Blankets & Wine is an international music festival staging emerging and established African artists. Founded in 2008 in Nairobi, the festival has since grown into a space where African culture is celebrated through art, human connections, and lifestyle in Kenya, Uganda & Rwanda.
Blankets & Wine was born out of a need to create space for “alternative” “non-mainstream” music expression.
Before 2008, Nairobi – the capital city of Kenya and the melting pot of East Africa- did not have a singular, grounding experience of live music, culture, fashion, food, art and lifestyle.
The festival itself is experienced as two interconnected experiences:
The Live Music Stage and Onja Onja stage connected by chill out zones, art installations, an epic family zone and general free space to inspire a feeling of freedom, lightness and connection.