Who is playing
The 2026 bill, so far
Twelve of forty-eight confirmed. The second wave lands in September and the last sixteen four weeks before the gate opens.
Wave one
12 of 48
Six stages
Who is playing
Confirmed for November
Every name below is signed and paid. Set times land with the second wave in September.
Adjoa Sika
Alté
Friday · Main stage
Kwabena Osei
Highlife guitar
Saturday · Main stage
Nii Lantey
Drill
Sunday · Main stage
Ama Serwaa
Afro-soul
Saturday · The yard
Efua Mensimah
Afrobeats
Sunday · Main stage
Yaw Fiifi
Producer set
Friday · Late
Naa Adjeley
Gospel & jazz
Sunday · The yard
Kojo Anaman
Roots & dub
Saturday · The yard
Kwesi Brantuo
Amapiano
Saturday · Late
Abena Owusu
Neo-soul
Friday · Main stage
Selorm Agbeko
Borborbor ensemble
Sunday · Drum line
Fiifi Dadzie
Hiplife
Friday · The yard
How the bill is built
Forty-eight names, four ways in
There is no booking agent between you and this festival, and there is no pay-to-play slot. This is the whole of how somebody ends up on the wall.
The open call, February to April
One link, two tracks, no press pack. Three of us listen to every submission on the main rig, and we reply to everyone — including the ones we cannot take.
Rooms we have stood in
Half the bill comes from sets we watched somewhere else that year, mostly in venues that hold under two hundred people. We book on the night, not on the numbers.
Players who keep the older forms
Every edition carries at least four ensembles playing atumpan, fontomfrom, kpanlogo or borborbor, and they are paid the same as anyone on a main stage.
Announced in three waves
Twelve in July, twenty more in September, and the last sixteen four weeks out. Weekend-pass holders get every name a day early.
The schedule
Three days, hour by hour
Times firm up in October. Anything marked as capped takes a free place booked on the day, at the workshop room door.
29 Nov
Harbour wall
Sunday morning: Naa Adjeley, unaccompanied
Gospel and standards on the wall, with nothing plugged in. Free to everyone, ticket or not.
Workshop room
Mixing clinic: small rooms, big systems
Bring a stem pack on a stick and leave with it sounding like something. Ten places, first come.
The yard
The yard: roots and dub
Kojo Anaman's soundsystem set, which is where most of the crew spend their one afternoon off.
Main stage
Closing night: Efua Mensimah & Nii Lantey
The two biggest rooms of the weekend on one stage, and the whole crew out front for the last twenty minutes.
27–29 November 2026 · Jamestown
Get tickets.
Weekend passes are ₵420 until the end of September and go up after that. Under-twelves come free with an adult.
