Mbongwana Star Concert History

Mbongwana Star are a 7-piece band from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Formed from the ashes of Congolese tradi-modern stars Staff Benda Bilili, alongside Parisian producer and musician Liam Farrell, aka Doctor L. The resultant sound is a eclectic fusion of traditional Congolese and African rhythms with a big fistful of European post-punk bass and busted electronics.

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 10, 2017 –
Aug 13, 2017
BoomTown Fair !!! 2017
M.I.A. / Cypress Hill / Slightly Stoopid / Rusko / The Specials / Ziggy Marley / Frank Turner / Boys Noize / Toots & The Maytals / The Sugarhill Gang / Loyle Carner / Arrested Development / The Freestylers / AJ Tracey / Booka Shade / Sublime With Rome / Redlight / Dusky / Crazy P / Stick Figure / Skindred / Donae'o / Protoje / Caspa / Utah Saints / GoGo Penguin / Dub FX / Alabama 3 / Carl Craig / The Prototypes / Friction / Astrix / Black Sun Empire / Ocean Wisdom / The Comet Is Coming / Solardo / My Nu Leng / Gilles Peterson / Swindle / Lutan Fyah / Deekline / Alix Perez / Gentleman's Dub Club / Sons of Kemet / Champion / Ed Solo / Icicle / Beans on Toast / Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band / Mike Love / Dave Clarke / Technimatic / Ace Ventura / DBridge / Phace / Holy Goof / Mefjus / The Planet Smashers / Furious 5 / The Dreadnoughts / Legendary Shack Shakers / Darkzy / Mbongwana Star / Deadbeat / pitch black / Boddika / Smokey Joe & The Kid / Ray Keith / Schlachthofbronx / Ben UFO / Skeptical / MysDiggi / Vandal / Soweto Kinch / Dread MC / Heartless Crew / Broken Note / Benjamin Zephaniah / King Prawn / SP:MC / Baby Queens / Chris Wood / SK Shlomo / Nattali Rize / Mad Dog Mcrea / Dizraeli / Mikey B / The Hempolics / Kumbia Queers / The Sickest Squad / Binker & Moses / Limewax / New Town Kings / Monki / Gypsy Hill / Dr Cryptic / Hadean / Petrol Girls / Jungle Brown / The Filaments / Bushbaby / Jim Jones and the Righteous Mind / Billain / WITTYBOY / King Kong Company / Inner Terrestrials / Kingfisha / The Eskies / Thrasher / Sheelanagig / Furrow Collective / Bud / Elijah & Skilliam / Brinsley Forde / Lakuta / Phatworld / Maid of Ace / Fleck / Kansas Smitty's / Faintest Idea / Ska'n'Ska / Back To The Planet / Pelikann / Blend Mishkin / Gancher & Ruin / Captain Hotknives / Blaggers ITA / Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band / Thorpey / Amy Becker / Murder He Wrote / Jon1st / China Shop Bull / Crinkle Cuts / Vital Techniques / Chavo / The Original Blues Brothers Band / C3B / Mr Tea and the Minions / D-DOTs / Crash Nomada / Jeremy Tuplin / Sea Bass Kid / Junior Bill / forest of fools / DJ Kobayashi / The Skarsoles / River Roots / Dr Oscillator / The Discount Orchestra / One Eyed God / Autorotation / Steamchicken / Lead Shot Hazard / Atterkop / Metz Jnr / Cherry Bandora / The Barefoot Bandit UK / Fracture (UK) / K-ORSE AND BASSHOUND / Imprints (Bristol, UK) / First World Pros / Tony Tribe (UK) / CaraMeansFriend / Dub Akom Band / Alice Francis Show all bands
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Matterley Estate Ovington, UK
Show Duplicate for Aug 10, 2017
Jul 29, 2017
Calgary Folk Music Festival
"Calgary Folk Music Festival" / Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin with The Guilty Ones / Mbongwana Star / Sidestepper / John K. Samson / Barenaked Ladies / Betty Bonifassi / Tanya Tagaq / BadBadNotGood / Carsie Blanton / Baracutanga / Benjamin Longman Band / Dustbowl Revival / Barney Bentall / Jeffery Straker / River Whyless / Langhorne Slim / Ghostkeeper / Blind Boy Paxton / AM Static / Dione Taylor / Sumner Brothers / The Bones of J.R. Jones / The Mccrary Sisters / Parsonsfield / 100% / Sean Rowe / Helena Deland Show all bands
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Prince's Island Park Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Jul 26, 2017
Mbongwana Star Le Poisson Rouge New York, New York, United States
Jul 22, 2017
Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival
"Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival" / Moontee Sinquah / Danielle Ponder and theTomorrow People / Elastic Bond / Morgan Heritage / Donna the Buffalo / Afrobeta / Western Centuries / Keith Frank / Walter Mouton & the Scott Playboys / ______ / The Blind Spots / Driftwood / Mbongwana Star / Locos Por Juana / Mac Benford / Sihasin / Johnny Dowd / Thunder Body Show all bands
Trumansburg Fairgrounds Trumansburg, New York, United States
Jul 20, 2017
Mbongwana Star / The Resojets / Veeby / MaroCouleurs

