Festivals in Stone Town Zanzibar

Emerson Zanzibar Foundation involved in Stone Town Festivals

Festivals in Stone Town - Sauti Za Busara

Sauti za Busara Zanzibar Festival 2024

Sauti za Busara is an annual music festival that takes place around the second weekend of February in Stone Town, Zanzibar.

This world famous African music festival has three stages over four days. With established and upcoming artists from the African continent and diaspora, the festival aims to showcase music with cultural identity. Networking sessions help professionals connect with each other.

Tickets with 50% discount are available for African passport-holders and EAC Residents, and Tanzanian nationals can enjoy further discounts. Sauti za Busara is recognized as one of Africa’s best music events by BBC and CNN.

Emerson Zanzibar’s Secret Garden presents an additional music event on the Thursday or the Friday before the main stage events. See our Zanzibar Events Page or social media for more details

Get tickets at busaramusic.org from 7th Feb 2024 at 11:00am.

Sauti za Busara 2024 & Emerson Zanzibar Foundation Music Awards

East Africa’s biggest music festival

For more details seeour Music Award 2024 Article

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Sauti za Busara Festival 2024 - Photo Markus Meissl
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Emerson's Zanzibar Music Award 2024 - Photo Markus Meissl

Thursday 8 February 2024
Busara PLUS at the Secret Garden

The Sauti Za Busara Festival is here! Come join us on Thursday Night at Secret Garden, Emerson Spice, Stone Town with Sauti za Busara and a special performance by Dazz Jazz!

Join us every Friday and Wednesday this month for some amazing music!

Starting from 20.00

Secret Garden is found in Emerson Spice Hotel, Stone Town

Reservations recommended, please book via WhatsApp +255 774 483 483
or es.reception@emersonzanzibar.com

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Live Music Events Throughout the Year

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Exhibition of Emerson’s Zanzibar Foundation Visual Arts Award 2024

Exhibition of Emerson’s Zanzibar Foundation Visual Arts Award 2024

Dec 21, 10:00am - Dec 21, 6:00pm+26Dec 21, 10:00am - Dec 21, 6:00pmDec 22, 10:00am - Dec 22, 6:00pmDec 23, 10:00am - Dec 23, 6:00pmDec 24, 10:00am - Dec 24, 6:00pmDec 25, 10:00am - Dec 25, 6:00pmDec 26, 10:00am - Dec 26, 6:00pmDec 27, 10:00am - Dec 27, 6:00pmDec 28, 10:00am - Dec 28, 6:00pmDec 29, 10:00am - Dec 29, 6:00pmDec 30, 10:00am - Dec 30, 6:00pmDec 31, 10:00am - Dec 31, 6:00pmJan 1, 10:00am - Jan 1, 6:00pmJan 2, 10:00am - Jan 2, 6:00pmJan 3, 10:00am - Jan 3, 6:00pmJan 4, 10:00am - Jan 4, 6:00pmJan 5, 10:00am - Jan 5, 6:00pmJan 6, 10:00am - Jan 6, 6:00pmJan 7, 10:00am - Jan 7, 6:00pmJan 8, 10:00am - Jan 8, 6:00pmJan 9, 10:00am - Jan 9, 6:00pmJan 10, 10:00am - Jan 10, 6:00pmJan 11, 10:00am - Jan 11, 6:00pmJan 12, 10:00am - Jan 12, 6:00pmJan 13, 10:00am - Jan 13, 6:00pmJan 14, 10:00am - Jan 14, 6:00pmJan 15, 10:00am - Jan 15, 6:00pmJan 16, 10:00am - Jan 16, 6:00pm

Emerson on Hurumzi

📅 Opening Thursday 5th Dec 2024
Then from 6th Dec 2024 - 16th January 2025
Opening Hours Tues-Sun: 10am-6pm
📅 Thursday 19th Dec 2024 - Winner Announcement Event
📍: Emersons Zanzibar Foundation Gallery, 240 Hurumzi Street, Stone Town

The Emerson’s Zanzibar Foundation Visual Arts Award 2024 celebrates the extraordinary contributions of women visual artists in Zanzibar. From traditional henna painting and drawings to contemporary painting and mixed media, these talented women embody resilience, creativity, and cultural heritage.

This year’s award honors their pivotal role in shaping Zanzibar’s artistic and cultural identity—preserving traditions while pioneering new paths in the arts and creative industries.

Explore their inspiring works, which beautifully blend history, and heritage. Let’s come together to support and celebrate the women artists who enrich Zanzibar’s vibrant cultural landscape.


