Notting Hill Carnival will have an entire stage dedicated to
amapiano this year, curated by Piano People.
The newly announced stage will bring together
amapiano pioneers from
South Africa and up-and-coming London artists to bring the sound to the streets of Notting Hill. It will be taking over on Sunday August 28 from 12:PM to 7:PM at Hazelwood Crescent.
Since the last in-person edition of Notting Hill Carnival in 2019, amapiano has taken off as a genre and is now gaining worldwide popularity.
In June,
we spoke to amapiano superstars Scorpion Kings about the genre's rise. “
Amapiano has really taken everyone by surprise, its remarkable growth around the world is something that is so cool to see, just being part of the evolution is really cool,”
DJ Maphorisa said to Mixmag.
“It's South Africa and Africa’s time to really shine and amapiano is here to stay.
Amapiano hasn’t even reached its full potential globally, the genre has so many variations at the moment, eg. “Sgija”, and “Tech” piano that is already crossing over but regardless it will always be amapiano."
NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL WILL HAVE ITS FIRST-EVER AMAPIANO STAGE FOR 2022
