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The Cultural Frontline: From Burning Man to Nyege Nyege: How music festivals change culture

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27/07/2019 GMT

From Burning Man to Nyege Nyege: How music festivals change culture

BBC World Service - The Cultural Frontline, From Burning Man to Nyege Nyege: How music festivals change culture

We explore the world of music festivals from Uganda's Nyege Nyege to Burning Man

We explore the world of music festivals from Uganda's Nyege Nyege to Burning Man in the Nevada Desert.

Is festival fever is taking over the African music scene?  The Broadcaster and DJ Emily Dust speaks to the creators and musicians behind Africa Bass Culture in Burkina Faso, Uganda’s Nyege Nyege and Nigeria’s Palm Wine about the growing market for festivals and the challenges and the joy of staging them.

Is the future of festivals female only? We speak to the creative forces behind two revolutionary festivals, Statement in Sweden which was for women, non-binary and transgender persons only and Diva festival in the UK which has a female only line-up.

You’ve probably heard of Burning Man but do you know what it really is? We speak to the artist Will Roger, one of its co-founders about this experimental community of 80,000 people that gather every year in the middle of the Nevada desert. Whatever you do, don’t call it a festival. 

Presented by Tina Daheley

Image: Festival goers cheer during a concert at the EXIT festival near Novi Sad in Serbia. Credit: ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP/Getty Images

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