The programme
Everything happening on the wall
One pass opens every stage, every exhibition and every workshop with a place left in it. Here is the whole of it, strand by strand.
6 stages
48 artists
30 workshops
Not only music
Two rooms that are not a stage
About half the weekend happens away from the wall — in the customs shed and in the workshop room behind it, both free with any pass.
Exhibitions
Forty years of Ghanaian record sleeves, sound-system photography from Accra, Lagos, Abidjan and Kingston, and one room of instruments you are allowed to pick up and play.
What is on
Workshops & talks
Thirty sessions on drum, production, mixing, writing, touring and getting paid — capped at twenty people each so the questions actually get answered.
What is on
The programme
Six ways into the weekend
One ticket covers every stage, every exhibition and every workshop with a seat left in it. The late sessions in the fish market take a separate wristband.
Main stage
Three headline nights on the harbour wall, doors at six, last set at eleven. Highlife, afrobeats, alté and one brass band nobody expects.
What's on
The yard
Daytime sound systems in the shade of the old customs shed. Free with any pass, and the only stage where the selectors take requests.
What's on
Drum line
Atumpan, fontomfrom, kpanlogo and borborbor, taught by the players who keep them. Bring your hands; we have the drums.
What's on
Exhibitions
Forty years of Ghanaian record sleeves, sound-system photography from four cities, and a room of instruments you may play.
What's on
Workshops & talks
Thirty sessions on writing, producing, mixing, touring and getting paid. Capped at twenty people so questions actually get answered.
What's on
Late
Midnight to four in the fish market, amapiano through to Ga cultural house. Separate wristband, strictly eighteen and over.
What's on
Six stages
Main stage, the yard, the harbour wall, the drum line, the workshop room and the fish market.
Three days
Friday from four in the afternoon to Sunday at half past ten at night, with re-entry all weekend.
Two things free to all
The Sunday morning set on the wall, and any child under twelve with an adult.
One thing separate
The late sessions in the fish market, which are licensed differently and take their own wristband.
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.
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Drum line
Drum line: atumpan and fontomfrom
Two and a half hours with the players who keep them. Twenty places, no experience wanted, drums provided.
Workshop room
Getting paid: publishing, splits and streaming
A room of people who have been stung, and three who have read the contracts. Bring the deal you are worried about.
Main stage
Saturday night: Kwabena Osei & Ama Serwaa
Highlife the way it is still played on this stretch of coast, followed by the loudest voice on the bill.
Fish market
Late: Kwesi Brantuo
Amapiano until the tide turns. The one set every year that people still argue about in March.
Questions
Everything people ask us
If it is not here, the box office answers within a day — hello@echo.com.
Where exactly is the festival?
The Old Harbour Yard, Jamestown, Accra — the old customs yard and the harbour wall behind it, five minutes' walk from the Jamestown lighthouse. The nearest drop-off is High Street; there is no parking on site and the trotro to Korle Bu passes the top of the road every few minutes.
What does a pass actually include?
Every stage, every exhibition and every workshop that still has a place in it, all three days for a weekend pass and one day for a day pass. The late sessions in the fish market are the only thing that is separate, because the room is licensed differently and holds four hundred people.
Can I bring children?
Yes, and under-twelves come free with an adult — the drum line and the exhibitions are built for them as much as for anyone. The site is family-facing until 20:00; after that the main stage stays open but the yard clears out and the late sessions are strictly eighteen and over.
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.
