November plans? We’ve got you! ✨ The full #IsôokoGreatLakesFestival programme is HERE! 🤗 4 days of dance, theatre, music & stories across the Great Lakes. 📅 5–8 Nov 2026
📍 L’Espace, Gisimba Center, Goethe-Institut & Gashora Swipe, save & tag your people!🔥

*Applications are OPEN for the Isôoko Dance Workshop 🔥* Three days with Kateregga Umar to move, learn & exchange. Nov 03–05 | Goethe-Institut Rwanda, 13 KN 27 St Deadline: Oct 16 Apply: link in bio / [email protected] Tag your dancer friends 👇 #IsôokoFestival #RwandaDance

Some of you have been asking what Isôoko even means, now you know. 🌍 Source. Origin. Where it all begins. This is just the start of what's coming. Stick around.

It’s official! 🗓️✨ The Isôoko Great Lakes Festival is happening November 5–8, 2026 in Kigali, Rwanda! 🌊🎭🎶 4 days of dance, theatre, music & storytelling from across the Great Lakes region. SAVE THE DATES & follow us for lineup + big announcements! 👀⚡️ #IsokoFestival

Before we look forward, we want to look back. Isôoko Festival 2025 brought together artists from across the Great Lakes region
And what they showcased together was something beautiful.
These are some of the moments that stayed with us. November 5–8, the second edition begins.

Calling all East African dance & theatre creators! Applications are open for the Isôoko Great Lakes Festival 2026 (Nov 5–8, Kigali). If you're from Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, or DR Congo, submit your work by July 10. Apply: lespace.rw

Thank you for making THE GREAT LAKES FESTIVAL 2025 unforgettable. #isôokofestival #GLF2025

The sheer soul & energy you brought to Isoôko Great Lakes Festival at @lespace_rw was everything. Every person in this crowd video is a masterpiece. Asante sana # #isôokofestival #kigali #festivalvibes

Check out The New Times article about the Isôoko Great Lakes Festival! Celebrating creativity, culture, and connection across the region ✨✨ #IsookoFestival #KigaliArts newtimes.co.rw/article/31100…

After days of hard work and rehearsal, it’s showtime!!!! Experience the choreography workshop showcase with Ian Ephraim Mwayisunga where movement meets storytelling. 📍@lespace_rw | 📆 13 Nov | ⏰ 7PM

The Great Lakes Festival 2025 What a journey. Thank you to our artists, partners, and audiences for making it extraordinary. Until next time… with gratitude. #isôokofestival2025

How much can you say without words? The dance performance “100 MOTS” by Lumina Cie (🇨🇩) explores the power of silence! Sunday 09 November at 7 PM, L’Espace! ✨✨ This is a Pay What You Can event. #IsookoFestival #KigaliArts #PWYC

Dance and history collide! 🇹🇿 Don't miss "FROZEN POWER" by Muda Africa at the Isôoko Great Lakes Festival on Nov 9 at 8 PM (L*Espace). #FrozenPower #MudaAfrica #Isôoko

Sunday afternoon treat! ☀️ Don't miss the second showing of "THE LAST MAN STANDING" by the Kenyan Institute of Puppetry (🇰🇪) at L*Espace on Nov 9 at 2 PM. It's a family-friendly "Pay What You Can" event! Support the artists and pay what you can afford. #Puppetry #IsôokoFestival

✨“BODIES UNBOUND” by URBAN WOMEN (🇷🇼). A poignant dance performance celebrating the strength and courage of women in the face of challenges. Date: Sunday, November 09, 2025 Time: 7 PM Venue: L’ESPACE, KN 297 ST “Pay What You Can” event! #IsôokoFestival #Dance #Kigali #PWYC

Must-see theatre! 🤔 Mulika Art Company (🇨🇩) brings the experimental play "HÉROS MALGRÉ LUI" to the Goethe Institut on Nov 8 at 8 PM. Can an ordinary man become a hero against his will? #HérosMalgréLui #IsôokoFestival #PWYC #DRC #Theatre #Kigali

🎭 Isôoko Great Lakes Festival presents “A HOMELAND BEYOND BORDERS” by BAHO AFRICA(🇷🇼)! ✨ Date: Saturday, November 8, 2025 Time: 7:00 PM Venue: Goethe Institut, 13 KN 27 ST This theater play promotes values of peace, love, and unity in Africa. ✨ “Pay What You Can” event!

Saturday morning culture! ☀️ Catch "THE LAST MAN STANDING" by the Kenyan Institute of Puppetry (🇰🇪) at the Kimisagara Maison des Jeunes on Nov 8 at 10 AM. It's a "Pay What You Can" event! #Puppetry #IsôokoFestival #PWYC #Kigali #Kenya #Kimisagara