Supported by: DOEN Foundation, HIVOS, CKU - Centre for Culture and Development, Mimeta, Norwegian Embassy Kampala and British Council.

In partnership with: Alliance Française, The French Embassy in Uganda, Embassy of Ireland and Goethe Zentrum Kampala.

8th SEASON CALENDAR 2015 BAYIMBA

11th APRIL 2015

GULU REGIONAL FESTIVALThe kickoff of the festival season starts with the Bayimba regional festivals. Gulu Town as always will host the first 2015 festival for the sixth time on Saturday the 11th of April. Entrance will be 2,000 UGX and tickets will be sold in advance at TAKS Centre, Radio One, Café Hut and at BJ pub. This year’s festival will capitalize on traditional dance where six traditional dance groups from six northern Uganda districts of Nebbi, Ayam, Nwoyo, Pader, Kitgum and Gulu will compete for a cash price. Each dance group will exhibit three dance styles on which the Judicators will base to select the best dance group. The event will start at Midday and will also have interludes from art ac-tivities such as comedy, poetry, acrobatics, djs and End of the Weak MC challenge among others.

Venue: Pece StadiumFee: 2,000 UGXTime: 12 noon

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6th JUNE 2015

FORT PORTAL REGIONAL FESTIVALNext on the regional festivals will be Fort Portal on Saturday the 6th of June at Gardens Restaurant. The Bayimba regional festival will be for the second time in Kabarole district but also including acts from Kasese, Bundibujo, Kyenjojo and Masindi within the festival pro-gramme. A music training workshop will be held for two weeks prior to the festival to equip the participants with the skills of performing live and the participants will have an opportunity to exhibit this at the festival. Exhibitions paces will also be availed to different exhib-itors to sell their artistic products. One mainstream artist from Kampala will also be lined up to entertain the people of Fort Portal. Entrance will be 2,000 UGX and tickets will be sold in advance at the Voice of Tooro FM radio and Garden Restaurant.

Venue: Garden RestaurantFee: 2,000 UGXTime: 5pm

4th JULY 2015

MBALE REGIONAL FESTIVALThe final regional festival that will wrap up the year will be Mbale. For the sixth time, the festival will take place on Saturday the 4th of July at Naboa road and entrance will be 2,000 UGX. Bands from Soroti, Tororo, Butalejah, Sironko, Bududa and Mbale will be select-ed to perform with one mainstream artist from Kampala. Comedians, Poets, Visual artists, dancers will be part of the performers. Exhibition spaces will also be availed to different exhibitors to sell their artistic products.

Venue: Naboa RoadFee: 2,000 UGXTime: 5pm

NB : For all the Regional Festivals live updates , like our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BayimbaRegionalFestivalsUganda

4rd - 9th MAY 2015

DOADOA EAST AFRICA’S PERFORMING ARTS MARKETJINJA

Since 2012, Bayimba Cultural Foundation together with its East Africa regional partners Sawa Sawa Festival, Sauti za Busara Festival, Kenya Music Week, Ketebul Music Records, Caravan records, Jazzamba, and Selam Festival established DOADOA l East African Performing Arts market as a platform for professional networking and co-learning. The Market has grown to become a meeting place that fosters connections in the performing Arts business.

Through DOAODA, several artists have had a chance to be spotted for international festival programming, whereas others have suc-cessfully engaged in cross border collaborations, made recordings and enhanced their presence online. Not to mention the access to professional one on one mentoring with expats that attends the market from far continents.

According to the Ugandan State Minister for Culture and family affairs at the opening of the 3rd DOADOA, she stated that … “For me the joy of DOADOA lies in its wonderful diversity and its open sin-cerity and working with others to bring it all together – the greater and lasting benefit of DOADOA is simply the unique chance to meet your peers from so many different countries, cultural, social and profession-al backgrounds. The opportunity to speak at length with each other is invaluable”

Definitely, DOADOA is a place to be for artists and the others inter-ested in the music business that would like to further their connec-tions and understanding of the East Africa, to tap into the regional market.

