CALABAR JAZZ FESTIVAL THIS EASTER

Calabar Jazz Festival This Easter! Keyshia Cole, Darey, Asa,
Jimmy Dludlu, Hugh Masakela and more!
Organisers of the Calabar International Jazz Festival have
announced today that Grammy-nominated R&B singer Keyshia
Cole and the multi-talented songstress Asa have joined the
already star-studded lineup scheduled for 18-21 April 2014.
Cole is well-known in Nigeria for her hits ‘I Should Have
Cheated’ and ‘Heaven Sent’, and her two BET reality TV series
‘Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is’ and ‘Keyshia and Daniel: Family
First’. Asa returns after a triumphant performance at last year’s
Festival, where she wowed the crowd, switching effortlessly
between vocals, guitar, trumpet and some fancy footwork.
Conoisseurs of smooth jazz, R ‘n’ B and African dance music
can look forward to fabulous performances by Hugh Masekela,
Liquideep, Jimmy Dludlu and Micasa Music (South Africa),
Timotha Lanae (USA), Gwyn Jay Allen (UK) and local superstars
Dare Art Alade, Yinka Davies and Kunle Ayo. Dludlu was invited
to return after a spell-binding show in 2013, while living legend
Masekela is a frequent visitor who considers Calabar his ‘home
away from home’. He will anchor a special Peace Concert, a
private event hosted by His Excellency, Sen. Liyel Imoke, to
highlight the futile and senseless killings around Nigeria.
According to the Governor of Cross River, the invitation-only
concert is an important one: “Having endured the horrors of
Apartheid, we feel it is fitting to have Hugh Masekela help us to
highlight this disturbing new trend in parts of our beloved
country, even as we search for solutions. We must never forget
the victims.”
Calabar Jazz Festival is the backbone of a great Easter weekend
break for Nigerians, looking forward to escaping hectic city life in
Lagos, Aubuja and Port Harcourt. Calabar beckons with its
reputation for being the cleanest, greenest and safest state
capital in Nigeria. In addition to the concerts, there will be fun
day-time activities and tours for all the family, fabulous VIP
after-parties, and, of course, an opportunity to sample some of
the local delicacies which have made Calabar famous with food
lovers.
While the concerts will light up the night at Calabar’s Cultural
Centre, with a glittering array of music stars, the venue will play
host to an intriguing range of daytime activities. Music Meets
Photography brings together some of Nigeria’s most promising
creative photographers with an audience seemingly addicted to
being ‘snapped’, against a backdrop of live jazz and local music.
Art lovers will be able to visit a gallery of beautiful paintings and
sculpture, curated by Terra Kulture, in the large and imposing
lobby.
The confirmed line-up of artistes for the Calabar International
Jazz Festival from 18th – 20th April is as follows:
Friday 18th
Jimmy Dludlu
Salvadore Sango’
Saturday 19th
Asa
Micasa Music
Kunle Ayo
Sunday 20th
Keyshia Cole
Darey
Liquideep
Gwyn Jay Allen
Monday 21st (private event, by invitation only)
Hugh Masekela
Yinka Davies
Tickets start from just N15,000 per night and are available at
Jumia.com. All-inclusive travel packages to Calabar (flights,
hotel, concert tickets, after-parties and ground transfers) are
available from Leadway Travel & Tours (07042631730,
info@leadwaytours.com). Sponsors include Bouygues
Construction, General Electric, NAIRDA, Hennessy and
NetConstruct; while media partners include MTV Base, EbonyLife
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