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Karun, Nasty C, and Sun El Musician Headline Blankets & Wine Nairobi

The festival returns for another yet another edition.

On the 6th of October, The Laureate Gardens, Nairobi will serve as home to Blankets & Wine, one of East Africa’s most thrilling international music festivals. 

Founded in Nairobi in 2008, the festival has served as a space for the celebration of African culture through art, food, music, and lifestyle in Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda for nearly two decades. Featuring a mix of budding and mainstream acts, Blankets & Wine is known to offer a variety of genres including afro-pop, reggae, soul, jazz, hip-hop, and electronic music.

At the start of the year, Blankets & Wine set out to host four editions — one every first Sunday of each quarter and a final one in December. The latest edition will see Kenya’s Karun as well as South Africa’s Nasty C and Sun El Musician, and more take the festival stage.

Past headliners include; AKA, Nneka, Fena, Mayonde, Samthing Soweto, Kagwe Mungai, Sauti Sol, its founder, Muthoni The Drummer Queen, and more.

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