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Theme: Securing the Future: Policy, Investment and Market Systems for a Thriving Performing Arts Industry

Kenya’s performing arts sector is one of the country’s most vibrant contributors to youth employment, cultural tourism, and creative identity. Theatre, dance, music, festivals and performance spaces generate thousands of livelihoods across production, marketing, hospitality, transport, technical services, fashion, media and digital platforms.

Despite this potential, the sector remains economically fragile. Most practitioners and institutions operate informally, with limited access to finance, weak policy protection, and underdeveloped markets. While the 2nd Performing Arts Conference (2024) successfully explored innovation, sustainability and social impact, the sector now faces a more urgent

challenge: “How can performing arts be transformed into a structured, investable, export oriented industry that supports Kenya’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA)?”

The 3rd Performing Arts Conference responds to this challenge by positioning performing arts at the heart of Kenya’s Creative Economy Strategy, focusing on policy, finance, market access and professionalization. We thus invite you to be part of the conference as we explore how performing arts can be positioned as a key driver of Kenya’s Creative Economy, MSME growth, employment and cultural exports.

To register, please click the link below

https://www.theatreke.com/events/3rd-performing-arts-conference

For inquiries, or further information, please do not hesitate to contact: Ms. Lucy Karaya, Communications Officer via email lucykaraya@kenyaculturalcentre.go.ke or phone: 0742992849.