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Nde’feyo Entertainment announces that the 2016 Urban Music Party (UMP) Festival and UMP Awards return on November 6th at the BAT Ground in the commercial city of Blantyre.
In its 5th Edition, the UMP Festival, produced by Nde’feyo Entertainment, celebrates Malawi’s urban music, lifestyle and culture and incorporates the UMP Awards, a ceremony that recognizes Malawi’s exceptional urban music talent.
For the first time since inception, the UMP Festival and UMP Awards were last year held at the BAT Ground on November 8th, with a historic attendance of over 3,000 people from Blantyre city and across the country.
The 2015 Festival was also characterized by spoken word, rap battle, a fashion exhibition and live music performances headlined by Zambia’s Chimzy Kelly as well as Malawi’s own cream including Piksy, Gwamba, Fredokiss, Sangie, Bucci, Trumel, Blakjak, Diktator, Martse, Janta, Dali and Trap Squad, among the many local acts.
Slightly different from previous editions, the shortlisting of performers this year has changed as artists will have to apply via this email address UMPfestival@gmail.com and applications have to include a biography, audio and video links as well as social media links. The Festival is also looking for applications from volunteers to take the positions of stage managers, stewards and artist liaison officers.
On the awards, as announced in December, a month after the previous UMP, the UMP Awards this year will have 11 categories after the producers added four new categories namely Album of the Year, Best Hip Hop/Rap Act, Best Dancehall Act and Best R&B/Afro-pop Act.
Meanwhile, two more categories have beed added to the list and these are Best Music Video Director and Best Gospel Artist.
The 2015 edition awarded Artist of the Year to Gwamba, Song of the Year to Martse’s “Mwano” feat Kell Kay, Best New Artist to Sangie, Producer of the Year to Tricky Beatz, Music Video of the Year to Janta’s “Divorce” and Lifetime Achievers to Mafunyeta and Criminal A.
“The Festival and Awards keep growing in every edition, and once again we want to reward excellence. This year the Awards will be of spectacle to watch. The addition of more categories only cements the Festival and Awards as the biggest and hottest urban music event in Malawi,” comments Khumbo Kabuzi Munthali, the event’s co-executive producer.
