All set for the 2015 Ghana Music Week Festival on March 2-8

The third edition of GMW Festival comes off from
March 2-8 2015. It is the official meeting ground for
those leading and shaping the industry; bringing
together and encouraging participation of artistes,
stakeholders, the media, policy makers and music
users.
Key activities for this year’s celebration are as
follows:
Ghana Music Matters: A day’s workshop at Alisa
Hotel on Thursday, March 5, 2015.
The strictly-by-Invitation Club Beer Ghana Music
Honours comes off at the National Theater on
Friday, March 6, 2015 at 8pm. It includes this
year’s Opening Ceremony.
The Festival’s flagship concert MTN GH All-Star
Live comes off this Saturday, March 7 at the Accra
Sports Stadium at 7pm. It features for the first time
ever, three of Ghana’s all-time biggest music
legends on one stage: Amakye Dede, Daddy Lumba
and Kojo Antwi; plus Samini, Nigeria’s Pato Ranking,
Guru, MzVee, Jupitar, Episode, Obaapa Christie,
Noble Nketsiah among others. Tickets are going for
Ghc20, Ghc40 and Ghc80 (VIP).
“Our key goal is to create the industry’s biggest
platform to bring together and encourage
participation of key industry players; and to
recognize, promote and underscore the importance
and value of Ghanaian music forms”, say Verus
Nartey, a member of the Planning Committee.
Topics to be discussed by renowned international
and local panel at the one-day Seminar/Workshop
at Alisa Hotel on Thursday March 5, includes:
Artist and Brand Endorsements: Is it really worth it?
African Women Rock
Music and Money – Making money from other
avenues other than bookings
Succeeding as an African Musician
In all, 17 individuals and organizations would be
honored at the 2015 Club Beer Ghana Music
Honours in the following categories:
Traditional Music Honour, Music Tutor Honour,
Music Industry Development Honour, Music
Promoter Honour, Music Band Honour, Producer/
Sound Engineer Honour, Reggae/Dancehall Honour,
Highlife Honour and Gospel Honour.
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Others are: Hiplife Honour, International Act,
President’s Choice Honour, Instrumentalist Honour,
African Artiste Honour and Musicians’ Honour.
Three new categories introduced this year include:
Masses Choice- Artiste of the Year,
Masses Choice- Song of the Year and Most
Promising Act.
Sponsored by MTN, the leading provider of
telecommunications services in Africa and the
Middle East, the 2015 Ghana Music Week is
organized by the Musicians Union of Ghana,
Fantasy Entertainment and Showbiz Africa; with
support from Club Beer, GCB Bank, Kasapreko
Alomo Bitters, Vita Milk, Sensodyne Tooth Paste,
Alisa Hotel, Viasat One TV, TV3, and our Media
Partners.
Media Accreditations for all events will be available
at Alisa Hotel on Thursday, March 5 from 10am.