Ngoma Nehosho's Carpe Diem, a one-of-a-kind DJ festival dedicated to Afro house, will be returning for it's third edition on the 22 December, 2025.
Set to headline the event will be gqom and 3-step aficionado Dlala Thukzin, Afro house heavyweight Mörda, hypnotic producer and DJ Sun-El Musician, and the multi talented Lamiez Holworthy. Adding to the lineup will be the US based Zimbabwean DJ Bantu, who recently received a Grammy nod, and the talented Reverb7.
This is currently only 6 out of the 10 DJs that will grace the festival in December, as the event is still rolling out names.
Early bird tickets are now on sale for $30 - General Access and $60 - VIP until the 15th of December, from there and at the gate admission will be $40 - General Access and $80 VIP.
Tickets are available from Cafe Nush Avondale, Cafe Nush Highland Park and Techtools Gadget Garage Avondale.
The house music event made it's debut last year in June, and it featured 12 DJs delivering 12 hours of music. Among the headliners were Prince Kaybee, Oscar Mbo, Morda and Sun El Musician. It was hosted at Old Hararians Sports Club, running from 12 pm until 12 am, embracing not only carpe diem but carpe noctem, a seizing of the day and the night.
The inaugural edition of the festival made the list of our 10 favourite Harare events of 2024.
You can read our review of the May 2025 edition here.