K-Wave · Nairobi, Kenya
K-WaveKenya.
The fandom is already here. It fills venues, learns full choreography, streams on schedule and films every second of it — on phones. We want to build the film archive this scene deserves, with the people already in it.
~1,000
fans at K-pop Festa
KALRO Garden, hosted by the Kenyan K-pop Fan Club, with prizes presented by the Korean Ambassador.
300+
at Kenya's first K-Pop Fest KE
Put together in roughly two weeks. Demand ran ahead of the planning.
Phones
are the scene's whole archive
Years of performances surviving as shaky vertical clips. That's the gap we want to close.
What We'd Shoot
One Night.Kept Properly.
Fancams That Last
Full routine, locked take, vertical. The asset fans search for by crew name years later — not a clip that dies in a group chat.
The Crowd, Filmed Like a Music Video
Lightsticks, chants, the loudest five seconds in the room. The part every recap forgets to shoot properly.
Backstage & Bias Shorts
Ten-second answers to the questions fans actually ask each other. Each one stands on its own.
The Recap That Outlives the Night
One edit the organiser can use to sell next year, and the crews can use to prove they were there.
The First 100
See it before everyone else.
A small group chat that gets every K-Wave drop two hours before it goes public, and gets asked first when we're picking what to shoot next. No fees, no posting quota — turn up if you want to. K-pop fans already run like this; we're just giving it a home in Nairobi.
Get In Early →Scene Radar · Kenya
What's ActuallyHappening Here.
Kenya's anime and K-pop scene is real, and it's scattered across group chats. This is our running board of it. We only post dates once an organiser has actually confirmed them — everything else says so plainly.
Otamatsuri 2026
Sat 22 Aug 2026 · from 10AMAnimeThe Carnivore Grounds, NairobiKenya's anime and manga convention goes fully outdoor — cosplay competitions, anime vendors, community meetups, and an 18+ afterparty after 7PM.
◈ Nataka directed and produced the promo film.
Tickets →Kpop Meets Thai Festival
Sat 12 Dec 2026 · 11AM–11PMK-PopKijito Gardens, NairobiA one-day K-pop and Thai summer festival — music, culture and connection, running 11am to 11pm. Tickets Ksh 1,000.
K-pop Festa
RecurringK-PopKALRO Garden, NairobiHosted by the Kenyan K-pop Fan Club and drawing around 1,000 fans, with prizes presented by the Korean Ambassador.
K-Pop Fest KE
RecurringK-PopNairobiKenya's first K-Pop Fest — pulled together in about two weeks and still drew 300+ people. Demand outran the planning.
Comic Con
RecurringAnimeNairobiWhere a lot of Nairobi's cosplay and dance crews actually perform. Dates come from the organisers each year.
Running something we've missed?
Send it over and we'll add it to the board. Free — you don't have to be working with us for your event to be listed here.
Organising something? Let's talk before the day.
Media-partner coverage works best when it's agreed before the doors open — stage-side position, a shot list built around your crews, and footage everyone can actually use afterwards.