vinspired Lake Of Stars Festival Posted on: Thursday, June 03, 2010

The dates for the 2010 vinspired Lake of Stars Festival were announced last month as 15-17 October 2010, with the venue as last year:  Sunbird Nkopola Lodge. Now being revealed is the first wave of artists who are volunteering to perform for free at one of the world’s most exciting and incomparable events.

The Noisettes are confirmed to play as are Tinashé, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Afrikan Boy, Jon McClure of Reverend & the Makers and XFM’s Eddy Temple Morris. With more very special acts to be announced soon…

This year is all about experiences, a music festival in the obvious destination is no longer enough. Now is the perfect time to join the vinspired Lake of Stars Festival and embark on a very special journey…

vinspired Lake of Stars is an award winning festival that takes place in the warm heart of Africa on the palm fringed shores of the continent’s third largest lake: Lake Malawi. The event promotes Malawian arts and tourism and provides travelers and Malawians alike with the opportunity to enjoy incredible live performances in an exotic and beautiful location. The festival was borne from a desire to raise money for a developing economy, help promote Malawi as a tourist destination and expose Malawian artists to international crowds, as well as putting on an amazing event by any nation’s standards. International and African artists gather for a musical, social and cultural exchange unlike anything else. For many the festival is the focal point of travelling around this beautiful country, forming part of an itinerary spanning what Malawi has to offer. You can make an adventure out of travelling direct to Malawi or make your own way across Africa to the festival.

So far through tourism spend the festival has generated over £100,000 every year for the last seven years for the local economy. 2009 was a highlight when the Malawian Minister of Tourism came to the festival to acknowledge its importance for the country as a whole. She loved it enough to stay and enjoy the music as well as dance in the sand…

In case you missed it log on here http://www.lakeofstars.org/ to see the BBC short about the festival.

Connect with the festival on Facebook http://bit.ly/vlos-launch

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