Festival International Nuits D'Afrique

Various Venues Montréal, Québec, Canada
Jul 16, 2017
Vancouver Folk Music Festival
"Vancouver Folk Music Festival" / Shawn Colvin / ferron / Roy Forbes / The Revivalists / Bahamas / Sidestepper / Emmanuel Jal / JONAH BLACKSMITh / Hillsburn / Andy Shauf / The Belle Game / Leif Vollebekk / Tomato Tomato / Si Kahn / Jim Bryson / The Mae Trio / The Slocan Ramblers / Jim Kweskin / Meredith Axelrod / Rura / Paul McKenna / Delgres / Corey Harris / Alvin Youngblood Hart / Will Varley / Jake Morley / Matt Holubowski / La Santa Cecilia / Begonia / Chouk Bwa Libete / Mbongwana Star / Eilen Jewell / The Sojourners / Jim Byrnes / Nell Robinson / Jim Nunally / Kathleen Edwards / Noam Pikelny / Tift Merritt / Joe Grass / Marlon Williams Show all bands
Jericho Beach Park Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Jul 15, 2017
Vancouver Folk Music Festival
"Vancouver Folk Music Festival" / Barenaked Ladies / Eilen Jewell / Begonia / Leif Vollebekk / Gabrielle Shonk / Kathleen Edwards / Mbongwana Star / Paul McKenna / Aoife O'Donovan / Noam Pikelny / Blind Pilot / Nive Nielsen / Tomato Tomato / Alpha YaYa Diallo / Marlon Williams / La Santa Cecilia / Delgres / Corey Harris / Alvin Youngblood Hart / Choir! Choir! Choir! / Jim Bryson / The Mae Trio / Tift Merritt / Katie Moore / Willy Mitchell / ferron / Noah Gundersen / Nell Robinson / Jim Nunally / Chouk Bwa Libete / Blick Bassy / The Belle Game / Meredith Axelrod / Jim Kweskin / Nick Sherman / Matt Holubowski / Jake Morley / Cris Derksen / The Slocan Ramblers / Roy Forbes / Ganga Giri / John K. Samson / JONAH BLACKSMITh / Christine Fellows / Rura / Hillsburn / Si Kahn / Emmanuel Jal / Cold Specks Show all bands
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Jericho Beach Park Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Jul 13, 2017 –
Jul 16, 2017
Vancouver Folk Music Festival 2017
Corey Harris / Mbongwana Star / Archie Roach / Will Varley / Noam Pikelny / Blick Bassy / Bahamas / Andy Shauf / Choir! Choir! Choir! / Jake Morley / Joe Henry / Jim Bryson / Matt Holubowski / Ferron / Aoife O'Donovan / Ganga Giri / Grace Petrie / Tift Merritt / Gabrielle Shonk / Begonia / C.R. Avery / Ramy Essam / Rura / Jim Kweskin / Rhiannon Giddens / JONAH BLACKSMITh / Alpha YaYa Diallo / The Paul McKenna Band / Nive Nielsen & The Deer Children / Katie Moore / Hillsburn / Mae Trio / Si Kahn / Eilen Jewell / Delgres / The Slocan Ramblers / Roy Forbes / Wesli / Leif Vollebekk / Korrontzi / Marlon Williams & The Yarra Benders / Luke Wallace / Julyo / Chouk Bwa Libète / True Blues / Tomato Tomato / Sidestepper / Mélisande / Meredith Axelrod / ILAM (CA) / John K. Samson / Emmanuel Jal / The Belle Game / Alvin Youngblood Hart Show all bands
