Urban Music People (UMP) has announced the introduction of fashion awards. The winners of the new awards will be unveiled during Mzuzu Fashion Week on Saturday October 6 2018 at Kentam Mall,Mzuzu. UMP Project Manager, Wisdom Phanga told Nyasa Times: “We will start our activities this year with these innovative awards.” Phanga added: “We are […]
Malawian born Afro–pop singer and record producer Gemini Major has joined the first international headliner Pop Dogg who was announced by UMP Festival organisers Nde’feyo Entertainment in the initial line-up of performers released in August. The two international acts will perform at this year’s event slated for BAT Ground in Blantyre on November 6. “We […]
Probably the only relevant and consistent locally organised festival and award event, Urban Music Party (UMP) Festival and UMP Awards return on November 6th at the BAT Ground in the commercial city of Blantyre with new categories added to the list. According to Nde’feyo, the UMP Awards this year will have 11 categories after the […]
Award-winning artists Martse, Janta and Kell Kay will this Saturday headline the Time Out Urban Music Festival to be held at Lilongwe Golf Club. The event is an initiative of Shamboko Beverages, manufacturers of alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks among them TimeOut. The show promises to be one of the biggest urban music events this year and […]
The duo of Sipe and Junior C will host the 2015 edition of the Urban Music Party (UMP) Festival. The 4th edition of the UMP Festival takes place on Sunday, November 8, at the BAT Ground in Blantyre. The event, held by Nde’feyo Entertainment, is the celebration of urban music and culture in Malawi. Unveiling […]
There will no doubt be a traffic jam on all roads going to Waka-Waka Hotel in Lilongwe as fun lovers are projected to plug the place to capacity for the much anticipated Youth Urban Party slated for November 22. According to Young Talent Entertainment’s representative Sarah Chichi Chiundiza, the party is expected to fetch jointly […]
Nyasa Times’ entertainment reporter, Kimpho Loka, on Saturday received a special recognition for his dedication to promoting Malawi urban music as he scooped the 2013 Urban Music Party (UMP) Online Award. He was voted alongside Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL)’s Clifton Kawanga and Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Radio 2 FM’s James Gumbwa The two were voted […]
Two of the country’s celebrated afro-pop artists, Maskal and Armstrong have been lined up to spice up this year’s Urban Music Party (UMP) Media Awards set for Saturday 3rd August, 2013 at Nanzikambe Arts Café in Naperi. Initially, the awards were expected to be given out during this year’s UMP main festival at Blantyre Culture […]
Urban Music Party (UMP) festival has returned, after a two-year break, in spectacular and appealing fashion, with five of the renowned and celebrated urban artists and three Djs headlining this year’s festival set for Saturday 27th July at Blantyre Culture Centre (formerly French Culture Centre). The five artists, according to the UMP Festival organizing team, […]
Urban Music Party (UMP) Festival organizing team has revealed that to will bestowal Achievers Awards on fallen dancehall artist, Vic Marley his first posthumous award for popularising urban music in the country. The Hii Hoo star will receive the Life Time Achiever along with other movers and shakers during UMP festival slated for July 27th, 2013 at […]
Urban Music Party (UMP) Festival organizing team shifted the main festival slated for this weekend citing lack of proper venue availability venue and a need to incorporate new more sponsors as some of the factors. Initially, the main festival was expected to take place at Royal Palm hotel on July 6th but was forced to […]
As the Urban Music Party (UMP) festival draws near; organisers have introduced Media and Lifetime Achiever awards to be presented to three media practitioners and two Lifetime Achievers during the event slated for July 6. Organisers say this is as a result of the recognition of the role the media has enormously contributed towards the […]
The search for headliners for the hyped UMP (Urban Music Party) festival 2013 has reached the final step with the introduction of SMS voting for local urban artists who will front-page the urban arts gathering set for July 7th. Through Facebook, the public was offered to opportunity to nominate 36 artists and 10 deejays who […]
The much billed Urban Music Party (UMP) pre-shows dubbed UMP Night in the build-up to the 2013 urban festival in July, kick-started on a high note at Blue Elephant night club on Saturday as singers Blackjak, Nesnes and Armstrong put up amusing performances. Much to the amazement of the organizers, Nde’feyo Entertainment, the turnout was […]
Nde’feyo Entertainment has announced the return of Urban Music Party (UMP) promising spectacle and glamour after a two-year break with the 2013 main festival set to take place on Sunday, July 7 at Royal Palm Hotel in Blantyre. Initiated in 2009, the annual urban talent and cultural event sets to re-concoct itself in renewed style […]
The once grand urban music artists gathering dubbed as M-Dubz Urban Music Party (UMP) has bounced back after a year of absence, re-branded and rejuvenated, set to reinvent the platform for urban communities to celebrate urban music, arts and culture. With actual event slated for August this year, the UMP organizers have since lined up […]