| Sauti za Busara Music Festival - Zanzibar, Tanzania | | | | aimed to bring attention to the encroachment of |
| February | | | | the desert in Northern Kenya. Other activities |
| The Sauti za Busara Music Festival will be in its 7th | | | | include cycle races, dance displays and donkey |
| year in 2010. Zanzibar comes alive in February | | | | rides for children. |
| each year with this international festival celebrating | | | | Lake of Stars Music Festival - Lake Malawi, Malawi |
| East African music. 400 established and upcoming | | | | October |
| artists perform acoustic and electric, modern and | | | | Lake of the Stars is fast becoming one of |
| classic "from city and shamba". The festival kicks | | | | Africa's top music events showcasing a diverse |
| off with a street parade, followed by four days | | | | range of music from Afropop, reggae and folk to |
| of live music at the historic Old Fort in Stone | | | | beatboxers and the best international DJs. The |
| Town, Zanzibar. | | | | stage sits on the chilled out shores of majestic |
| Cape Town International Jazz Festival - Cape | | | | Lake Malawi. 2008 highlights included British folk |
| Town, South Africa | | | | supremo Seth Lakeman finishing his set as the |
| April | | | | lakeshore wind whipped the stage covering into a |
| The Cape Town International Jazz Festival has | | | | frenzy and Malawian legend Giddi Chalamanda |
| blossomed into a top international jazz event | | | | making a surprise guest appearance to the delight |
| voted by Melodytrip as the 4th best in the world. | | | | of the Malawian contingent. The festival began in |
| This comes as no surprise considering the wealth | | | | 2004 to showcase Malawi as a destination and to |
| of jazz musicians who hail from South Africa and | | | | expose Malawian musicians to an international |
| Cape Town in particular. 40 local and international | | | | audience. |
| greats perform on four stages over a weekend, | | | | Oktoberfest - Namibia, various locations |
| so the hardest part is trying to decide which | | | | Late October |
| stage to visit at any one time! | | | | The German descendants in Namibia have |
| Malaral Camel Derby - Maralal, Northern Kenya | | | | maintained their language and culture despite being |
| August | | | | cut off from Germany since 1915. This is why |
| The Malaral Camel Derby is an annual event held | | | | you will find a Munich-style Oktoberfest |
| in the Northern Region of Kenya. Both amateurs | | | | energetically celebrated in most major centres. If |
| and professionals put the camels through their | | | | you are in Namibia in late October be sure to |
| paces on a route through this semi-desert region. | | | | seek out the foaming pitchers of beer, sizzling |
| Camels (with or without handlers) are available to | | | | sausages and thigh slapping merriment of the |
| hire for those wishing to compete. This event is | | | | oompah bands. |