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Jericho Beach Park Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Jul 08, 2017
Winnipeg Folk Festival
"Winnipeg Folk Festival" / Graham Parker / Feist / Cécile Doo-Kingué / JONAH BLACKSMITh / Daniel Lanois / Mbongwana Star / DJ Shub / Desi Sub Culture / Chali 2na / MarchFourth / The Suitcase Junket / Big Thief / Esme Patterson / Margaret Glaspy / Murder By Death Show all bands
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Birds Hill Park Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Jul 06, 2017 –
Jul 09, 2017
Winnipeg Folk Festival 2017
City and Colour / The Felice Brothers / Damien Jurado / Brandi Carlile / The Shins / Feist / Foy Vance / Barenaked Ladies / Arum Rae / Camper Van Beethoven / Aoife O'Donovan / Andrew Combs / John Paul White / Cracker / Bruce Cockburn / Daniel Lanois / Christopher Paul Stelling / paper bird / Hot Rize / The Suitcase Junket / Esme Patterson / Red Knuckles And The Trailblazers / Margaret Glaspy / Chali 2na / Murder By Death / Big Thief / Mbongwana Star / Corey Harris / Alvin Youngblood Hart / Tim O'Brien / John K. Samson / Charlotte Cardin / Graham Parker / Luke Roberts / Danny Barnes / Mr. Mark / MarchFourth / Archie Roach / Marisa Anderson / Peter Yarrow / Old Man Luedecke / Begonia / Dakha Brakha / 100 mile house / Choir! Choir! Choir! / Bryan Sutton / DJ Shub / Rura / JONAH BLACKSMITh / Wesli / True Blues / Ten Strings & a Goat Skin / Joey Landreth / Paul McKenna / David Grier / Sun K / Jayme Stone / Cecile Doo-kingue / The Small Glories / Bon Debarras / Mohsin Zaman / Bubba B The MC / Desi Sub Culture / Carly Dow / Graham Parker & Brinsley Schwarz / Red Knuckles / Clinton St. John / The Swinging Belles / Richard Inman / Diyet / Seanster & the Monsters Show all bands
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Bird's Hill Provincial Park Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Jul 02, 2017
Couleur Cafe Festival
"Couleur Cafe Festival" / Alpha Blondy / Batuk / Caballero / Jeanjass / Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley / Deluxe / Flatbush Zombies / JMSN / Jungle By Night / Kery James / Lianne La Havas / Lil Dicky / Loyle Carner / Mbongwana Star / Princess Nokia
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Atomium Square Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
Mar 11, 2017
"Africa Now!" Benefit / Mbongwana Star / Songhoy Blues / Lura / Dj Nenim

