UMP Festival

UMP FESTIVAL 2025 THE ELEVATION 🔥 A new year and a new beginning . Let's count down together to the year of greatness and amazing experiences along the beautiful Lake of Malawi Happy new year to y'all

UMP Music Awards winners list, Awards presentation gala is on 20th December in Blantyre.

UMP Media Awards winners list.

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Congrats again to the winners. See you at the gala at Kweza, on 15 Nov.

Our CEO Aisha De Silva and team is in South Africa, as part of ACCES — a premier pan-African platform where music industry players connect, share knowledge, showcase and discover new talent. ACCES serves as a catalyst for growth, placing a significant emphasis on professionalizing the sector and facilitating access to key success drivers, particularly for emerging musicians and industry professionals.

UMP Music Awards 2025 Nominees: umpfest.com/f/list-of-nomi…

UMP Fashion Awards 2025 Nominees: umpfest.com/f/ump-fashion-…

Join us for KARAOKE sessions during evenings of Wednesday 22nd & Thursday 23rd October 2025 at UMP Festival! Step up to the mic, sing your heart out, and own the stage under the magical Lake Malawi sunset. 🌅🎶 Whether you’re a shower singer or a superstar, this is YOUR moment!

UMP Festival Creative & Cultural Industries Symposium 🎉 ✨ Theme: Youth-Led Economic Growth in Creative & Cultural Sectors Feat International experts, building on the Chitoliro Conference last year! 📍 Cape Maclear, Mangochi 🗓️ 22–26 Oct 2025 Calling institutional collaborators, young creatives, entrepreneurs & investors! Join us for powerful sessions on: 💡 Youth Entrepreneurship 🚀 Innovation & Skills 💼 Investment Opportunities ⚖️ Gender & Creative Industries Aligned with Malawi Vision 2063 — this is more than talk, it’s action! Email us: aisha@umpfest.com Call: +265 99 150 6169

October is finally here and marks the arrival of the UMP Festival month and we're excited to start counting down to the 7 days of non stop fun, featuring a diverse range of activities in Music, Film, Arts, Fashion, Awards, Theatre and Sports at Cape Maclear, Mangochi. Tickets are accessible online on pamsikaonline.com and kwenda.co

🔥NEW UMP Festival ticket prices are here!🎶🏖️ 🎟️ Standard 3-Day — K60,000 7-Day — K85,000 ✨ VIP 3-Day — K95,000 7-Day — K135,000 📅 21–27 Oct 2025 📍 Cape Maclear, Mangochi Get tickets now on Kwenda: *495# or 👉🏽 kwenda.co/ump-festival-2… Don’t miss this beach experience! 🔥

Congratulations Your Excellency, Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika President-Elect of the Republic of Malawi As creative and cultural practitioners, we warmly congratulate you on this historic achievement. We remain committed to preserving Malawi’s heritage and advancing its vibrant cultural identity under your esteemed leadership. With our highest respect and best wishes for a successful tenure.

This year we are going to give out 65 Awards in total: Music (30) Fashion (15) Media (20) Osaphweketsa UMP😁 Proudly presented & powered by @chitoliromw

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Voting for the Awards will open on Wednesday, 10 September 2025, giving the public the opportunity to submit a write-in nominee as a fourth option in each category. If a write-in nominee receives more votes than the three pre-selected nominees, they will emerge as the winner.

UMP Festival & Mzinda Lifestyle partner to elevate Fashion and Pageantry

2025 UMP MEDIA AWARDS Nominees List.

UMP has announced they will honour Sam Banda Jnr with a Media Icon Award at the 2025 UMP Media Awards. 🏆

@umpawards winner BOSSARO ICE has left us but his legacy will live forever. We will honor his legacy at this year’s Festival by holding a minute silence on Saturday 25 October. Forever in our hearts Iceberg ❤️