After launching in 2009 and 2010 and 2011 editions setting the festival as a reference, Kriol Jazz Festival - Praia is back for 4th edition from April 12th to the 14th. Discover a selection of the best artists from the creole world for a program based upon exchanging as much on a musical level as on a human level.
Organized by Harmonia Lda in partnership with the council of Praia, the Festival's main objective is to promote the Creole-inspired music from all the islands, whether in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Cape Verde, or Africa, the cradle of Creole.
This project is absolutely unique and innovative for Cape Verde, where such event never had been organized.
Kriol Jazz Festival Praia which will offer its fourth edition from April 12th to the 14th is one of the events which portrays the ambition we have for the city of Praia : a city with a rich cultural agenda and a capacity to be integrated into the international circuit of cultural events.
Culture is indoubtedly our largest ressource. Would it show in music, dance, literature, painting, gastronomy or traditions as much oral as written, we have a sense of who we are as a nation - a nation whose identity results of a mix between African and European people and is geographically located at the crossing of Africa, Europe and America.
Kriol Jazz Festival Praia is the mix of this identity and location wich makes us a people who is open to the world with a important diaspora spread over in different countries.
This is the reason why nothing ever surprises us and foreigners are not suprised either when they visit. We are an island people and creole... simply Cape Verdean. So we have no doubt that both the performing artists and the people visiting will feel at home and enjoy the creole culture Kriol Jazz Festival Praia has to offer.
You're more than welcome.
The Mayor of Praia
José Ulisses Correia e Silva
The Kriol Jazz Festival - Praia is an annual festival that takes place in April on the island of Santiago, the program spreads over two days. The audience is as well local as targeting international public.
April being a month of high tourist traffic, the period was chosen to attract the widest audience possible. The three first editions offered an international schedule including artists such as Lenine, Ba Cissoko, Ralph Thamar & Mario Canonge, Jacques Morelenbaum, Manhattan Transfer, Cindy Blackman-Santana or Maraca Latin All Stars among others.
Based upon the international reference jazz represents, this project aims at creating a cultural meeting relying on Creolity. Thus, besides the concerts, a series of workshops will be offered around the same idea, allowing everyone to share its experience, expertise and approach.
As 2011, the festival will open on a free night offering the performances of new talents. The two other nights will be as usual, opened by a Cape Verdean artist, followed by the shows of international artists.
Moreover, the jam sessions having become an institution of the Festival, they will be part of the program again in 2012.
Equally, Kriol Jazz Festival – Praia will once again offer professional meetings with the will to develop the exchanges between local and international professionals.
Tickets for this fourth edition will be available for 1000ecv (standing) and 1500ecv (sitting) per night, the first day being free.
Organized by Harmonia Lda in partnership with the council of Praia, the Festival's main objective is to promote the Creole-inspired music from all the islands, whether in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Cape Verde, or Africa, the cradle of Creole.
This project is absolutely unique and innovative for Cape Verde, where such event never had been organized.
Mayor's message
Kriol Jazz Festival Praia which will offer its fourth edition from April 12th to the 14th is one of the events which portrays the ambition we have for the city of Praia : a city with a rich cultural agenda and a capacity to be integrated into the international circuit of cultural events.
Culture is indoubtedly our largest ressource. Would it show in music, dance, literature, painting, gastronomy or traditions as much oral as written, we have a sense of who we are as a nation - a nation whose identity results of a mix between African and European people and is geographically located at the crossing of Africa, Europe and America.
Kriol Jazz Festival Praia is the mix of this identity and location wich makes us a people who is open to the world with a important diaspora spread over in different countries.
This is the reason why nothing ever surprises us and foreigners are not suprised either when they visit. We are an island people and creole... simply Cape Verdean. So we have no doubt that both the performing artists and the people visiting will feel at home and enjoy the creole culture Kriol Jazz Festival Praia has to offer. You're more than welcome.
The Mayor of Praia
José Ulisses Correia e Silva
April being a month of high tourist traffic, the period was chosen to attract the widest audience possible. The three first editions offered an international schedule including artists such as Lenine, Ba Cissoko, Ralph Thamar & Mario Canonge, Jacques Morelenbaum, Manhattan Transfer, Cindy Blackman-Santana or Maraca Latin All Stars among others.
Based upon the international reference jazz represents, this project aims at creating a cultural meeting relying on Creolity. Thus, besides the concerts, a series of workshops will be offered around the same idea, allowing everyone to share its experience, expertise and approach. As 2011, the festival will open on a free night offering the performances of new talents. The two other nights will be as usual, opened by a Cape Verdean artist, followed by the shows of international artists.
Moreover, the jam sessions having become an institution of the Festival, they will be part of the program again in 2012. Equally, Kriol Jazz Festival – Praia will once again offer professional meetings with the will to develop the exchanges between local and international professionals.
Tickets for this fourth edition will be available for 1000ecv (standing) and 1500ecv (sitting) per night, the first day being free.
