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Chino Kidd

amapiano artistChino Kidd, born Isaya Michael Mtambo, is a
Tanzanian sensation dominating the Bongo
Amapiano scene. From humble beginnings in
Ifakara, Morogoro Region, he moved to Dar es
Salaam to pursue his passion for dance and music.
Initially recognized as a choreographer for Rich
Mavoko and later Marioo, Chino Kidd transitioned
into a formidable musician. His breakout hit,
"Zuma," catapulted him to fame, introducing the
iconic "Chino Wanna Man" tagline. Not only a
celebrated artist, but Chino also earned the title of
'Best Music Dancer of the Year' at the Tanzania
Music Awards in 2023. Beyond his success, he
aspires to open a dance academy, empowering
talented youth facing adversity.

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DJ Seven Worldwide

His new album, "Let Love Lead" marks the entry of Dj Seven to the African
music scene with his counterparts around Africa; Dj Maphorisa and Dj
Neptune.
What is to be noticed by the listener is the catchy sounds and productions of
some of the top producers in our region B-Boy & Shugar from Nigeria. The
songs in the album are all friendly for singing along.

Baqabo

Baqabo is an independent group based in Zanzibar with a catalog of 2 full length albums and over 50 singles. A multitude of collaborations with globally renamed Afro House artist: Enzo Siffredi, that includes signature tracks such as "Mamacita" "MyFriend" "Akili Mali" "Shinda". Baqabo has captured the attention of DJs worldwide as well as true music lovers all over the world.

Waungwana Band

This group play fusion which is surrounded with a lot of influences from African, Arabic, Indian and Western countries. However Waungwana Band gives the consent to its musical listeners,
watchers and lovers to see and enjoy.

African Vibes

African vibe is an Afro-fusion band founded by Simon Richard in 2022. Our band is comprised of four exceptional artists, Simon Richard (drummer), Victor Joseph (guitarist), Issa Ali (bassist) and Pasco Elnest (singer). We compose our own original songs carrying our African roots and history. Our mission is to inspire and motivate youngsters to take lead of their lives and overcome unemployment. Our vision is to promote music as a source of income and emancipate young
Africans.

TaraJazz

A music band rooted in Stone Town Zanzibar, aiming to produce, explore, respond and to share new sounds and forms which defines music of Taarab and Jazz outlining cultural agreements in sounds. This fusion was formed from and all sorts of places, people experiences.

DJ Fusion Sax

Dj Fusion band, that includes a DJ, a saxophonist, a guitarist and a drummer, transforms a sax-driven dance punk, Jazz, Funk, Blues and RnB. Formed in June 2021. The aim was to punch straight out of the pandemic and into the ears of audiences with their catchy riffs and high energy presence. It is also a vibrant and sultry stage act perfect for delivering a live music and beach, nightclub-style
ambience to any event type.

Stone Town Rockerz

The Stone Town Rockerz are blending blues and African and jazz-styles with rap, and with Salum's style, who prefers traditional African languages and doesn't want to sing like a "Mzungu". In his own songs he intersperses small vocal comic-scenes, because he is convinced that it's the better way to pass messages to the audience

Kidumbaki Group

The Kidumbaki and taarab fusion captures the great energy of western Indian Ocean cultural
expression and has a program of great variety, easily appreciated by any audience interested in
hearing instrumental and vocal colors, tonalities and techniques of the fusion of Arab and African musics. The high quality of the performers of the kidumbaki group makes this ensemble distinctive in projecting an excellence of African culture

Siti Muharamu and Zanzibar Taarab

The group's goal is to promote more the old music that Siti Bint Saad Zanzibar has sung in and outside the country. We play more of the original taarab and compose our own songs that have the same lyrics as the old songs. Siti Muharami is the Grand Daughter of Siti Bint Saad, (The mother of Taarab in Zanzibar) and she has the right to sing those songs wherever needed. Siti Muharami decided to call the musicians and stay together to form the group
which is "Siti Muharami & Zanzibar Taarab" her residence is Zanzibar.
Instruments used: Violin by Said Ali, Bongoz by Suleiman Bako, Kanun by Rajab Suleiman and Bass guitar by Darweshi Mrisho. Siti Muharami stands as the singer

