2011.SEP.30-OCT.2. Malawi. Lake of Stars Festival

Sunbird Nkopola Lodge, Mangochi, Malawi

30th September - 2nd October 2011

Line up: Foals, Freshlyground, Black Missionaries, Lucius Banda, Skeffa Chimoto, Maskal. More TBA soon

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International acts Foals and Freshlyground will headline this year’s Lake of Stars Festival on 30th September to 2nd October in Malawi, Africa.

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Joining the amazing international headliners will be a brilliant line up of Malawian talent including reggae stars Black Missionaries, afropop legend Lucius Banda plus hot new stars Maskal and Skeffa Chimoto.

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Festival founder Will Jameson says “It’s hard to imagine a better festival than last year- our biggest and best to date. This year will be justly global, truly Malawian, showcasing a diverse mix of traditional and new African music, art, poetry, fashion, markets, food and more.”

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“I encourage you to come and experience first-hand what is being talked about from London to Cape Town. Where else can you see over 70 live acts from Africa and Europe playing everything from indie to kwaito to reggae and dubstep in a location that Wanderlust travel magazine hails as one of the Top Ten emerging travel destinations in the world, says Jameson”.

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In 2009 British band the Maccabees came to Malawi for their African debut and brought the UK indie noise to the shores of Lake Malawi and last year saw Noisettes fly out and perform with a Malawian choir.

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Now it’s the turn of the brilliant Foals to bring their unique sound to the warm heart of Africa. Mercury prize nominees, with their track Spanish Sahara voted as Single of the Year by NME magazine in 2010, this is one of the greatest live acts from the UK. Get ready for their huge, rising anthems to hit the waves of Lake Malawi.

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Hugely popular South African act, Freshlyground are guaranteed to get the crowd moving with their infectious blend of afropop, jazz and rock. The group have won numerous awards including an MTV Europe Music Award for ‘Best African Act’ and performed at the World Cup last year, collaborating with Shakira on ‘Waka Waka’ which has become the highest selling World Cup anthem of all time.

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“The festival was borne from a desire to raise money for a developing economy, promote Malawi as a top travel destination and expose Malawian artists to international crowds, as well as putting on an amazing event that now forms part of the global festival circuit,” says Jameson.

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This year we are proud to partner with DHL Express Malawi, Access Communications and Kenya Airways. We also continue to work with our UK technical partners Audile, Funktion One, Studiocare, STS Touring and Brentwood Communications who provide essential equipment and volunteers to run the event. The project would not happen without assistance from these companies, we look forward to delivering a successful event with their support.

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www.lakeofstars.org

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To book your tickets

http://www.ventureco-worldwide.com

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· Lake of Stars promotes event-tourism and Malawi’s creative industries. The Malawi government has recognised the crucial part that tourism can play in the country’s economy.

· Past artists include: Noisettes, Maccabees, Seth Lakeman, Oliver Mtukudzi, Ali Keita, Annie Mac, Andy Cato, Felix B, Ali B, Ross Allen, Tayo, Scratch Perverts, Mary Ann Hobbs, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Tinashe, Afrikan Boy, Goldfish, Oskido, Eddy Temple Morris, DJ Yoda.

· Will Jameson first visited Malawi in 1998 when he worked in Dwangwa as a volunteer with the Wildlife Society for 6 months. During that time he travelled to Zimbabwe, Zambia and Mozambique. On returning to England Will took with him a souvenir – an empty carton of ‘Chibuku Shake Shake’ beer. Half way through university at Liverpool John Moores he decided to start a clubnight with friends Damo Jones, Charlene McDaid and Rich McGinnis. They named the night after the Malawian beer and went on to win Best UK Club in the Mixmag Awards in 2004. The club gave Will the contacts and experience needed to develop the LOS festival idea.

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· The festival has exposed over 200 million people to Malawi through its media coverage, notably on global news networks (BB, CNN) and online

· The festival is Malawi’s number one tourist event of the year it has been contributing to the development of tourism and the arts in Malawi since 2004

· In 2010 the festival generated $1,000,000 of local spend with around a third being in foreign currency

· 100 plus local people were employed and a 1000 + hotel beds were slept in providing a major boost to local families and businesses in 2010 alone.

· The new Development Village area in the festival put NGO’s, the private sector and charities into a space together to spread awareness of their activities and engage with the public.

· 3000 + people came to the 2010 festival, with a majority being Malawian residents but also a healthy mix of regional and international travellers attracted to the unique event.

· The festival provides a positive story for Malawi and Africa and its key role in countering prevailing negative media messages about the continent is recognised through Lake of Stars being asked by Comic Relief to join their new See Africa Differently advisory group.

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Q Magazine - ‘Simply the finest festival in the world’

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