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Maria Chiguvari
ORGANISERS of the Stanbic Bank Jacaranda Festival have said this year’s edition will be a world-class event.
Running under the theme ‘The Music, The People, The City,’ the eighth edition will run from October 4-6 at the Thornpark Polo Club.
It will feature a refreshing line up of both international and local artists.
The line-up will include Ace FRVR, Reverb 7, Micasa (SA), The Travellers Band,Dlala Thukzin, Freeman HKD & HKD Band, Aga Nyabinde, SkyRoot, Scripts and Bars, Shaku Shante, Daniel Deuschle, Rax The Dj, Feli Nandi, Cassper Nyovest, Nutty O, Mokoomba, Master H, Nomfusi, Idoipe, Cuervo Lento, Spain, James Sakala (Zambia), St Emmo and Spunjand Felo Le Tee (SA).
Stanbic Bank Jacaranda Music Festival organiser and director of Ngoma neHosho, Walter Wanyanya, said:
“The 2024 edition promises to continue this tradition, with a diverse line-up of performers representing a wide range of genres and a spotlight on some of Zimbabwe’s finest performers.
“It is an honour and pleasing to have had the support and partnership of Stanbic to support and make the Jacaranda Music Festival what it is today.
“We commend Stanbic Bank for providing a platform for industry professionals, artists and aspiring musicians to engage in panels, workshops and networking opportunities through the two-day music business conference,” said Wanyanya.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture, Nicholas Moyo, said:
“The partnership of Stanbic, it means a lot for the sector, for the creative sector it means a lot in creating a narrative about how corporatorations can marry or take or tangle with the creatives.
“The challenge has always been what value do we give to corporations and I say today to the industry It’s not just in these different forms, music, performing arts, visual arts.
“It’s not about getting corporations to support but it’s also about giving value and giving reasons for corporations to work with you all the way.
“We need ideas like how we can use structures like Jacaranda to ensure that we educate and skill our players, our practitioners in the music industry, to have a great understanding and appreciation of issues that affect them as we build this industry.
“And, as a government, our major thrust as we move forward is how do we partner with festivals like Jacaranda to ensure that together we build a formative industry that is going to take care of its players now and in the future.”
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