Wachilia: The Minnesota African Musical Experience is Texas Bound

After several years of entertaining Kenyans and other Africans in Minneapolis, MN, Wachilia hits Texas a the end of this month. Wachilia is a Swahili word that means “release” or “let go.” The Wachilia event is designed to help revelers “release” the daily stress of work, school, parenting and bills, among others. The event starts at 9:00 pm with non-stop African dance music all the way to midnight. This is the only place in Minnesota that customers can be treated to a three-hour non-stop dose of oldies from the 80’s all the way to current music.

Once it hits midnight, the format switches to a mix of Reggae, Old School, African Hip Hop and more African music. This means that there’s essentially two shifts. The first shift is exclusively African music and geared toward those people who are only interested in African music and can then leave at midnight or stay until 2:00 am if they so choose. The second shift starts at midnight and kicks the energy up a notch. A good number of the people who arrive at this time come in from work and need to loosen up and “wachilia” the stress of work.

Wachilia happens on every first Saturday of the month at Blue Nile, 20207 E. Franklin Ave,. South Minneapolis and is hosted by Kilimanjaro Entertainment. Cover is $10.
The next Wachilia is Saturday, August 7.

Wachilia will be at Club Nai 15375 Addison Rd, Addison, TX on Friday, July 30 and at

KYA Hall 701 E. Pioneer Parkway, Arlington, TX on Saturday, July 31