On our way back to Africa!

We’ve been in Europe for a few weeks and are now on our way back to Africa. We’ve been doing a lot of promo and seeing a lot of friends, and are excited to report that a good grip of folks will be joining us in Kenya for We’re Loud Fest in November! Flights are […]

TICKETS! will go on sale Tuesday 7th October, starting with the FULL PASS for Nairobi at a very nice price for Early Birds (until 18th October). The Nairobi Pass will be good for entry to all SIX events over the four days of the festival in Nairobi. Below is our tentative schedule for Nairobi. Some […]

celebrating 10 YEARS of We're Loud Fest!

Happy anniversary to us — the very first We’re Loud Fest started 10 years ago today in Athens, Greece. Originally planned for Amsterdam (our home city at the time), our first edition was moved to Greece after we learned that some Dutch ravers had snagged the dates we reserved. We were in Athens when we […]

We’re almost done announcing all the bands that will play at We’re Loud Fest in Nairobi. For now you can start diving into their music on our website — just click each band and turn your volume to Loud! WE’RE LOUD AFRICA | Nairobi, Kenya | 20-21-22-23 November 2025 Website: www.sloven.ly/kenya | Social: @wereloudfest Ticket […]

Hi all from Kenya – we’re still here organizing We’re Loud Africa. We’ll leave you with a dump of more photos and videos to check out over the weekend: http://sloven.ly/WLorg Nairobi is fantastic, made a ton of friends, found great bands and venues to work with. We’ve also been in Lamu, visiting the children’s home […]

We’re Loud Africa: a long overdue update! Eunice & I are in Italy now, we fly to Nairobi on Monday. We’ll be hunkering down at our computers all day most days, and then meeting with locals in the evenings. There is a lot of organizing to do, and we’re ready – it’s our favorite part […]

DEATH - Live in Nairobi, Kenya, 22 Nov 2025

In 1975 in Detroit, the Hackney brothers recorded an album for their band… called DEATH. Despite being punk before the likes of the Ramones or Sex Pistols, no record label would sign them unless they changed their name. They refused, the recordings went to a box in the attic, and the band eventually broke up […]

We are almost ready to announce some massively exciting news about #wereloudafrica While you wait for the news to drop, we’ll hit you with some great music from Africa, starting today with what might be our absolute favorite track: “Awengele” by AWENGELE from Nairobi, released in 1974 by Akili Production Ltd sloven.ly/A74 This banger has […]

We met him in Kenya in November and became instant friends. He’s looking forward to meeting all of you in person! full video: sloven.ly/satan The first part of We’re Loud Africa this November (20-23) will be a weekend of concerts in Nairobi, where most of the Kenyan rock scene is concentrated. The second part (24-27 […]

COMING TO AFRICA? LET US KNOW. We’ve just completed our second trip to Kenya, and it was even more incredible than the first. In the two years since our last visit, we’ve kept in touch with the people we met the first time, which of course made our return visit a whole lot different. Instead […]