The Line-Up
Six festivals between August and next May. Four of them we have run for years; two are new, and those are the ones we are most nervous about.
22 August 2026
Homowo Street Party
One street, twelve hours, and the Ga calendar's own harvest weekend. Brass bands from the fishing harbour at noon, four sound systems by dark, and kenkey until the barriers come down.
Jamestown, Accra
9,000 across the day
19 September 2026
Chale Wote Beach Session
Sand, one stage facing the water, and a bill that runs from palm-wine highlife at four to alté and amapiano at midnight. Gates at two, last set at one.
Labadi Beach, Accra
6,500
12 December 2026
Harmattan Nights
Our biggest night, timed for the week the dust arrives and everybody comes home. Two stages, a full horn section behind every headliner, and the December crowd that only Accra produces.
Accra Sports Stadium forecourt
14,000
13 March 2027
Kete Drum Weekend
Two days of drum ensembles from across Ashanti, with the youth groups on the Saturday and the royal ensembles on the Sunday. Seated, shaded, and the only one of ours you can bring a grandmother to.
Manhyia, Kumasi
3,200 a day
29 May 2027
Highlife Garden
An afternoon under the mahogany trees for the bands that built the form — plus the four young groups we put on the small stage each year and watch fill the big one.
Aburi Botanical Gardens
4,000
7 November 2027
Azonto Night Market
A street market that turns into a dancefloor at nine. Forty traders, one stage at the top of the road, and a route the Assembly closes for us from six until two.
Oxford Street, Osu
7,000
On the day
How A Festival Day Runs
Times shift by an hour or so between sites, but the shape is the same at all six.
14:00
Gates
Bag check and wristbands on. Four lanes at Harmattan, two everywhere else, and a separate lane for accessible entry that is never used for anything else.
15:00
Small stage opens
The four acts we funded that year, plus whoever won the open slot. This is the part of the day we are proudest of and the part fewest people see.
16:00
Food village in full
Forty traders, all of them local, none of them paying us a percentage. Kenkey, waakye, khebab, and the corn woman who has followed us since 2016.
18:30
Main stage
Five acts, forty-minute changeovers, and a horn section that stays on the riser for all of them. The sun goes down during the second one.
23:15
Headline set
Ninety minutes and an encore we have already budgeted for. The lighting design exists for this and nothing else.
01:00
Last set ends
Deliberately early. Trotro and taxi marshals are on the road until two, which only works if everybody leaves while transport is still moving.
At the gate
What Gets Through And What Does Not
Published here rather than printed on the ticket, so nobody finds out at the barrier.
Bring
Your QR code, on a phone or printed
ID if you look under 25 and the site is 18+
A refillable bottle — water points are free
A hat, and something for when it turns cold at eleven
Leave at home
Glass of any kind, including perfume bottles
Your own alcohol — the bars are the sponsor's
Professional cameras with detachable lenses
Drones, flares, and anything on the police list
Asked often
Before You Set Off
How do I buy tickets, and what can I pay with?
Everything is sold through this site. MTN MoMo, Telecel Cash and Visa or Mastercard all work; you get a QR code by SMS and by e-mail within a minute of paying. There is no booking fee on top of the price you see.
How do I get there and how do I get home?
Every festival has a marshalled trotro and taxi rank running until an hour after the last set, and we publish the routes a fortnight before. Our last set finishes at one so that everybody is moving while transport is still running.
What happens if it rains?
We run. Every one of our sites has covered ground for at least a third of the capacity, and the stages are roofed and earthed. We have only ever stopped a show once, for lightning, and everybody got the night back the following March.
Be The First To Know About Upcoming Festivals
One mail a month at most: on-sale dates, line-up announcements and the pre-sale code, twenty-four hours before everybody else gets it.
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