Youtube Stay Home #WithMe Easter Festival

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Here’s how to watch YouTube’s Stay Home #WithMe Easter Festival [video]

YouTube’s Stay Home #WithMe Easter festival takes place on Saturday 11 April and Sunday 12 April. It will bring Africa’s hottest talent right into your living room, or to your laptop, so to speak.

Youtube Stay Home #WithMe Easter Festival

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It’s Easter weekend and we realise that some of our readers are understandably bummed about being stuck indoors. But fear not, YouTube announced a spectacular lineup for the Stay Home #WithMe festival to keep you entertained.

Remember that self-solating and staying home isn’t just about keeping yourself safe; it’s about saving others as well. This is the only way to flatten the curve.

What is YouTube’s Stay Home #WithMe Festival?

The Stay Home #WithMe festival takes place on Saturday 11 April and Sunday 12 April. It will bring Africa’s hottest talent right into your living room, or to your laptop, so to speak.

According to YouTube, the performers “will be hanging out with you” and you get to stay home with your “favourite stars while they sing your favourite songs from their albums”.

The initiative kicked off two weeks ago in response to South Africa and Nigeria’s strict lockdown regulations which prohibits all non-essential workers from leaving their homes.

We need music, now more than ever

It’s been a tough week on the continent with the current state of affairs, so music lovers will now be able to sit back and enjoy uplifting performances from their favourite artists, without having to leave the house.

Addy Awofisayo, content partnership manager for YouTube Africa, says that it’s important to adhere to social distancing protocols, and adds:

“Stay Home #WithMe is a way of encouraging social distancing at this time while bringing everyone together around music, artists and content creators they love”.

In addition to catching performances by gospel artists, music lovers can also tune in to LIVE performances by their favourite Hip Hop and Pop artists.

The schedule can be found below. Today’s lineup includes South Africa’s Jethro Tait at 18:00 South African Standard Time (SAST) – that’s 17:00 West African Time (WAT) – and Nasty C at 20:00 SAST (19:00 WAT).

Watch: Stay Home #WithMe – 9 April 2020

Jethro Tait – 18:00 SAST

Nasty C – 20:00 SAST

Stay Home #WithMe Easter festival weekend schedule

Links to all the upcoming shows will be released here a few hours before the event is set to kick off.

Friday, 10 April 2020

  • JoeBoy: 16:00 WAT and 17:00 SAST
  • King Perryy: 17:00 WAT and 18:00 SAST
  • Nasty C: 19:00 WAT and 20:00 SAST

Saturday, 11 April 2020

  • Benjamin Dube: 13:00 WAT and 14:00 SAST
  • Mnqobi Nxumalo: 14:00 WAT and 15:00 SAST
  • Mthunzi Namba: 15:00 WAT and 16:00 SAST

Sunday, 12 April 2020

  • Nosa: 16:00 WAT and 17:00 SAST
  • Glowreeyah: 17:00 WAT and 18:00 SAST
  • Matthew Mole: 17:00 WAT and 18:00 SAST

Stay Home #WithMe Easter festival past shows

If you’ve missed any of the past shows – from Prince Kaybee and TY Bello to Asa, Oluwadamilola Tella and Cina Soul, fret now. All past shows can be viewed from here.

We’ll leave you with Manu WorldStar and Bongeziwe Mabandla for now:

Watch: Manu WorldStar and Bongeziwe Mabandla