The 2023 Vic Falls Carnival is set to take place from 28 – 30 April this year and artist’s announcements are in full flow. In the post teasing the first of the artist announcements, organisers said the lineup was going feature artists from 6 countries.
Did you know the mighty Zambezi River passes through 6 African countries, starting in Zambia and moving through Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and finally Mozambique where it flows into the Indian Ocean? We are close to confirming artists from all of these areas!
The 2023 Carnival will not only cross borders in terms of artist selection but it will also host performances for the event in Livingstone, Zambia. So far the festival has announced 15 acts from 4 countries with most of them being from South Africa and Zimbabwe:
DJ Rimo (Zimbabwe)
DJ Nitefreak (Zimbabwe)
Mdoovar, Toss, Gumba (South Africa)
Musa Keys (South Africa)
Jah Prayzah (Zimbabwe)
Black Motion (South Africa)
Enzo Ishall (Zimbabwe)
Anita Jaxson (Zimbabwe)
LKG – Lerato Kganyago (South Africa)
Top Cheri (Namibia)
Khoisan (Botswana)
MacG & Sol Phenduka (South Africa)
Han-C (Botwsana)
Mokoomba (Zimbabwe)
Mafikizolo (South Africa)
They’re still not yet artists from Mozambique and Angola on the list.
Regarded as one Africa’s best New Years Festivals, the Vic Falls Carnival changed it’s dates for it’s 10th edition last year. Before being paused for 2 years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the festival had always been held from 29 – 31 December.
In an interview with Sunday Mail, the festival director Craig Bright revealed the change of dates had been on the cards for a while before the pandemic hit.
We are changing the narrative from it being a celebration of the year-end and the start of a new one, rather focusing on the celebration of African arts, culture and music. We have been thinking of moving the dates for a few years now and we used the break, due to the pandemic, as an opportunity to re-think and make new plans for our new dates which fall over the Workers’ Day long weekend.
Last year DJ Maphorisa, Kabza De Small and Sha Sha were a no show, while being on the lineup as headliners.