Join us in celebrating their vision!

#ZanzibarArt #WomenInArt #CulturalHeritage #VisualArtsAward2024
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St Joseph's Church School Choir sing Carols on Christmas Eve at our Rooftop Restaurants

St Joseph's Church School Choir sing Carols on Christmas Eve at our Rooftop Restaurants

Dec 24, 6:00pm

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Hear the children's choir of the St Joseph's Church School sing Christmas Carols!

On Christmas Eve in our two Rooftop Teahouse Restaurants at Emerson on Hurumzi Hotel & Emerson Spice Hotel, diners will hear the children's choir of the St Joseph's Church School sing Christmas Carols during dinner service.

Dinner guests are warmly welcome to come early for sunset hour and drinks at 18:00 and at 19:00 the first course is served.
Reservations for Christmas Eve dinner can be made online on our website (using the link in our bio above 👆).

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If booking dinner at any one of our three restaurants make sure you make reservations 24hrs before, online on our website or directly by phone/WhatsApp because there are limited seating arrangements.

Karibuni Tena!

Contact us for room availability, special offers, menus and restaurant reservations using the link in our bio above 👆

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Step into the Soul of Zanzibar

Stone Town is a thriving, historic and cosmopolitan place. There is always something going on.  Emerson Zanzibar hotels and restaurants are at the heart of the many of the annual events in Stone Town – Sauti za Busara, Zanzibar Film Festivals and Food Festivals.

Emerson Spice and Emerson on Hurumzi are also our hosting weekly or daily events; live music performances with talented local musicians and bands, art exhibitions and many other cultural, community events.

The Princess Salme Museum is next to the Emerson on Hurumzi Hotel.  The magical, mysterious and romantic story of the Princess of a Sultan, who lifted the veil on the royal family life by writing a book, her artifacts and secrets are to be found in the  museum.

Don’t miss out, please follow our social media channels to keep up-to-date with the very latest in what is happening in Stone Town, Zanzibar.

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ZIFF

Zanzibar Film Festival

The Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) is East Africa’s largest film and arts festival, exhibiting the latest and best films and promoting film talents from across the African continent and beyond.

The festival’s extensive programme includes film, performance, music, workshops and children’s events, as well as the large-scale outdoor films in the amphitheatre at the Old Fort for which the festival is renowned. There also also several pop-up events, workshops and training in media literacy, film curation and filmmaking within Tanzania, ensuring that the festival continues to act as a flagship arts organisation for East Africa.

Emerson Zanzibar Art Gallery, Exhibitions & Artists

Celebrating Art – Art Exhibition & Artists’ Stories

There are regular exhibitions in the Emerson Art Gallery & Café which can be found by an entrance next to Emerson on Hurumzi Hotel in Stone Town.  There is also an Art Gallery in the Secret Garden in Emerson Spice Hotel. 

Entrance is free for all visitors

Every year there is also Emerson Zanzibar Foundation Award event.  Follow us on Facebook or on Instagram to find out about our Art Exhibitions and Art Awards are in Stone Town.

Stonetown

Zanzibar Wedding Festival

Henna painters, makeup artist and fashion designers – they all come together at the Zanzibar Wedding Festival. The event aims to promote Zanzibari culture – and promote the island as a wedding destination.

In 2022, the festival is scheduled to take place from 2 till 5 December.  

The event will have an array of exiting activities that focuses on reviving the traditions in a new and innovative way through events, shows, discussion panels, exhibitions and more, creating exclusive and comprehensive take on highlighting investment opportunities in several sectors of the Wedding Industry; investment, economy, lifestyle, entertainment and industry’s infrastructure potential in Zanzibar 

Stone Town

Zanzibar Book Fair 2023

Zanzibar Book Fair will be the inaugural celebration of Zanzibari literature. Organized by the Zanzibar Renaissance Literary Society, this annual event will be the first of its kind meeting place for local and global writers to exchange ideas, be inspired, and peruse thousands of books!

The Keynote speaker for this inaugural edition will be Prof. Abdulrazak Gurnah, Nobel Laureate in Literature 2021. The homecoming for this beloved son of Zanzibar will be a poignant start for the book fair where he will also be headlining the African launch of Peponi, a Swahili translation of his 1994 novel, Paradise. The translator is the ever-wonderful Dr. Ida Hadjivayanis, Senior Lecturer in Swahili Studies, SOAS University of London.

The Zanzibar Book Fair will be held from 20th to 22nd of October, 2023.

Keynote Speaker

Prof. Abdulrazak Gurnah

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