Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique / African Music ||| Music Festivals 2016

17-19 March 2016:: :: F :: The 12th Babel Med Music 2016, Marseille, France.; With:
18 March:
Alif Naaba (Burkina Faso)
Bamba Wassoulou Groove (Mali)
19 March:
Elida Almeida (Cabo Verde)

1-10 April 2016:: :: F :: The 28th Festival Chorus des Hauts-de-Seine 2016, Place de la Défense, Paris, and also in various venues in the Hauts-de-Seine area, France.; With:
3 April:
Faada Freddy (Senegal/France)
8 April:
Oxmo Puccino (Mali/France)

15-16 April 2016:: :: F :: The 19th Festival Complet'Mandingue in Saint-Brieuc, France.; With:
Inna Modja (Mali)
Babara Bangoura (Guinée)
Bamba Wassoulou Groove (Mali)
Voodoo Ambassadors (France)

13-15 May 2016:: :: F :: The 41st Festival Musiques Métisses d'Angoulême in Angoulême, France.; With:

14-16 May 2016:: :: NL :: The 32nd Music Meeting in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.; With:
Konono No.1 meets Batida (D.R. Congo /Portugal)
Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band (Ghana)
Djelimady Tounkara & Kandia Kouyaté (Mali)

19-24 May 2016:: :: CH :: Afro-Pfingsten in Winterthur, Switzerland.; Cancelled!

26 - 29 May 2016:: :: D :: The 28th Afrika Festival in Würzburg, Germany.; 26 May:
Olivier Tshimanga (D.R. Congo);
Lebo Masemola (South Africa);
Hot Water Band (South Africa);
Hugh Masekela (South Africa);
27 May:
Karyna Gomes (Guinea-Bissau);
Leni Stern's African Trio (Germany/USA/Senegal);
Valérie Ekoumé (Cameroon);
Lura (Cape Verde);
28 May:
Nneka (Nigeria);
Lokua Kanza (D.R. Congo);
Tiken Jah Fakoly (Côte d'Ivoire);

2-3 July 2016:: :: NL :: The 28th Africafestival Hertme in Hertme, the Netherlands.; With:
2 July:
Moh! Kouyaté Orlando Julius & the Heliocentrics (Nigeria)
Songhoy Blues (Mali)
Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band (Ghana)
Sam Mangwana & Odemba OK Jazz Allstars (Angola/DR Congo)
3 July:
Karyna Gomes (Guinea-Bissau)
Bamba Wassoulou Groove (Mali)
Orchestre Les Mangelepa (Kenya)
Youssou N'Dour & Super Etoile de Dakar (Senegal)

21-24 July 2016:: :: F :: Africajarc 2016, Cajarc (Lot), France; With:
21 July : Boubacar Ndiaye (Senegal);
22 July :
Kunbe (Mali/France);
Jupiter & Okwess International (D.R. Congo)
Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band (Ghana)
23 July :
Sahra Halgan Trio (Somaliland);
Awa Ly (Senegal);
Rokia Koné, Kandia Kouyaté, Mariam Doumbia & Mamani Keita : Les Amazones d'Afrique;
Esther Rada (Israel / Ethiopia);
24 July :
Paris-Kinshasa-Express (D.R. Congo/France);

13-20 August 2016:: :: F :: The 9th Africa'Vic in Vic-sur-Cère (15), France (Auvergne).; Dance and percussion with Association Nawé (Thomas Gueï, Nadège Sellou), accompanied by Nadège Fenghom, Issouf Touré, Bachir Sanogo, Aminata Sanou (Burkina Faso) and others.
Final show 19 August.

18 November - 24 December 2016:: :: F :: The 28th Festival Africolor in various venues in Seine-Saint-Denis, France.

African Music Festivalsin Europe 2016