BonFire Blues trio

Is the 4 Musos Band with Piano, Guitar, drum and a leader singer who play high energy, quirky,
blues-ish kinda music. Using the classic blues trio format as a base, the band delve into their own
unique and somewhat dubious brand of music influenced by blues, jazz, world and classical music.
The music consists of quirky grooves, catchy melodies, diverse improvisations and always retains a
sense of humour

Dj & Belly Dancer

Dj and belly dance Group was made in Dares Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania. From a young
age, They showed a natural talent for dance, and
Their parents encouraged them to pursue their passion. and quickly excelled in a
variety of styles,
As they grew older, Our dedication to dance only intensified. We spent countless hours practicing
and perfecting our technique, and our hard work paid off
we began winning local dance competitions.
Our style is known for its grace, beauty, and technical precision, and audiences are consistently
captivated by our performance

Dj Fusion

Dj Fusion group teams up a DJ, violin, saxophone, dancers and drums. This brilliant concept transforms a regular DJ set into a visual spectacle that can be viewed as well as danced to. They can deliver everything from lounge music to energy filled EDM bangers, demonstrate African tradition culture to wide repertoire of Western Culture, Afro beat, pop, and all genres of dance music. Either way, the music and stage presence of this fantastic group will captivate your quests.

Taarab Ensemble

The Zanzibar Taarab Ensemble captures the great energy of western Indian Ocean culture with dance expression and has a program of great variety, easily appreciated by any audience interested in hearing instrumental and vocal colors, tonalities and techniques of the fusion of Arab and African music

Taarab Malakiun

Taarab Malakiun is an eclectic band which takes Taarab b music - a fusion of various African, Arabic and Indian music- as its departure point. Using Taarab ab as a musical platform, the group explores its harmonic, melodic and rhythmic possibilities while influencing it with jazz, rock and traditional music from different places of the world.
With Taarab b tunes at the heart of their music, Malakiun Group is anchored in a proud Royal tradition, but always exploring, whereby genres pass into each other and raditions merge. The term MALAKIUN means Royal in Arabic

Uwaridi Female Band

Uwaridi Female Band is a group talented, passionate, energetic and active female musicians. The group combines different types of instruments, traditional with modern to create the sound of victory, evolution of women in, aim of preserving Zanzibar Culture and fuse with modern themes

Zama Taarab Ensemble

Established in Stone Town with Young Talented MusicIan’s and DJ, Zama Taarab Ensemble group is currently the leading Taarab group in Zanzibar. A style which gained popularity in the late 90s by some taarab musicians who were trying to find a way of building a new generation of Taarab. Unlike in traditional taarab, this modern version (Old Taarab and new Taarab, where most of the music comes from the real instruments to Fusion. it, allows fans to "get up and dance". Most of the songs are about how one boasts of enjoying his or her love life

Trio Tara

Trio Tara- Under Construction

Zenji Boy Na Wenzake

Ison Mistari aka Zenji Boy is Zanzibar's most celebrated rapper, dj and producer. His music is inspired by traditional music styles including taarab, kidumbak and
msewe (ngoma from Pemba island), which he eloquently fuses with self-branded hiphop. Zen Boy's song-writing is critical and conscious, with powerful messages that deeply resonate with his Swahili-speaking audience. His songs speak about politics, love, unity,community and social development. He has earned respect at home and abroad for his energetic live performances, where he is often seen deftly wielding an oud
or violin between his lyrical flows

