One of Malawi’s finest poets Hudson Chamasowa also named as Mchochombe has confirmed that he will premier six poems from one of his forthcoming albums ‘Kukumbukira a Natembo’ at this years Sand Festival. The annual music and art festival is scheduled to take place at its usual venue Sunbird Livingstonia Beach Hotel in the Lakeshore […]
Zimbabwean award winning dancehall artist, Seh Calaz is third international act set to perform at this year’s Sand Music Festival at Livingstonia Beach in Salima district from 27th to 29th October. As the heat is getting momentum on the organization of the annual event, organizers, Impact Events, are leaving no stone unturned to ensure this […]
TNM, the official mobile telecoms and ICT partner for 2016 Sand Music Festival says it is impressed with organisation and turn out of the festival which ended on Sunday. The show took place at Livingstonia Beach in Salima from October 28-30 and TNM pumped in K10 million to assist with the organisation of the event. […]
All is set for the Malawi’s Sand Music Festival at Livinstonia Beach Hotel from Friday to Sunday and Kapirintiya’s Shadre Sangala, of the hit song ‘Kwathu Ku Ndirande’ fame, says he is determined to rock the festival. He says he will introduce his newly-released single ‘Ubwere Angelina’, which he described as an acoustic piano accompanied […]
Jamaican dancehall superstar Busy Signal is expected in Lilongwe on Wednesday for his Malawian tour. The singer is scheduled to perform at this weekend’s Sand Music Festival in Salima on Saturday, October 31. The three-day music fest begins Friday, October 30 and ends Sunday, November 1, at the Sunbird Livingstonia Beach. “Busy [Signal] is expected […]
Sand Festival founder Soldier Lucius Banda has told people in Salima to utilise the musical festival for business gains than entertainment only . The festival will this year take place in centeral region lakeshore district of Salima and Banda was speaking this to Senga Bay communities when he led them in a clean up campaign around […]
The country’s celebrated Sand Music Festival has proclaimed its return with the event shifting to Salima district at Sunbird Livingstone Beach from Mangochi where it was held last year. In its firth year running, the event is set for another epic three days of music and outdoor play from August 29th to 31st, 2014 in […]
South Africa’s top Kwaito group, Big Nuz, failed to show up for Malawi’s Sand Music Festival over the weekend because one of the group members, Mampintsha, could not make it on the plane due to his flight fears. South Africa’s renowned DJ Tira of Afrotainment, a company that manages Big Nuz, confirmed this in a […]
There wouldn’t be any better moment to enjoy the summer scotching sun in the cooling breeze of the Lake Malawi than partaking in the Sunbird Sand Music Festival with promising best menu of music performances led by the veteran artist, Paul Banda. Casting its boundaries wide and beyond, the beach-based festival set for its second […]
Some musicians and models who were hired to the Sand music festival, which took place at Sunbird Nkopola in Mangochi a fortnight ago, have not yet received their payments, Nyasa Times understands. Speaking to Nyasa Times, one of the models, who did not want to be named, explained that before they left Mangochi on 15 […]
Minister of Tourism, Daniel Liwimbi, has said government is excited to see local people coming of age in organising arts and cultural events which are 100 percent Malawian. Liwimbi was speaking in an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times at the end of the four-day Sand Festival which was held from Friday at Sunbird Nkopola in […]
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 […]