Registration for the 4th Edition (6th to 9th May 2015) is ongoing. Follow the link to register in time.http://doadoa.org/registration-2015/ or visit our face book page. https://www.facebook.com/DOADOAEastAfrica

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18th - 20th SEPTEMBER 2015

BAYIMBA INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THE ARTSNATIONAL THEATRE

The Bayimba International festival of the arts is every third weekend of September, and in 2015, it will take place on the 18th – 20th September (Friday to Sunday), at the National Theatre in Kampala. As a multi-disciplinary festival, it brings together the finest arts from Uganda, East Africa and the rest of the World. The 8th edition of the festival will continue to explore new art forms to be introduced to the performing arts scene in Uganda, work with both new and es-tablished artists as well as tapping into a new audience. Advance ticket sales will be communicated through our social media platforms.

NB : All Journalists who would wish to cover the festival should apply for accred-itation on website (www.bayimbafestival.com) under press section .

Exhibitors and Vendors:Apply to trade at the Bayimba festival September 18th to 20th 2015. Applications will close August 30th, 2015. Submit your application online at info@bayimba.org , call +256 414 591 670 or you can fill out a paper application by coming to the Bayimba office.

25th - 29th NOVEMBER 2015

KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL 2015NATIONAL THEATRE

After the successful premier Kampala International Theatre Festival, the second edition is already set for 25th till 29th Nov. 2015. As a new festival on the Bayimba season calendar, it aims at specifically reaching out to the theatre sub-sector, further develop the festivals as platform for showcase, training and exchange. Advance ticket sales will be communicated shortly across our social media platforms.

For more information about the Festival , visit www.Kampalainternationaltheatrefestival.com or like our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/KampalaInternationalTheatreFestival

KEEP CALM

it’s BAYIMBA FESTIVAL

ARTS EDUCATION

“A strong cultural education is vital for a country’s social and economic future … therefore;

every child should have an education in arts and culture”

BAYIMBA ACADEMY

The Bayimba Academy is the arts education pillar of Bayimba, offer-ing a range of practical training for visual and performing artists throughout the year. The Academy strives to empower artists by providing with new artistic skills, promoting inter- and intra-disci-plinary artistic collaborations and introducing new arts disciplines, as well as training stakeholders in the arts sector (such as arts jour-nalists and arts managers).

APLLY NOW for the arts education programme 2015:• The Music training of Trainers in Kampala: 7th-13th April 2015 • The Goethe Workshop Tour in Kampala: 16th -22th May 2015 • The Practical Musician in Fort portal: 25th May -6th June 2015 • The creative Writer’s Workshop in Kampala: 3rd -14th August 2015 • 5thedition of “The Practical Musician” in Kampala: 10th to 21st of August 2015

REGISTER and APPLY NOW for auditions:• Artist Exchange: dates and location to be announced • Creative Entrepreneurship Trainings: dates and locations to be announced • Arts Journalism workshop dates and locations to be announced• Live Event Coverage workshop in Kampala: 14th to 21st September 2015• Various workshops/master classes in conjunction with the Bayimba International

Festival in Kampala: September 2015

The 2015 Bayimba arts education programme is made possible with the generous support of DOEN Foundation, HIVOS and CKU.

During the coming years, the Bayimba arts education programme will gradually develop into a full-fledged training institution, to start with developing its current music training programme into a struc-tured music training pillar of the Bayimba Academy. For the devel-opment of training programmes and other pillars of the future Bayimba Academy, Bayimba is always looking out for new engage-ments and new partnerships. Please contact us if you want to get involved and partner with us.

25th MAY - 6th JUNE 2015

THE PRACTICAL MUSICIAN FORT PORTAL

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The training will take place from the 25th May to 6th June 2015 at the Allan’s resort, Fort Portal. The training will be facilitated by Kaz Kasozi (Music Director at Bayimba Cultural Foundation) and Anita Asaasira (Assistant lecturer at the Department of Performing Arts and Film, Makerere University).The fee for the 2015 Fort portal Music Training is 100,000 UGX for the full 2 weeks of the training, to be paid prior to course beginning. You are required to apply for participation by completing and submitting the application form by 30th April 2015.

7th - 13th APRIL 2015

THE MUSIC TRAINING OF TRAINERSKAMPALA

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The course is designed to groom prospective Music Trainers that will be useful with the Bayimba academy music programs in the future. The participants will be taught the theoretical understanding of Keyboard Harmony, applied harmony; a practical introduction to body percussion as music tool and basics of rhythmic reading and writing as taught in the Global Music Campus. The Program is for Music teachers. The training will take place from the 7th -13th April 2015 at the Kampala Music School, Kampala. The training is facili-tated by Kaz Kasozi and Anita Asaasira. You are required to apply for participation by completing and submitting the application form by 27th March 2015.

