Directory
Labels, distributors, publishers, studios, promoters and platforms working across African music. Listings are editorial and free, and every one is checked against its sources before it appears.
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Members club and cultural platform for African and diaspora creatives, run as the culture arm of the Johannesburg talent agency Africa Creative Agency.
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Ugandan arts foundation running the annual Bayimba International Festival of the Arts since 2008.
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South African concert promoter founded in 1989 by Attie van Wyk, in which Live Nation Entertainment took a controlling interest in 2016.
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South Africa's largest concert promoter, founded in 1989, majority-owned by Live Nation Entertainment since 2016.
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Cape Town non-profit music academy in Langa that trains township youth in DJing, production and music business, and runs its own label arm, BFM Records.
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Zanzibar-based non-profit that organises the Sauti za Busara and FuTopia music festivals.
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Kampala-based artist-development and live-entertainment company founded in 2017 by Collin Sserunjogi, running concert series and a free musician fellowship across Uganda and East Africa.
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Live-events division of Dapper Group, producer of the Guinness World Record-holding Trench Symphony concert.
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Malawian events production company behind the Lake of Stars Malawi Arts Festival, led by Executive Director Sharmila Elias-Taijala.
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Lagos live-entertainment company behind Flytime Fest and Rhythm Unplugged, founded in 2004.
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Live entertainment venue in Malkerns, Eswatini, established 2000; official host venue of the MTN Bushfire festival.
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Annual Johannesburg jazz festival produced by T-Musicman since 1997, title-sponsored by Standard Bank.
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US-headquartered NYSE-listed live entertainment and ticketing major; entered Africa via Ticketmaster's 2024 acquisition of Cape Town's Quicket.
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US live entertainment and ticketing group. Its SEC subsidiary exhibits name eleven African-jurisdiction companies across five countries, from Big Concerts in 2016 to Quicket in 2024.
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Lagos live events and experiential production company founded in 2014, behind Livespot X Festival and Entertainment Week Africa.
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Maputo-based event production company behind the From Sunset to Sunrise Music Festival and support for the Marrabenta Festival.
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Independent Durban record label and talent agency founded and owned by Zakes Bantwini, working with Afro-house and Afro-tech artists.
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Nonprofit jazz-education festival held annually in Makhanda since 1992, run alongside the National Arts Festival.
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Nightclub and live-event venue in Pretoria Central, South Africa, open since 2019.
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Cape Town live-events producer and musical theatre promoter, founded in 1970 by Hazel Feldman and independently owned.
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Kampala-based artist booking and events company, founded 2007, that expanded into Nairobi, Kenya in 2026.
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Conferencing and events venue in Fourways, Johannesburg, also used for large concerts and festivals.
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A live jazz venue, bar and restaurant in Durban's Point Precinct, founded by architect Ndabo Langa in 2014.
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Outdoor entertainment venue on Cape Town's Ostrich Ranch, host to Ultra South Africa and Black Coffee's Cape Town weekender.
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Live Nation-owned ticket marketplace. Entered the South African market in 2022 and acquired Cape Town platform Quicket in July 2024.
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Nairobi-based live events and concert-promotion company founded by Khalani Sichangi, now a subsidiary of his KS Group Africa holding company.
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Live-music venue and bar in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
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Annual professional market and showcase festival for African and Middle Eastern music, held each November in Rabat, Morocco, run by Anya Culture and Association Atlas Azawan.
