UTAM FESTIVAL is a Kenyan Annual Multi-Cultural Music Festival that gives a platform for global cultural integration using Art. Utam festival has been conceptualized with an aim of showcasing and sharing East African arts and culture to the world, as well as displaying and sharing cultures from around the world in Africa to build peaceful coexistence lasting friendships, exchange program opportunities in all fields of performed and visual Art.
In 2016, Utam Festival carries a strong wildlife conservation theme that is geared towards raising awareness on the illegal ivory trade that will subsequently inspire advocacy in the festival's attendees.
The featured artistes will include......
SARABI, LUMUMBA THEATRE (TZ), H_ART THE BAND, MAIMOUNA JALLOW, FARIJI NAPA (DRC), MAIA VONLEKOW, MUFASA POET, MOTRA, DBASS GANUN (TZ), MISS KALAHI, TUNEDEM 254, RAPASA, MCEE SLIM (UG), ANDREW ASHIMBA (TZ), MICHELL ONGARO, GRAVITTI REGGAE, SAID ABDALLA, SERRO, AFROSIMBA BAND, IVAN IRAKOZE (BURUNDI)