{"id":100822,"date":"2015-03-19T17:21:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T17:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=100822"},"modified":"2015-03-19T17:21:03","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T17:21:03","slug":"accra-music-expo-to-kick-start-mogo-festival-this-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/03\/accra-music-expo-to-kick-start-mogo-festival-this-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Accra Music Expo to kick-start MOGO Festival this Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The annual Citi FM Music of Ghana Origin (MOGO) Festival will start on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1201898196\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Saturday March 21<\/span><\/span>, at Mantse Agbonaa, Jamestown with the Accra Music Expo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The weeklong event will bring together some of the finest musicians and bands in Ghana and Africa to thrill audiences on the various stages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The MOGO Festival begins with the Accra Music Expo, a special event focused on celebrating and promoting indigenous Ga music, and will be climaxed with the MOGO Awards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Accra Music Expo will be a huge open air party with the likes of Tinny, Adane Best, Dzajeloi and a host of others taking their turn to thrill patrons at Mantse Agbonaa \u2013 Jamestown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There will be a strong representation of the various Ga Adangbe communities by music groups who are all set to compete in the special MOGO Festival Jama Competition.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_100591\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100591\" style=\"width: 495px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0138.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100591\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0138.jpg\" alt=\"Jama group from Ga Mashie\" width=\"495\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jama group from Ga Mashie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_100829\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100829\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jama-group-nungua-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100829\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jama-group-nungua-3.jpg\" alt=\"The Nungua Jama Group warming up for Saturday\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100829\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Nungua Jama Group warming up for Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Accra Music Expo will be the curtain raiser for the Night with Highlife Greats series, from<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1201898197\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Monday, March 23 to Wednesday, March 25<\/span><\/span> at the Alisa Hotel.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o-wmUJJW8wE\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The legendary Nana Ampadu, Ben Brako and Paapa Yankson will each take turns to depict vivid pictures of their lives&#8217; stories, interact with music lovers and to entertain them with their music <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1201898198\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Monday<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1201898199\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Tuesday<\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1201898200\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Wednesday<\/span><\/span> respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1201898201\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Friday March 27<\/span><\/span>, Ghana will get groovy with the African Jazz Jamboree (Jazz\u2019in the Citi). The event will bring together a host of Africa\u2019s most captivating jazz musicians \u2013 Gyedu Blay Ambolley, George Spratz, Aka Blay, Kollaboration, Constant Boty and B.B. Blues. \u2013 to give patrons a night to remember.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The MOGO Festival will be climaxed on\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1201898202\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Saturday March 28<\/span><\/span>\u00a0with the MOGO Awards at the Accra International Conference Center. 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