3rd - 15th AUGUST 2015

THE CREATIVE WRITER’S WORKSHOPKAMPALA

*APPLY NOW* The course is designed to equip creative writers with the skills in writing short animation scripts. Each writer will be taught how to develop a script for a short animation. The participants will work with a team of animators to translate their scripts into actual anima-tions. The Course is targeting any writer who is interested in telling compressed stories through animation. The training will take place from 3rd -14th August 2015. The Training will be at Goethe Zentrum Kampala Conference Room. The training will be facilitated by the Deborah Asiimwe. The fee is 50,000 UGX for the full 2 weeks of the training, to be paid prior to course beginning. Participants are ex-pected to attend the whole period of the training and bring their own writing and production materials (Laptops, Note books, Pens). You are required to apply for participation by completing and sub-mitting the application form by 30th of June 2015.

10th - 21st OF AUGUST 2015

5th EDITION OF “THE PRACTICAL MUSICIAN” KAMPALA

*REGISTER FOR AUDITIONS *

The training will take place from 10th -21st August 2015 at the Kampala Music School, Kampala. The training will be facilitated by Kaz Kasozi (Music Director at Bayimba Cultural Foundation) and Anita Asaasira (Assistant lecturer at the Department of Performing Arts and Film, Makerere University). The fee for the Music Training is 100,000 UGX for the full 2 weeks of the training, to be paid prior to course beginning. You are required to go through a com-petitive audition process. Auditions will be held on 29th of June 2015 in the Green Room, National Theatre, Kampala from 9am to 5pm. You are required to register for auditions by completing and submitting the entry form by 29th of June 2015

APPLY NOW for the following training courses: Creative Entrepreneurship Trainings: dates and locations to be announced Artist Exchange Programme: Dates and Location to be announcedArts Journalism workshop dates and locations to be announced

14th - 21st SEPTEMBER 2015 LIVE EVENT COVERAGE WORKSHOPKAMPALA

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The training is designed to equip photographers with professional stage photography skills and to stretch participants’ hands-on au-dio-visual techniques to cover live events, such as concerts and festivals. The training is photographers who want to specialize and become experts in Live events and stage photography. The training will take place from 14h to 21 September 2015 at the National Theatre. The training will be facilitated by Geoff Walker. The training is free of charge. Participants are expected to attend the whole period of the training and bring their own professional equipment (photo/video camera, laptop with professional software).You are required to apply for participation by completing and submitting the appli-cation form by 30th of June 2015

Also check the various workshops/master classes in conjunction with the Bayimba International Festival in Kampala: September 2015

APRIL // MAY // JUNE // AUGUST 2015

YOUTH AND HIP HOP PROGRAMME

The Youth and Hip Hop programmes has been support by CKU partners for the past 4 years, and has reached out to more that 1000+ youngsters across the country. From Gulu, Kitgum, Lira, Arua, Soroti, Moroto to Kampala, Mbarara, Mbale, Jinja, and now in Fort Portal. Each year the programme expands on its outreach and works with the past participants as facilitators in different regions to strengthen the future possibility of continuing to run the programme. Below is the calendar for 2015.

• Kitgum // 23rd March – 4th April• Lira // 13th – 26th April• Arua // 18th – 21st May• Soroti // 15th – 28th June• Hip Hop Boot Camp // Fort Portal // 10th – 23rd August

SIGN UP MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMMES SIGN UP for Bayimba Membership and JOIN an Arts soul! http://bayimba.org/membership/ be part of a network of artists, collectors and arts professionals of all ages and many more benefits. The annual membership goes for 50,000 UGX ($20).

Write to us: info@bayimba.org / or call +256 414 591 690

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INTERNSHIP PROGRAMMMES

Every year, Bayimba cultural foundation is open to four short-term (max. 6month) internship positions. If you are interested in being a team player, send in your motivation to join the Bayimba team and share the experience.

info@bayimba.org

VOLUNTEER PROGRAMMES

Each year, during all the Bayimba season of events across the country, we work with more than 300 volunteers. It is one short experience that comes with a lot of opportunities and exposure.

You can join our volunteer programme by sending an email with your CV to info@bayimba.org

For more information Contact: Email: info@bayimba.org

Call: +256 414 591670 Websites:

www.bayimba.orgwww.doadoa.org

www.kampalainternationaltheatrefestival.com www.bayimbafestival.com