Beeta Art Festival Returns This December For Its 5th ‘Connected Voices’ Edition in Abuja
The Beeta Arts Festival (BAF), has announced its return for its fifth version scheduled for December fifth to seventh, 2025 in Abuja. Basically based by award-successful actor, producer, and cultural point out Bikiya Graham-Douglas, BAF has grown into a premier platform for theatre, film, music, dance, visual art, and cultural expression. This 365 days’s version themed “Connected Voices” will take residing on the prestigious Abuja Continental Hotel, featuring stage plays by dynamic storytellers together with Ivie Okujaiye, Habiba Zock-Sock, Goodness Emmanuel, Ame Aiyejina, Daniel Okosun, Tony Edet (Skinny Nice Tony), and Abiodun Kazeem, alongside thrilling new rising voices. Ola Rotimi Fakunle returns as producer of the theatre phase, bringing his signature depth and excellence to the BAF stage.
Speaking on the fifth version, Bikiya Graham-Douglas eminent:
“The Beeta Arts Festival used to be created to magnify the vitality of storytelling across Africa and to develop pathways for rising skill. This 365 days’s theme, ‘Connected Voices,’ shows our perception that art no longer excellent entertains, nevertheless additionally unites and empowers. We stay up for welcoming artists and audiences to Abuja for an unforgettable event of African creativity”.
The film programme curated by Mandela Washington Fellow and Movie maker Priye Diri will showcase compelling work from rising filmmakers across Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Tunisia, Morocco, and Côte d’Ivoire, together with alumni from the Multichoice Skill Manufacturing facility. This 365 days, BAF will additionally introduce the Audience Different Award for both Movie and Theatre, giving festival-goers the different to get a excellent time and vote for their accepted performances.
Song and leisure will characteristic performances by upcoming artists, with a clear guest appearance by rapper and DJ Muna Abi, adding vitality and pleasure to the festival’s vivid community.
There will additionally be ingenious and impactful conversations featuring revered personalities a lot like Dimbo Atiya, Biodun Stephen, Lyndsey Efejuku, Rahama Sadau, Utee Rone, Prince (Aboki) Daniel, Malik Afegbua and others, exploring trends, opportunities, and insights within the ingenious industry in collaboration with the UNDP X Jubilee Fellows Program.
BAF 2025 will host Social Influence Dialogues on Gender-Basically primarily based Violence, in collaboration with UN Females, Dorothy Njemanze Basis, and Nationwide Assembly Library Believe Fund, featuring speakers from Tech Her, Gender Mobile and Dr. Bukky Shonibare of Invictus Africa; the Festival Market & Standard of living Experiences, in collaboration with UNDP’s #HerAFCFTA programme, will showcase vogue, crafts, books, meals, wellness, and cultural activities.
The Literacy Phase is returning this 365 days with curated conversations by African authors, organised in partnership with Paperworth Books Restricted.
Attendees might maybe merely aloof additionally request of The Bridge Room by Beeta,a pitch session in collaboration with the Artistic Catalyst Fund by Chapel Hill Denham, connecting ingenious companies with merchants to foster have faith, collaboration, and funding opportunities.
Beeta Arts Festival 2025 is supported by Abuja Continental Hotel, Chairborne World Services, UNDP, UN Females, Chapel Hill Denham, Artistic Economy Phrase by CC-Hub, Leadway Assurance, PaperWorth Books, Five 2 Media, Nationwide Assembly Library, Botswana Excessive Commission, Wigwe & Companions, Century Personnel, Nigerian Breweries, Jura Whisky, CoolFM, Wazobia FM, Inspiration FM, Bella Naija.
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