Zan Ubuntu

ZAN UBUNTU is a group of different young talented artists doing different kinds of performing
arts. These arts include music, singing, capoeira, traditional and modern dance as well as theatre.Taarab Band: Afro fusion music Covers song instrumentsTraditional dance, fire dance, mask dance, warriors dance (maasai dance), snake dance.Capoeira In Zanzibar wayModern danceMusic and dancers > Afro music
FunkActing short films which teach the society

The Royal Taarab

Originally from Egypt. Taarab has nourished in Zanzibar since early 19th century, becoming the
first mass-mediated music genre of the region. It is a mosaic of inspirations perfect example of much of the island's culture.Learn the history and meaning of taarab, witness the magical instruments, listen to a short Taarab performance,

Kidumbak (Groove from the suburbs)

Greatly influenced taarab, kidumbak traditional music popular in the villages of Zanzibar. To overcome the lack of instruments local musicians invented their own kidumbak drums, one string
bass made with wooden box shakers. Kidumbak can be enjoyed during celebrations especially at
weddings.Learn the history and meaning of Kidumbak, witness the wooden made instruments, listen to a short kidumbak performance

Kidumbaki Dance (All about the Rythm)

Kidumbak dancers are usually female, though men are also welcome to join in. The energy of the dance is concentrated in the hips that wind around to the beat in a controlled hypnotic movement.
Usually Kidumbak dance is performed anytime, it is something not be missed.Learn the history and learn Kidumbak Moves, watch a short kidumbak performance

Tablah (Feel the touch of the Orient)

The tablah, or darbouka, is a vase-shaped drum usually made from earthenware metal, with a goat
or fish skin membrane one of the popular percussion instruments,
lead drum in taarab, and often featured during belly dancing performancesLearn the history and learn how to play Tablah, listen to a short tablah performance

Ngoma / Drum class (The knowledge of Ngoma)

Ngoma is not only the name of traditional drum but also a highly entertaining genre of dance music originating from Zanzibar Archipelago. One of the popular Ngoma is Msewe. Msewe is from Pemba, used to evoke the spirit, danced with shaker tied around the dancer’s ankle.Learn the history and learn how to play Ngoma, listen to a short Ngoma performance

Paint classes

We are offering workshops in a range of disciplines, from traditional canvas painting to pour painting on ceramics, abstract art or optical illusions. No matter which area you’d like to explore, you can be sure that there’ll be a workshop and teacher to show you the ropes while enjoying a solo performance and music.

Classic solo artist

•Piano
•Violin
•Accordion
•Qanun & oud
•Saxophone
•Guitar
•Tablah

Guitarist, Singer, Multi-instrumentalist

Richard Geofrey Charahani known as "Richie" is a young man comes from family of musicians where he was raised listening to music since his childhood. His father was a great drummer at the band, and his father gave the opportunity to his three old sons to learn music. And that's where Richie's journey of music started in the year 2009. He started learning guitar at the Dhow Country Music Academy (DCMA) where his father was a teacher, teaching drums to students.
He then took his time to learn different styles of music and took a lot of his time to improve himself to become a better player.
In the year 2015 to 2016. He then played other bands after his father passed away and due family struggle of surviving, the family band ceased for purpose of making their lives stable. Then Richie played with several known artist of East Africa and out of Africa.
In the year 2020, he performed in the big festival " Sauti za Busara" where he caught peoples' attention and they were following on his music. He managed to record few songs like "Kwaheri" and "Shida" and his songs were listened to so many of his fans and other people.He is well known in Zanzibar as he now work with Milky in the hotel "Seles Bungalow" where most of people travel to see his talent of playing different music instruments.Here is the young blessed man with talents.... Richie.

