WALA IS LIFE: KPELEJOO FESTIVAL

Experience an unforgettable night of live Ghanaian music, drumming, dance, storytelling, and celebration.

Inspired by the Homowo traditions of Nungua, Kpelejoo Festival celebrates survival, resilience, abundance, and community through rhythm and connection. From powerful traditional drumming and dance to Kpanlogo, palm wine music, and contemporary Afro-inspired sounds, this is a festival where culture is lived, shared, and celebrated together.

Led by WALA – Is Life, the event brings together artists, dancers, musicians, and audiences in a vibrant winter gathering that honours the roots of Ghanaian music while showcasing how those traditions continue to shape contemporary sound and culture today.

Expect:

- Explosive live drumming
- High-energy dance performances
- Interactive audience moments
- Ghanaian cultural atmosphere
- Special guest artists (to be announced)
- A dance floor that won’t stay still

Whether you’ve grown up with these rhythms or are discovering them for the first time, Kpelejoo Festival welcomes everyone.

Come celebrate. Come dance. Come feel the energy.

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Kindred acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land that this event is to be held on, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong peoples of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present. Always was, always will be.

This venue is wheelchair accessible.