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Music and entertainment in Zanzibar

Live musicians, DJs, drummers, dancers and fire shows, for a party, a wedding or a dinner. Taarab and ngoma groups are the local thing and worth asking for by name.

People book these for live band · DJ hire · acoustic duo · taarab group · ngoma drummers · fire show · acrobats · saxophonist · sound system hire · dancers

Stone Town Concerts 15,000 TZS / $7. Dhow cruise $30 per person.

The music school in Vuga, Stone Town, and the best place on the island to hear taarab played properly rather than as a hotel backdrop. Weekly concerts at…

dhow cruise · emcee and DJ · live concerts · music lessons · private lessons · taarab · youth classes

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