The main stage at dusk with the crowd filling the field in front of it

Three days

of Ghanaian sound

27

27–29 Nov 2026

27–29 November 2026 · Black Star Square & La Pleasure Beach, Accra

Ten years of highlife, afrobeats, gospel and drill on four stages, plus the Ga and Akan drum ensembles that started all of it.

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Tenth edition

Anthem 2026 · Accra

27–29 November 2026

Black Star Square

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A band mid-set on a red-lit stage with the crowd close in front of them

A festival crowd in silhouette against the lit main stage at night

What's new

in 2026

The tenth edition adds a stage, a room and a promise we should have made years ago.

The Drum Circle

A fourth stage given entirely to Ga, Ewe and Akan ensembles, open from noon and free to anyone inside the gate.

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The Late Room

Replays for pass-holders

A vocalist and band mid-song under warm stage light

Forty acts · four stages

Who is playing

Full lineup

A singer in hoop earrings against a deep red backdrop

Highlife

Adjoa Kaya

Fri · Main Stage · 21:40

A singer in a brimmed hat at a vintage ribbon microphone

Palmwine

Kobby Sarpong

Fri · Palmwine · 19:00

A performer in gold and green face paint against a yellow backdrop

Afro-soul

Serwaa Blue

Sat · Main Stage · 22:15

Traditional

Nii Odartey

Sat · Drum Circle · 15:30

A singer seated in patterned dress against a gold backdrop

Gospel

Ama Dzifa

Sun · Main Stage · 18:00

A rapper in a check shirt against a yellow backdrop

Drill

Fiifi Kwao

Sat · Late Room · 01:00

A performer with arms raised against a red backdrop

Hiplife

Akos Mensimah

Sun · Main Stage · 20:30

A singer in close portrait against a red backdrop

Afrobeats

Yaw Prempeh

Sun · Main Stage · 22:00

Where it happens

Four stages,

one wristband

Main Stage

The Black Star field. Eight thousand standing, the headline sets from 20:00 and the only stage with a screen.

17:00 – 23:30

Palmwine

Seated, under trees, acoustic. Guitar bands and singers doing the songs the way they were written.

14:00 – 21:00

The Drum Circle

New this year and free inside the gate. Ga, Ewe and Akan ensembles playing in the round with room to dance.

12:00 – 19:00

The Late Room

One room, doors at 23:00, no photography, no printed lineup. You find out who is on by walking in.

23:00 – 04:00

Made possible by

Thank you to

our partners

Ten organisations put money, power and people behind a field in Osu. None of them asked for their logo on the stage.

Highlife

Afrobeats

Gospel

Drill

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Hiplife

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Gospel

Drill

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Ten editions in

What people

say afterwards

A festival-goer in close portrait under magenta stage light

I have played bigger festivals and none of them got the sound right at eleven at night on an outdoor stage in November. Anthem did, three years running.

Kwabena Mensah

Bandleader, Osu Brass Union

Previously

on Anthem

Streamers and confetti over a festival crowd at golden hour

Anthem 2023

Confetti falling through white stage lights over an audience

Anthem 2024

A crowd with hands raised in warm light in front of the main stage

Anthem 2025

10

Editions since 2016

40

Acts on the 2026 bill

32

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Through the gates last year

210

Crew and stewards on site

Early-bird passes

close on 30 September

Weekend passes go up by eighty cedis at the end of September and the Late Room sells out every year before the lineup is even announced.

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