Lizzie Ana Uamusse is a Mozambican artist whose vivid oil paintings blend realism and abstraction. Through her "Arte Daqui" style, she captures her homeland's colonial echoes, coastal beauty and urban energy. Her intuitive, expressive work invites viewers to witness memory and possibility, balancing the quiet sea with the noise of change.
She will create a giant mural on the festival site, that will be sold in pieces or as a whole to interested visitors.
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07.08. - 21.30h
Based in Tofo, Mozambique, AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS is a six-piece band bringing together blues, country, folk, bluegrass, and a touch of rock. With blues guitar, violin, and signature three-part harmonies at the heart of their sound, the band creates performances that are both energetic and heartfelt. Their music blends storytelling, musicianship, and a love for roots music, making every show a memorable experience.
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08.08. - 22.15h
BANDA AVENTURA is an Afro, Marabenta and Afro Jazz band formed in the city of Inhambane in 2015.
Pianist Silvino Lambo is the band's lead vocalist and founder. He’s a composer with numerous songs. His most notable songs include "Sonhar," recorded at Studio Bom Dia and the most remixed internationally and "Unadzilaya," which won the best song award in the "Dzingoma dza Nhambane 2021" music competition sponsored by Rádio Moçambique.
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08.08. - 20:00h
Beauty Sitoe is a Mozambican singer, songwriter and Mbira player, known for her soulful blend of Afro-jazz and traditional Southern African sounds. She rose to prominence after winning the third season of Idolos Mozambique in 2015 and in 2019, she won the Best Voice (Melhor Voz) award at the NGOMA Awards, further solidifying her reputation as a distinguished vocalist. A skilled player of the Mbira, Sitoe weaves the instrument's resonant, meditative tones into contemporary R&B and soul structures.
---> Beauty Sitoe on Facebook
---> Beauty Sitoe on Youtube
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08.08.- 21:00h
The Bonecos Gigantes (Giant Puppets) perform a fusion of traditional Vatonga dances with a blend of african sounds and dances from the center and south of the country, featuring a parade of seven giant oversized puppets that tell a story linked to the need for environmental preservation, sanitation and other social and cultural issues.
Their performance aims to inspire the audience with love for others, the appreciation of traditional culture and people and to celebrate mozambican women for their contribution to environmental protection and the growth and development of Africa.
07.08. - 21:30h
Music born from the earth, speaking to the soul and uniting peoples.
Born in Inhambane in 1966, his debut Ytchaydy Symby - sung entirely in Gitonga - is a poetry of combat, critiquing post-independence poverty, war, and repression through dense metaphors. Self-taught, starting on a tin-can guitar, Zubaida fuses Mutimba, blues, and rock into his signature Mutyblues sound.
After decades without recording, he now unveils the first of three albums. His creative wordplay and fierce political voice make him a vital discovery.
---> Caido in the Studio
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07.08. - 23:00h
Delta Nyamay Wa Sêwi is originally from the province of Inhambane, where she began singing at a young age and practicing the art of playing the Mbira (kalimba).
Delta recognized early the power of music as a tool for social transformation. Her lyrics are a blend of guitonga, shitswa, and Portuguese, promoting social values and the rights of women and children.
In Maputo she performs with the band Project Africa to support herself and finance her studies to become a nurse.
Delta uses rhythms from central and southern Mozambique and follows her greatest inspirations: Zimbabwean Mbira players Chiwoniso Maraire and Hope Masike, Gambian Kora player Sona Jobarteh and Malian Fatoumata Diawara.
---> Delta on YouTube
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08.08. - 20:45h
Banda Fodjina is the resident band of the new generation at our local music studio, "Studio Bom Dia," acting as a backing band for singers from Maxixe, Inhambane, Maputo, and anywhere else who come to record at our facilities and perform live in venues in Inhambane, Tofo, and Barra.
Cristiano, Sidney, and Elton are the band's founders. They grew up in the studio with music and rehearsed for most of their young lives, becoming versatile in different musical styles.
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08.08. - 22:45h
Magide Mussá is a Mozambican musician, born in the city of Inhambane, from where he projects and draws inspiration for part of his music. He began his career in the mid-1970s and became a reference of what is known as the 'Old Guard' of Mozambican music. A poet of melodies and guardian of the Bitonga language, he has transformed stories, love and tradition into songs that touch the soul. In his compositions, he combines styles such as marrabenta, soul, reggae and traditional rhythms from the province of Inhambane.
---> Magid live on YouTube
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08.08. - 20:45h
LEO KRAZY is an upcoming Hip Hop artist from Maxixe, Mozambique, known for blending thoughtful lyrics with local musical influences, who drives the local kids crazy at the moment. His shows includes traditional instruments, creating a connection between modern Hip Hop and Mozambican culture.
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07.08. - 22:30h
LITO LA GAYA is a mozambican five-piece band made up of young musicians whose musical foundation was built in different churches, where they learned to play instruments and refine their voices. Since launching their professional career in 2019, they have captivated audiences with vibrant Marrabenta performances, delivering high-energy shows that reflect their dedication and growing reputation on the local scene.
08.08. - 23:45h
Philipp Quehenberger’s music has existed as a consistent strain amongst the Austrian underground for the last 20 years. His output is a cracking combination of dance floor zeal and deep disco disorientation. A perpetually rotating sphere which blends genres whilst bending the body and mind.
With releases on Editions Mego, Cheap and the recent EP Hot Water on Other Machines, Quehenberger remains a uniquely uncompromising voice.
Along the way, he has collaborated with an eclectic roster of international artists including Marshall Allen, Mark Stewart, Jamaladeen Tacuma, Lenny Kaye, Juini Booth and many others.
07.08. - 00:00h
With their pumping, swinging Marrabenta tunes, true Inhambanian legends SKHEM KHEM have been consistently rousing crowds for over a decade, often ending with large sections of the crowd joining them on stage.
---> Skhem Khem video
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07.08. - 21:00h
UBANTHU WATHU is a youth group from the Machavenga neighborhood, Inhambane City, province of the same name. Their objective is to promote, preserve and develop cultural artistic work as a mechanism for empowering youth, combating unemployment and other ills that plague mozambican society.
The group practices various types of dances such as Zoré, Xigubo, Xiwoda, Marrabenta.
Their artistic work "Lifete" consists of a fusion of traditional Vatonga dances with a mixture of African sounds and dances from the center and south of the country. Lifete aims to provide the public with love for others, the appreciation of traditional culture and people and to praise Mozambican women for their contribution to the growth of Africa.
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