Laura
Creative Director & Co-Founder
Laura works year-round to make Zomba City Festival a success. She is the main curator and the creative brain behind the event.
Zomba City Festival 2025 marks the fifthe edition of this multi-arts, multi activity festival open to all ages.
The festival’s mission is to highlight Zomba as a tourism destination and to showcase African Arts and culture. ZCF happens across several venues in Zomba, and is different each year.
Zomba City Festival offers poetry, fashion, yoga, live music, wellness, book readings, theatre, DJs, Dance, film, karaoke and much more.
Zomba City Festival (ZCF25)
Zomba is a small city with history, Malawi’s oldest university and beautiful green botanic gardens. Explore the city of Zomba during the 4th edition of Zomba City Festival from 2 until 4 May 2025 organised by ZAP.
Zomba City Festival is an arts festival with spoken word & poetry, fashion, visual arts, dance, theatre and music at various locations in town.
How does it work?
Imagine, you arrive in Zomba on Friday evening for the opening. The Mayor of Zomba officially opens the event and afterwards you can enjoy live music and dance to the tunes of great DJs until late in the Great Hall while there is poetry and theatre at other locations at UNIMA.
On Saturday morning you have breakfast at The Heritage Centre in the Gymkhana Building with spoken word and poetry.
In the afternoon you can attend a fashion show where Malawian and international designers showcase their work. At the same time there is an art exhibition in the Botanical Gardens on both Saturday and Sunday. The Botanical Gardens are the main venue for food & drink stalls, a market, games, activities for children, sports and live music.
Sunday has a similar programme; more spoken word and poetry at The Heritage Centre and more yoga, aerobics, market, food & drinks, art and music at the Botanical Gardens. The closing party will be at the Chalice Vine.
More information about the festival can be found in the ‘ZCF survival guide’
the future is female
If you are a female creative in Malawi and ready to unleash your talent, then apply to join The Future Is Female, a year-long journey of collaborative art creation, capacity building, and interdisciplinary exploration, also aimed at promoting and destigmatizing women’s participation in the creative sector.
Empowered by Zomba Arts Platform, Music Crossroads Malawi, Tumaini Letu, EU delegation to Malawi, the Embassy of Ireland, British Council Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe, Goethe Institute, you get to travel across Malawi, staying at stunning locations while you also showcase your talent at Tumaini Festival, Zomba City Festival, and Pakhonde Ethno Music Festival.
Break barriers and stigmas surrounding women in the creative sector and be a part of shaping Malawi’s creative future.
Don’t miss this chance to collaborate, grow, and inspire with The Future is Female which is about empowering women and enriching creativity.
Apply now at www.futureisfemalemw.com to join the movement!
Andrew
Project Manager
Hitman
Director
Dereck
Administrator
Angela
Hospitality & PR
TeeWee
ME & sponsoring
Annelies
Co-Founder & Security
Annelies takes care of crew and is in charge of security
Zomba arts platform supports creatives in supporting themselves through trainings, mentoring, incubation, networking, events & competitions