On the 20th and 21st of June, Nyege Nyege Remix Oslo transforms Oslo’s club scene with a festival featuring international as well as local artists. East Africa’s biggest festival, Nyege Nyege, celebrates ten years this year, and collaborates with Digital Diaspora for this second Norway-edition.
Think of this satellite festival as a remix of Oslo – musically, socially and culturally – produced by Nyege Nyege and Digital Diaspora. We’re bringing together a diverse cast of artists, DJ-s and speakers at Kafé Hærverk, Dattera til Hagen and Melahuset, as well as street performances. So expect a cultural convergence, uniting people not often found in the same spaces in Norway.
Nyege Nyege, the festival in Uganda, with over 15,000 attendees, fosters cultural exchange. The festival plays a pivotal role in introducing European electronic club and art music to East Africa while also showcasing African, Asian, Caribbean, and Latin American music in Europe. It’s a transcending platform, connecting traditional and electronic music from various continents.
Since the festival's beginnings in 2015, and before that as a club night in Kampala, Nyege Nyege has spurred a global cultural movement, with the associated record labels Nyege Nyege Tapes and Hakuna Kulala as important playgrounds. They operate from a villa in Kampala with a studio and residency program for artists and musicians spanning various disciplines. The festival’s booking agency ensures artists’ global reach, particularly in Europe, but also across Africa, Asia, Australia and America..
Nyege Nyege is beyond a music festival and in the Norwegian context, we also incorporate street theater with KinAct from Kinshasa, and also a music, technology and innovation forum in collaboration with Kilele Summit and Samora Forum at Melahuset.
In 2018 Fact Magazine hailed Nyege Nyege as the world’s best electronic music festival, and other notable publications like The New York Times, The Guardian, Resident Advisor, Mixmag, and The Wire have covered the festival.
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