Sauti za Busara 2011

East Africa’s biggest music festival and one of Zanzibar’s main attractions is next week! Sauti Za Busara is in it’s 8th year and it takes place in  Stone Town’s Old Fort over five nights featuring some of the best African artists.

The festival not only features great music with hundreds of musicians, but also has street parade, markets,drum and dance, fashion shows, dhow races and after parties.

Here are some great sources for planning a trip there.

• For official  information visit www.busaramusic.org
• You can also  follow the festival’s  Facebook group here for the latest updates.
• Our friends at MamboMagazine have a great nutshell guide to the festival

In addition, check out Yellow Masai hotel listings for places to stay in Zanzibar from stone town to the beach resort areas. As well as our packages listings- we will be adding an exciting package over the 5 days in the next couple of days to celebrate our launch!

Here’ a video of highlights from the 2009 festival: