Reportedly the UK’s largest annual gathering to honour African and Caribbean music and cultures, the Oyé festival returns to Liverpool’s Sefton Park for its 34th edition the weekend of 20-21 June 2026. Headliners this year include Malian folk star, Fatoumata Diawara and Lover’s Rock royalty, Janet Kay. For further details, please see the press release below and/or visit the official Africa Oyé website.

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Africa Oyé Festival, makes its return to Liverpool on 20th and 21st June this summer.

This year’s Sunday night headliner is Grammy-nominated guitarist and singer Fatoumata Diawara, who is set to make a triumphant comeback – fifteen years after her first UK festival performance at Africa Oyé.

Making his Liverpool debut at Oyé 2026 is multiple award-winning Nigerian musician, Patoranking. He is an MTV Africa Music Awards winner and earned the prestigious accolade of being included in Forbes Africa’s ‘30 Under 30 class of 2020’.

The first Black British female reggae artist to have a number one in the UK, Janet Kay, also makes her Oye debut in 2026. The multi-award-winning artist is best known for her stellar hit single Silly Games, which placed her in the Music Guinness Book of Records as the first Black British-born Female Reggae artist to hit the top of the UK Pop Charts.

For the full line-up and booking information please visit: https://africaoye.com/