Make Music Lagos 2021 returns for 6th edition
Make Music Lagos is back for a 6th edition, and its organizing partners led by Showgear have rolled out an electrifying lineup of events for the 2021 edition of the annual celebration of World Music Day which will run from 21st to 27th June across multiple physical and virtual locations in Lagos.
Returning for another edition of the global celebration of World Music Day in Lagos are long-time fan favourites, Learn to Play; Learn to DJ; Music Business Conference; and New Music Marathon which will be held over the first four days of the weeklong celebration from 21st to 24th June. If you are eager to take your music instrument playing skills or DJ aspirations to the next level, then you don’t want to miss the Learn to Play and Learn to DJ events.
According to the organisers, the Music Business Conference, which is in its 3rd edition this year, will feature 2 topic specific panels (made up of artistes, lawyers, and music publishing company executives), and a keynote speech by a mental health practitioner titled “My Mental Health as a Creative.” Supporting the conference this year is New York-based independent digital music distribution, publishing, and licensing service company, TuneCore and telecom giant, MTN Nigeria.
“The Live From Home Concerts and My Song Is Your Song will both be returning for 2nd editions respectively, having been established as creative solutions to COVID-19 restrictions. With the Live From Home Concerts, fans get to view their favourite artistes perform live concerts from home. While My Song Is Your Song will see local artistes paired with foreign artistes to perform a cover of each others’ tracks. This event gets more exciting as MTN will be giving out amazing prices to select local artistes in its Best Cover Challenge, while TuneCore will be providing free music distribution for 2 artistes with the Most Creative Video Covers,” the organisers said.
Also returning for a 2nd edition is Pop Up Worship. The event this year has been modified to include a song writing camp from 17th to 18th June which will be facilitated by world renowned photographer, singer and songwriter, TY Bello, and other industry heavyweights – Olumide Iyun, Nosa and Ada Ehi. Select participants from the writing camp will then perform alongside established gospel acts in a virtual concert showing on the Make Music Lagos Youtube page on 25th June.
The only new addition to the 2021 roaster is the MixMash Studio which is an iteration of 2020’s Home Studio (which itself is an iteration of Street Studio which emerged as a result of the pandemic). The concept is for artistes to submit sounds, lyrics, beats etc. for producers to create a mix live.
Other physical events to look out for are concerts being hosted by Bogibiri, Sabor Restaurant, Taruwa, ReelGold Reelstreets, The Mine Studios, Turaka Restaurant, Freedom and Mega Audiovisual’s Pop Up Worship.
To wrap the celebration on 26th June is the biggest stage of them all, the Virtual Shutdown Concert hosted by The Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON Centre) and Supported by MTN. Make Music Lagos never disappoints so expect big name artistes on stage given high-octane performances that will send the city of Lagos and the continent reverberating. Whatever you do, do not miss out on all the events, excitement and opportunities.
Make Music Lagos is a member of the Make Music Alliance (the global body promoting the World Music Day with HQ in New York), and the organizing partners for 2021 are Showgear, Zannoza Entertainment, IPC events, Schullz66, Alienation and IMPREVA. Supported by MTN, TuneCore & Slice Media. Media Partners are Trace TV, AMC, Bella Naija, UFM88.5 & Smooth FM. Other supporting partners are Interswitch, Tidal & Audiomack.
For more information about the lineup of events and partnerships for Make Music Lagos 2021, please visit www.makemusiclagos.org.ng or the official social media pages @makemusiclagos.
About Make Music Lagos
Make Music Lagos is the Lagos edition of the global celebration of music, Make Music Day that takes place every year on June 21 in commemoration of World Music Day in over 1000 cities across the world.
In 2016, Tayo and Deola Akinyemi, founders of Showgear (a leading Nigerian audio-visual company) noticed in the course of their interactions with the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) in the US that no Nigerian city was on the list of cities where Make Music Day is celebrated. Not even Africa’s music capital, Lagos. So, they approached Make Music Alliance Team about the possibility of a Lagos edition. They got the go ahead, and the rest they say is history.
Several editions later, the initiative has grown in leaps and bounds and has contributed to the advancement of the music scene in Nigeria by providing FREE platforms and experiences for fans, artistes, brands and industry organisations.
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