CALENDAR OF THE MONTH

Dar es Salaam Serena Hotel exclusively brings you a very special seafood night. Come and join Dar es Salaam Serena Hotel for a whole new seafood experience! Choose from our variety of fresh seafood and have the chef prepare it exactly the way you like it! Every Wednesday at Serengeti Restaurant.

Excitement and anticipation are rising for East Africa’s favorite music festival, Sauti za Busara. e festival is gearing up for its 18thannual event, celebrating music from across Africa in Stone Town, Zanzibar, from 12th–13thFebruary 2021. e globally acclaimed extravaganza takes place at the Old Fort and Forodhani Gardens, hosting 14 exhilarating music performances on main stages, on two nights in February. In addition to music live shows, the festival includes several other activities both in Stone Town and in other locations in Zanzibar; the most popular of them being workshops and a carnival parade in the streets of Stone Town. e festival also provides networking opportunities for African artists and music professionals, creates employment for locals, and draws in business for tourism, which is the top income generator on the island.

Kili Trails is more than a weekend of sporting events that will take place 5-7 February 2021 at Simba Farm in West Kilimanjaro. It gives opportunity to celebrate the outdoors with family and friends: trail running, mountain biking, camping, food vendors, and live music from talented local artists, as well as event playlists that appeal to all. e festival o ers ve separate run events throughout the weekend, and two of them are FREE! Walkers are welcome to join a number of the events.

e 2021 event marks the 19th year and, this year, Kilimanjaro Marathon expects over 10,000 plus runners in the various events, with approximately 20,000 spectators on route and in the stadium. is year’s event will be held at the Moshi Cooperative University (MoCU), on Sunday 28th February 2021, from 6am and will comprise the races of 42 km, 21 km, and the 5km fun run. ere is already a lot of buzz all over as the online registration continues, with this year looking promising in terms of numbers following the growing popularity of the event.

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