Africa Oye celebrates 22 years of festivities in Sefton Park – here’s the stage times.
The full programme for Africa Oyé 2014 festival has been unveiled.
This year’s show promises to be bigger and better than ever, climaxing with headliner Findley Quaye on the Sunday night.
The festival, which won this year’s GIT Inspiration Award, will also be performances by Jupiter & Okwess International (pictured), Cuban nine-piece Wara, HAJAmadagascar (below) & The Groovy People, Homage To Magool featuring Farxiya Fiska, Joe Driscoll, Sekou Kouyate, Mose ‘Fan Fan’ and Abdoulaye Samb & Minnjiaraby.
Now in its 22nd year, Africa Oyé attracted over 30,000 people in 2013, and organisers expect even more people to attend this year thanks to the draw of Finley Quaye.
When he was unveiled as the headliner of this year’s festival, Quaye told Getintothis: “It’s an honour to be headlining Africa Oyé in Liverpool – songwriter city as I often refer to it.
“It’s a privilege for us to be gracing the stage in Sefton Park; a park I often talk about and we are also blessed to be part of such a prestigious event and line up.”
The stage times for both days of Africa Oyé are:
Saturday June 21
13:00 Homage to Magool ft. Farxiya Fiska (Somalia)
14:15 Beatlife – Drumming Showcase
14:45 Abdul Tee-Jay’s Rokoto (Sierra Leone)
16:30 HAJAmadagascar & The Groovy People (Madagascar)
18:15 Ware (Cuba/UK)
20:00 Mose ‘Fan Fan’ (DR Congo)
Sunday June 22
13:00 Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyate (USA/Guinea)
14:15 Movema – Dance Workshop
14:45 Abdoulaye Samb and Minnijiaraby (Senegal)
16:30 Misty in Roots (UK)
18:15 Jupiter and Okwess International (DR Congo)
20:00 Finley Quaye (UK)
After parties:
District, Africa Oye Presents:
Dub, reggae, hip Hop, world beats.
Secret Warehouse location, hosted by Hustle:
Deep Afro house, Afrobeat & tropical grooves.
Price: £5 ADV / £7 OTD. Includes entry to either/both parties, subject to availability. Times: 9.30pm until late.
Entry to Africa Oye is free. For more details about this year’s festival, click here
Further reading on Getintothis:
Forest Swords wins GIT Award 2014 as Africa Oyé team crowned Inspiration Award winners
Finlay Quaye to headline Africa Oyé 2014
Africa Oyé – the top 10 performances from twenty years of exotic excellence
GIT Award 2014: The Kazimier, Liverpool featuring Lapsley, Africa Oye, Bill Ryder-Jones, Mad Brains, Forest Swords & more
Dan Croll, Dave McCabe and Silent Sleep set for Brazil World Cup 2014 Expo
Twilight Sad to play cult debut album in full in Liverpool
The Magnet is back again – Hardman Street bar promising live music and late night parties
LIMF 2014: By The Sea, Baltic Fleet & more set for Getintothis & Bido Lito! stage in Sefton Park
Liverpool Sound City 2014: Review round up and top 10 bands of the festival.
Liverpool Sound City 2014: Picture gallery from all three days of the festival.
Liverpool Sound City 2014 – all the bands reviewed from the three days.
