MTN Nyege-Nyege Festival

The Nyege-nyege is a festival that happens in Uganda every year since 2015 for 4 days, 5 stages and over 200 artists from allover Africa. Nyege Nyege stands for peace, respect and abundant joy, it stands for Africa and Africans, for underground music and musicians, it stands for fun and curiosity and strives towards inclusivity and wonder, something of a perfect world you might say, but it’s only 4 days after all.
Nyege Nyege Festival is located at the Nile Discovery Resort. A luscious 6 acre forest on the banks of the river Nile, just a kilometer away from the actual source of the River. The closest city is Jinja which is 1km away.
The camping opens at 1pm on Thursday 6th of September. The Festival begins on the evening of the 6th with an all night opening party. There is no access to the site before this time. The festival closes On Monday morning (10th of September) when the last DJ decides to pull the plug. All campers need to vacate the site by Monday 10th of September.
The full festival pass gives party heads access to the festival site and all stages. Access to the camping requires a separate Camping Pass that can be purchased before on our various ticketing platforms.
To enter the campsite you must have both a full festival pass and a separate camping wristband.
Camping is next door to the festival site, not more than a 3 minute walk.
There are local bars and various food stalls spread all around the festival site.

Festival tickets include four days of music and gives you access to the festival.
You must have a valid Festival Ticket as well as a campsite pass to enter the campsite. 4 day pre pitched comfortable tent packages (for 1, 2 or 3 people with comfortable new mattresses) are available on our various ticket platforms.

Which outlet should I buy my ticket from?
Festival tickets are on sale at both Physical locations in Kampala, Jinja, Kigali and Nairobi as well as online via our different ticketing partners.

For online tickets please visit Mookh for Kenya, Tamu Deals for Rwanda, Fixers for the rest of the Universe. More info available on our tickets page.

Day Tickets
Day tickets are not available in advance but subject to availability, can be bought at the festival entrance as day passes or a full festival passes.

In the event that the festival is sold out announcements will be made in advance and we do not guarantee that day tickets will be available on the door.

We pray and hope everyone has the best time of their life at Nyege-Nyege 2018. Welcome to The Pearl of Africa!!!