Femme It Ahead introduced its inaugural R&B and Afrobeats music competition on Wednesday (March 1), which shall be headlined by Tiwa Savage and Nao this spring.
The competition shall be held at Coney Island Amphitheater in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, Could 6. Extra performers embody Nigerian artist Ayra Starr in addition to South African singers Elaine and Tyla, who’re among the most up-to-date feminine stars popping out of the African continent and due to this fact the main target of this competition, alongside different ladies within the R&B, Afrobeats and adjoining genres.
Throughout the Pond “will shine a highlight on the proficient artists and creatives in these areas who, too usually, are overshadowed by their male counterparts,” in accordance with a press launch, and “additional Femme It Ahead’s mission to rejoice and empower ladies.”
By a three way partnership with Reside Nation Leisure, Femme It Ahead is a female-led music and leisure firm that facilities its mission in celebrating, educating and empowering the business’s most artistic and completed feminine visionaries by multi-format, multi-market client experiences.
Common admission and VIP tickets will go on sale this Friday, March 3 at 10 a.m. native time at livenation.com.
See the Throughout the Pond competition poster under.