversary

Despite having announced that there’s be no lakeside festival this year, Lake of Stars organisers have announced that, on the event of their 10 year anniversary, they will hosting a brand new city-based festival and arts conference in Lilongwe, Malawi from 27 to 28 September 2013. According to Lake of Stars founder and director Will […]

K38m invested in Malawi lakeshore Sand music festival

Organisers of the Sand Festival have disclosed that they have invested K38 million to hold this year’s music fest, scheduled to start this Friday at Sunbird Nkopola in the lakeshore district of Mangochi. The four-day music gala, which will bring together local and international artists, will be taking place in the absence of the Lake […]

Malawi’s Lake of Stars festival cancelled, back 2013

The yearly Lake Of Stars festival in Malawi has been cancelled for 2012, organisers have said but promised to return to shores of Lake Malawi in 2013. Director and founder of Lake of Stars, Will Jameson has said the festival is taking a year off to “support local initiatives.” “Lake of Stars has always been about much […]

2011 Lake of Stars festival overwhelms Malawi govt, organizers

Over the weekend of Sept. 30 through Oct. 2 all roads in Malawi led to one place — Mangochi, and specifically to the shorelines of Lake Malawi at Nkopola Logde, where thousands of fun-seekers from across the globe convened in the annual intercultural and interracial event called Lake of Stars Malawi Festival. The 2011 Lake […]