Classic solo artist

•Piano
•Violin
•Accordion
•Qanun & oud
•Saxophone
•Guitar
•Tablah

Classic solo artist

•Piano
•Violin
•Accordion
•Qanun & oud
•Saxophone
•Guitar
•Tablah

Acoustic duo

•Candy Pairon Music Duo - a guitarist and a lead singer
•Blues Duet - this is a duo with a pianist and saxophonist
•Feel the Orient - a duo with Tablah and Qanun
•Western Taarab duo - Oudist and a lead singer
•Afro Duet - Accordion and violinis

Dj Fusion Elite

Dj Fusion group teams up a DJ, violin, saxophone, dancers and drums. This brilliant concept transforms a regular DJ set into a visual spectacle that can be viewed as well as danced to. They can deliver everything from lounge music to energy filled EDM bangers, demonstrate African tradition culture to wide repertoire of Western Culture, Afro beat, pop, and all genres of dance music. Either way, the music and stage presence of this fantastic group will captivate your quests.

DJ Fusion Tara

The bands contains a Dj, Violin, Belly dancer and drums. It is a concept that transforms a
traditional Taarab with fusion combination Violinist and drums to bring western Indian Ocean cultural expression
The live Trio can customize new sounds and forms.

DJ Hijab

Aisha Bakary ( Hijab DJ) Tanzanian, born in Pemba island, music producer and first female DJ in Zanzibar. Awarded:
2019 - Women future of the year by Woman organization in Norway.
2020 - Korean republic rewarded her for most African woman influencer of the year.
2019 - Best Zanzibar Entertainer of the year
2022 - Zanzibar youth Award. Founder of Hijab foundation that is dealing with women and children rights.

Dj Micky

Dj Micky has been a professional DJ in the Zanzibar music scene since 2008 and has been DJing
since the 2000’s. He’s an open format DJ, meaning no genre is out of bounds. He has been known to
mix hip-hop with pop, rock, 50s, R&B, country, house, 80s, disco, and more live on stage.
DJ Micky has performed at all the hot spots of Zanzibar and outside bars and clubs and is constantly working on his sound and expanding his music selection so there’s always something new to be heard

Dj Ramson Fever

Born and raised on the streets of Moshi town in Kilimanjaro, Ramadhani Woiso, AKA Dj
Ramson Fever, started his musical journey when he was 10, when he discovered his parents' cassette collection. It was the moment Dj Ramson Fever knew he
wanted to be part of 'The Scene'. At 17 yo he was already popular in
the streets of Moshi town. He did various warm up sets before the doors opened in clubs and festivals hosting major names such as Diamond Platnumz, Ali Kiba, Yemi
Alade,Harmonize, Mbosso, Nandy, TxC and many more. He can be frequently met at big events such as Full Moon Party In Zanzibar

DJ Cartel

Biography Under- Construction

Dj Eleka

DJ Eleka got his start like so many DJs before him playing for friends at parties. Thanks to hard
work and a job he landed with an event production company, Dj Eleka was opened up to a world of
performing opportunities. For over a decade he has DJed for bars, clubs, and special events.

DJ EJR Inc

These DJs are some of the hottest in the Zanzibar and Tanzania music scene today. EJR Inc Djs will
keep the pulse of the party going strong by mixing today’s hottest hits with all different genres of
music. You won’t have a choice but to lose yourself to the beat.

Step Africa

a group of talented artists doing different kind of performance. They compose traditional music, traditional dance, acrobatic and traditional drumming. All in
local African languages

Toto Bantu Art Band

A famous group of different talented artists doing different kinds of performances and arts. They compose traditional music, traditional dance, Acrobatic and traditional drumming of different tribes here in Zanzibar and the main land
Along with other entertainment like Yoga Show, Ngonoti show and gorrila.

Buruhan’s group

The Group started in 1992 having ten performoers and is growing with new students lerning acrobatics. They show off with rope balance, rope skipping, chair
balance,limbo, fire show, juggling, They performed in several Countries like
Botswana, South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, Dubai, Oman, Brazil to name few.

BMC Group

The Bantu African Acrobatic Group promoting traditional African performing arts through different type of dance and acrobatics; Soukous, gumboot dance, fire dance, mwanzele and ibirandi (wedding celebration
dances), Maasai dance, Limbo, acrobatics and hoop diving.

Capoira

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