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Beneath the Baobabs Festival - 3 day Festival in Kilifi Kenya

NEW YEAR 2023/2024

Every year, in the heart of a baobab forest, nestled amidst a plateau 30m above the source of the Takaungu Creek, thousands of festival goers, performers, artists, DJs, sound and lighting crews, vendors, community leaders and wellness practitioners are drawn to Beneath the Baobabs Festival (formerly Kilifi New Year).

Opening gates on the 30th December, music plays non-stop for 3 days, catering for all types of music lovers, from Afro-House and Electronic Music, to Live Music and Hip Hop, Ambient and Acoustic to Percussion and Drum’n’Bass.

The festival began 9 years ago, when the original Distant Relatives Ecolodge and Backpackers crew produced a small electronic music party known as ‘Kilifi New Year Festival’. The event grew to become a multi day festival, offering a diverse line up and exciting production each year.

“VISITORS CAN EXPECT GIANT FLAMING ART, SURREAL COSTUMES, A COLLECTION OF ESOTERIC WORKSHOPS, FLAME THROWERS, THE BURN, WILD PARTIES AND A SPIRIT OF FREEDOM.”