Festival Dates; 9th – 17th June 2025
ElJohns Music Village – Kenya; An Initiative established by Mziki Tours, was born from the need to bridge a significant gap in Kenya’s music education space, and provide a platform where international music students or teachers can explore on the evolution of African music through exchange programs and internship activities. Eljohns serves as a hub for learning, creativity, and collaboration among music students and teachers.
“ELJOHNS MUSIC FEST” which is hosted at the music school is an annual music festival providing a platform for school choirs, music students, teachers and parents from Europe, USA, Africa and Asia to integrate, learn from each other, exploring new music ideas that could shape their careers, attend music masterclasses, lessons, workshops, capacity building, learn new music cultures and participating in joint concerts and of course experiencing the African safari. The Festival can be participated by music students, school choirs, musicians, teachers and lecturers and parents accompanying their kids.
We identify music teachers from our school and those from international schools who get to teach different music skills with an intention to empower the participating students and school choirs. Importantly, students get to be taken through the African music education, evolution of it’s genres, African rhythms among others.
Why you should bring your school choir/Singers or music students at Eljohns Music Fest;
New Experience; as a singer/choir or music student, you get to learn new music ideas, explore different cultures through music, get exposed and learn African Swahili music while also sharing with the other students about your own cultural music education.
Career development; As music students, it’s essential to acquire vast music skills from different backgrounds with different teachers which will positively shape your musical careers, the Festival offers you a chance to learn from professionals from different countries and with different specialities.
Multi-cultural mass choir rehearsals and concert; The Festival provides a platform where students and singers from different cultures learn Swahili music and different other songs from the cultures represented and staging a mass choir concert by singing the multi-cultural songs.
Showcase your culture through song; As a student, choir, group or individual, you have a chance to showcase your culture and genre of music by teaching a song to the other students.
Inclusive of the Safari experience; We are the only music organization that fuses our Festivals with Safari, game drive and exploring the African big five. By attending our Festival, you get to experience exciting Safari at the famous Maasai Mara National Park, Nairobi National Park and Lake Nakuru.
Open for everyone; Our Festival is open to everyone, therefore; parents can also accompany their children. We prepare a customized itinerary that gives parents a chance to explore excursions as the young ones are exploring the music program while integrating and interacting with their mates.
Music Festival Package:
- Students; 1450€ per person
- Parents; 1650€ per person
Package Includes:
- All airport transfers in Kenya.
- Local transportation all through the trip.
- Registration and Administration fees included.
- Accommodations in standard 3 star hotels.
- 3 meals each day.
- Soft drinks during meal times.
- Entry fees to all Safari destinations.
- Branded T-shirts.
ELJOHNS MUSIC FEST – ITINERARY
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DATE |
ACTIVITY |
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION |
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9.6 |
· Arrivals |
· Airport arrivals and driving to Nakuru, depending on the Flight itinerary. (3hrs drive) |
|
10.6 |
· Orientation · Workshops and Masterclasses. · Individual performances. |
· Orientation and integration with other students. · Attend masterclasses and workshops by both local music teachers and international teachers. · Individual creative students’ performances. |
|
11.6 |
· Early morning Rift Valley adventure day. · Master class · Students’ Mass choir rehearsals |
· Early morning Rift valley adventure day, visit to Menengai crater, the largest caldera in Africa · Attend a masterclass on African music. · Mass choir rehearsals by all participating choirs and students. Both local and international teachers will lead the mass choir session. |
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12.6 |
·Music Lesson · Team building · In-house concert. |
· Attend an African music lesson. · In the afternoon, we’ll have team-building activities and games for all students. · An in-house concert by individual students. |
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13.6 |
· Mission/Outreach · Evening concert by international student choirs |
· Community Outreach/mission program. Visiting school choirs interacting with local children from less fortunate backgrounds. Singing to them and making donations. · Mass choir rehearsals by all students. · Evening concert by International student choirs |
|
14.6 |
· Church Service · Final Gala Concert |
· Attending the Church Service in the morning. · Final Gala concert; In this concert, we shall present all the mass choir songs learnt during the Festival period, we shall have solo presentations, duets, trios, quartets, musicians playing, etc. Individual choirs will also make their presentations. · All Festival participants will be awarded and given a Certificate of Participation. |
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15.6 |
· Safari Day · Free time ·Concert · Team building |
· Rift valley safari day; Safari at Lake Nakuru National Park, a chance to see the famous big 5 and a vast array of other wild animals. The Rift Valley is also known as the home of Flamingos, so get a chance to watch flamingos in their hundreds. · Free time for international students. · Joint team-building activities, games, music, and dancing among all participating students. · Performances by local students and cultural groups. |
|
16.6 |
· Outreach program. · Music outreach at a local secondary school. |
· Community outreach and mission program for the less fortunate. · Tree planting activity. · Music outreach at a local secondary school. Enjoy performances and entertainment from several groups of students from a local school. |
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17.6 |
· Departure |
· Driving to Nairobi and taking a Flight back home |