Singer Marine Uwase Ingabire and up rising singer Calvin Mbanda are set to entertain music lovers with a live performance at the on-going Iwacu Muzika Festival 2021, scheduled for today, September 4. The virtual event will take place at Kigali Arena, and as usual, will be broadcast live on Rwanda Television at 8:45pm. Mbanda told The New Times that he is preparing well to give all music lovers a good performance. “It is an honor that I will have a chance to entertain many people who will be watching from home. My fans and music lovers should expect to enjoy and have a good time because I will put much effort into my performance to give people the best. ‘I am excited to tell my fans that I will release a new song that I have been working on next week. It is a good song just like the rest of my songs and I hope people will enjoy it, ”says Mbanda. Singer Marina recently released a song dubbed ‘Brigade.’ Both singers are signed under The Mane Music Record Label owned by Ramadhan Mupende. This week’s Festival comes after the cabinet meeting chaired by President Paul Kagame announced the return of physical concerts, festivals and exhibition on September 1. Physical concerts and other similar gatherings have been on hold for almost one and a half years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This festival is back again for a double experience with Marina and Mbanda, following previous performances by Platini who opened the festival on June 26, RDF Military Band, Mani Martin, Cyusa Ibrahim, Peace Jolis, Naason Solist and Edouce Softman, Bruce Melodie, Israel Mbonyi, a double experience with Bushali and Bluestone and Yverry who performed last Saturday. Iwacu Muzika Festival, which seeks to promote the Rwandan music industry by bringing together different artistes in their age brackets on the same stage, is organized by East African Promoters, in partnership with the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Tembera u Rwanda, RBA, among others.
