{"id":931,"date":"2026-09-02T16:15:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T16:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sokasoga.website\/nbcsoka\/futopia-sets-dates-for-third-edition-in-zanzibar-1121.html"},"modified":"2026-09-02T16:15:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T16:15:58","slug":"futopia-sets-dates-for-third-edition-in-zanzibar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sokasoga.website\/ltv\/futopia-sets-dates-for-third-edition-in-zanzibar\/","title":{"rendered":"FuTopia Sets Dates for Third Edition in Zanzibar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"media_block\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailynews.co.tz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/FUTOPIA.png\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailynews.co.tz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/FUTOPIA.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span><strong>ZANZIBAR:<\/strong><\/span> FUTOPIA Festival has announced the dates for its third edition, with the three-day event set to take place in Fumba Town, Zanzibar, from August 6 to 8, 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The festival, which brings together music, art, culture, ideas, wellbeing and sustainable living, is also inviting musicians, dancers, poets, storytellers, performers, multidisciplinary artists and interactive creators to apply to participate.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes after the festival\u2019s second edition drew 3,700 people over two days, with artists and creative contributors from Tanzania and Zanzibar, South Africa, Burundi, Chile, Canada, Morocco and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Artists featured across the first two editions include Kenyan singer Bensoul, Tanzanian rapper Rosa Ree, Burundi\u2019s Vania Ice, South Africa\u2019s DJ LAG, Zanzibar\u2019s Hammer Q and Mexico\u2019s La Negra Mexa Y Las Cumbiancheras, among others.<\/p>\n<p>According to organisers, FuTopia is particularly looking for artists who connect with audiences, experiment with new ideas and create participatory experiences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful to everyone who has been part of the FuTopia journey so far. The artists, audiences, partners, volunteers and communities have all helped shape what the festival is becoming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor our third edition, we want to continue creating space for new voices, new ideas and meaningful experiences,\u201d says Lorenz Herrmann, Managing Director of Busara Promotions,\u201d said Lorenz Herrmann, Managing Director of Busara Promotions.<\/p>\n<p>Artists interested in participating can apply through the festival\u2019s application form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"media_block\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailynews.co.tz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/FUTOPIA.png\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/div>\n<p>ZANZIBAR: FUTOPIA Festival has announced the dates for its third edition, with the three-day event set to take place in Fumba Town, Zanzibar, from August 6 to 8, 2027. The festival, which brings together music, art, culture, ideas, wellbeing&#8230;  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sportsenglish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sokasoga.website\/ltv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sokasoga.website\/ltv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sokasoga.website\/ltv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sokasoga.website\/ltv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sokasoga.website\/ltv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sokasoga.website\/ltv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sokasoga.website\/ltv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sokasoga.website\/ltv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sokasoga.website\/ltv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sokasoga.website\/ltv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}