The pageant will happen on the 4th and fifth of March 2022.
- The pageant will characteristic iconic indie music stars like Cairokee, Hamza Namira, Souad Massi, and Aziz Marak
- The pageant will characteristic over 20 bands from Saudi Arabia’s rising skills
Tickets at the moment are obtainable by means of: waslafestival.com
Supported by the Common Leisure Authority, Wasla Music Pageant, the area’s main Arab various music and humanities pageant is coming to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after 3 years of success in Dubai. The primary Wasla pageant in Saudi will characteristic Arab and Saudi various and indie skills together with headlining acts which have dominated the MENA music scene over the past decade.
The pageant will characteristic Egyptian rock legends Cairokee, Indie Pop/ Folklore sensation Hamza Namira, the world-famous Algerian Singer-Songwriter Souad Massi, and the famend Jordanian rock/ jazz (Razz) singer Aziz Maraka all in Saudi for the primary time.
With greater than 15 bands taking part in reside music every day, the pageant will characteristic arduous rock, various and indie rock, indie pop, jazz, soul, funk, electro-pop, and fusion largely in Arabic however some in English. Many of the acts this 12 months are Saudi-based bands with the brightest voices from the Saudi underground music scene together with Al Farabi, Hajaj, Statues of Sinking Males, and Fulana.
The pageant can be held outside in a grass-covered valley on a farm outdoors Riyadh and it’ll embody a barbecue brunch, totally different F&B choices, workshops, youngsters actions, and native designer artwork and style installations and boutiques that each one mirror Saudi and Arab cultures from totally different Arab nationalities.
In regards to the artists:
The pageant will characteristic numerous indie headliners which have made it to the highest of regional music charts for years. The legendary Egyptian rock band Cairokee is taking part in Wasla for the third time, after two extraordinary performances that happened in Dubai throughout 2018 & 2019. Cairokee’s distinctive and eccentric Arabic rock music earned them big reputation in Saudi and the area, in addition to tens of millions of followers and greater than half a billion views on YouTube. This would be the first time Cairokee will carry out in KSA.
Additionally on the lineup is Hamza Namira, an artist who reshaped the Arabic pop and folklore scene, to develop new and revolutionary genres. He’s an Egyptian (born in Saudi Arabia) singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist with many albums and songs which have a whole bunch of tens of millions of views on YouTube like (Fadhi Showya, Ehlam Maya, Esmaani, and Hatyeer Males Tani). Hamza Namira is thought for his distinguished model, tackling many lifelike and related points in our society, that are clearly mirrored in his lyrics.
From Alegria, the pageant is proud to current one of many main artists in Arabic indie and various music, Souad Massi. She is a singer-songwriter recognized for mixing conventional tribal music that represents her Algerian upbringing with totally different kinds like rock, nation, Portuguese Fado, and plenty of different kinds. She began her singing profession within the mid-90s, performing in each Arabic and French. Souad is thought for her hit album “Raoui”, which was an enormous success and was acquired positively by critics from all world wide. She can be performing in Saudi Arabia for the very first time at Wasla Music Pageant.
As well as, the Wasla crowd will get their first likelihood in Saudi Arabia to see Jordanian singer-songwriter Aziz Maraka, recognized for creating his personal distinctive music style referred to as “Razz”, which mixes each genres of Rock and Jazz. Amongst his most well-known songs are (Meen Allek) a ballad that made it to the hearts of tens of millions of followers and the tune (Wa’aef) which had an emotional affect on followers for its lyrics that decision on individuals to take a stand towards bullying. Maraka has carried out at sold-out venues throughout the area.
Constructing on the dedication of the Saudi Common Leisure Authority and Wasla Music Pageant to help native Saudi skills, the pageant can be internet hosting over 20 Saudi artists and bands like Al-Farabi, Abdulrahman Hajaj, Fulana, and Statues of Sinking Males. The pageant will even characteristic 14 feminine artists, most of them Saudi.
About internet hosting Wasla Pageant in Saudi Arabia for the primary time, Omar Ayat, Co-Founder and Music Director at Wasla commented, “That is the primary Wasla in Saudi Arabia and we’re happy with our numerous lineup this 12 months. We now have 4 regional headliners coming for the primary time to Saudi and over 20 Saudi bands that we now have scouted over the previous 2 years, that cowl largely Arabic and a few English pop, rock, jazz, and fusion. 45% of those skills are girls and most of them are Saudi”.
Amr Ramadan, Co-founder, and CEO of Wasla stated, “For our first pageant in Saudi, we’re specializing in creating what we name the Wasla expertise. There may be far more expertise on provide than simply music. I hope individuals arrive early within the day to benefit from the climate and our spectacular venue which is a green-covered space in the midst of a desert valley on a farm outdoors Riyadh. We now have a program for the entire household and we invite our followers to take a look at our lineup of FNB choices, workshops, youngsters actions, and native designer artwork and style boutiques that may begin from 3 pm”.
Because the Chairman of the Board of Wasla Leisure, Mr. Ahmed Halwani commented “We invested in Wasla to convey it to Saudi from Dubai as a part of an ecosystem we’re constructing for the Saudi Various and Indie music scene. We moved our headquarters from Dubai to Riyadh for a purpose: the quantity of expertise in our nation is unbelievable and numerous and we imagine that the following large factor within the Arab music world will come from proper right here. This Riyadh version is a step in the best path to attain our imaginative and prescient of creating Wasla the largest Arab Various music pageant within the area. We’re already planning the following exhibits in Jeddah, Dubai, and Egypt”.
Wasla Music Pageant will host a complete of 32 bands from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Algeria, Sudan, Bahrain, and Austria. Tickets can be on sale beginning Monday, February 7th at https://www.waslafestival.com/. Ticket costs will vary from 200 to 700 (VAT included).
