A celebration of African music and culture
Sefton Park, Liverpool
Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th June 2010
12.30pm-9.30pm on both days
Admission: Free
ACTS ALREADY CONFIRMED – Reggae legend Michael Rose from BLACK UHURU with his live band (Jamaica); International superstar HABIB KOITE (Mali); the unbelievable sounds of THE GANGBE BRASS BAND from Benin; YOUSSOU N'DOUR's protégé CARLOU D from Senegal; the salsa/merengue/reggaeton hybrid band touring the UK for the first time, TO'MEZCLAO (Cuba); and a sensational new band from Haiti, TI COCA plus more to be announced...
Africa Oyé returns to Sefton Park, Liverpool in 2010, bigger and better than ever. Year on year, the UK's largest free African music festival just keeps on growing...
Africa Oyé is the UK's largest free celebration of African music and culture and takes place annually in Liverpool. Beginning in 1992 as a series of small gigs in the city centre, the event has gone from strength-to-strength, moving to its present Sefton Park home in 2002 to cope with demand. Now in its nineteenth year, Africa Oyé continues to grow. In 2009 the event attracted an audience of over 20,000 people and even more are expected to attend Oyé 2010.
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With too many negative representations of Africa entrenched in images of war, disease, poverty and famine, Oyé seeks to redress the balance and highlight the fantastic range of cultures, foods, music and artists that make this great continent one of the most vibrant and inspiring in the world. The festival is also a truly international event that harnesses the spirit of multiculturalism and tolerance. It has played host to artists from nations right across Africa and also programmes music from South America and The Caribbean with Salsa, Soca and Reggae always a popular addition to the festivities.
"Nowhere else in the world will you find a city overflowing with such cultural diversity that it pulsates through the veins of every inhabitant and visitor to its shores." www.liverpool08.com
"Everything you could need for a unique African experience...a true slice of Africa." Virtual Festivals
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