Africa Now! Benefit

Apollo Theater New York, New York, United States
Mar 10, 2017
Mbongwana Star The Sinclair Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Mar 03, 2017
Mbongwana Star The Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Aug 14, 2016
Mbongwana Star Rumsey Playfield / Central Park New York, New York, United States
Aug 07, 2016
Anthony B / Mbongwana Star / Jesse Royal / Keznamdi / Sister Carol / Rocker T

Reggae On The River (CA)

French's Camp Garberville, California, United States
Jul 19, 2016 –
Jul 24, 2016
Muse / Massive Attack / The Shoes / Mbongwana Star

Paléo Festival 2016

  Setlists
Unknown venue Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland
Show Duplicate for Jul 19, 2016
Jul 15, 2016
Colours Of Ostrava Festival
"Colours Of Ostrava Festival" / Of Monsters and Men / ANOHNI / Kovacs / Boy 8-Bit / Kiasmos / C.C. Smugglers / Erol Alkan / Slow Magic / Zu / Susanne Sundfør / AURORA / Kalascima / Mbongwana Star / My Baby / Navarone
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City Centre Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic
Jul 14, 2016 –
Jul 17, 2016
Colours Of Ostrava 2016
Of Monsters and Men / M83 / Tame Impala / Passenger / Kodaline / The Vaccines / Thievery Corporation / Underworld / Nothing But Thieves / Villagers / Slowdive / Caro Emerald / 2CELLOS / Susanne Sundfør / Actress / ANOHNI / Mariachi El Bronx / Christian Löffler / Nathan Fake / Songhoy Blues / Giant Sand / The Unthanks / My Baby / Skinny Lister / Mbongwana Star / Kila / Rocky Dawuni / Al Jawala / CC Smugglers / Lake Malawi / Ohm Square / Mydy Rabycad / Republic of Two / The Freeborn Brothers Show all bands
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Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic
Jul 13, 2016 –
Jul 17, 2016
Dour Festival 2016
Wiz Khalifa / Pixies / Sigur Rós / The Prodigy / A$AP Ferg / Rudimental / ODESZA / Mac DeMarco / The Vaccines / Kevin Gates / GoldLink / Four Tet / Mobb Deep / Underworld / Band of Skulls / Stormzy / Borgore / Rhye / Denzel Curry / Django Django / HONNE / Gold Panda / Boys Noize / Poliça / Hayden James / Birdy Nam Nam / Ta-ku / The Subways / Nosaj Thing / Elliphant / Allah-Las / JAUZ / Mr. Oizo / Sango / High Contrast / Maya Jane Coles / Between The Buried And Me / Floating Points / Maceo Plex / Lagwagon / Pantha du Prince / Bicep / Étienne de Crécy / Lady Leshurr / Protest the Hero / Nick Waterhouse / Jay Prince / Suuns / Kirk Knight / Kollektiv Turmstrasse / David August / The Soft Moon / Deluxe / The Bronx / Daniel Avery / Being As An Ocean / Together PANGEA / Spor / Richie Hawtin / Fat White Family / Do Or Die / Marek Hemmann / Protomartyr / Venetian Snares / Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes / Boris Brejcha / Black Sun Empire / Emicida / Motor City Drum Ensemble / King Khan & The Shrines / Lil Silva / Ben Klock / Prhyme / Romeo Elvis / Madball / Kerri Chandler / Fatima Yamaha / Oxmo Puccino / Henrik Schwarz / Kadavar / U-Roy / Eyehategod / Eprom / Dorian Concept / Life Of Agony / Popof / Vald / Maduk / Danny L Harle / Alix Perez / Dope D.O.D. / Damian Lazarus / Congo Natty / Dave Clarke / Stand High Patrol / Club Cheval / State Of Mind / Flavien Berger / Ho99o9 / woodie smalls / Cid Rim / Danakil / Branko / Biga Ranx / Odezenne / Len Faki / Soom T / Phace / Ivy Lab / DJ Ez / Mind Against / Mefjus / Mbongwana Star / Clément Bazin / Tha Trickaz / Jungle By Night / Seth Gueko / Bad Company UK / Fews / Jeanne Added / DJ PAYPAL / Adrian Sherwood / Dagoba / Kanka / Panda dub / Destruction Unit / Mass Hysteria / Bjarki / Nasty / SP:MC / LeFtO / Lōtic / Neonlight / Yaniss Odua / Haring / Mdou Moctar / Uproot Andy / J.C. Satàn / Manudigital / The Clonious / Comah / La Mverte / The Arrs / La Jungle / N'to (France) / Kel Assouf / Islam Chipsy / Superdiscount 3 / Lowqui / Cairo Liberation Front / Maksim Mc / Le Bal Des Enrages / Max Graef Band / MC Wrec / Komah / Lawrence Le Doux / Blondy Brownie / Novelist [London] / Harrison Stafford & The Professor Crew / Pat Thomas & The Kwashibu Area Band / MC Lowqui / Artikal Band / CYRK live / Netsky / Salut c'est cool Show all bands
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Dour Festival Dour, Wallonia, Belgium

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has Mbongwana Star had?

Mbongwana Star has had 41 concerts.

What genre is Mbongwana Star?

Mbongwana Star is most often considered to be Electronic, Experimental, African, and African Electronic.

When was the last Mbongwana Star concert?

The last Mbongwana Star concert was on August 10, 2017 at Matterley Estate in Ovington, UK. The bands that performed were: M.I.A. / Cypress Hill / Slightly Stoopid / Rusko / The Specials / Ziggy Marley / Frank Turner / Boys Noize / Toots & The Maytals / The Sugarhill Gang / Loyle Carner / Arrested Development / The Freestylers / AJ Tracey / Booka Shade / Sublime With Rome / Redlight / Dusky / Crazy P / Stick Figure / Skindred / Donae'o / Protoje / Caspa / Utah Saints / GoGo Penguin / Dub FX / Alabama 3 / Carl Craig / The Prototypes / Friction / Astrix / Black Sun Empire / Ocean Wisdom / The Comet Is Coming / Solardo / My Nu Leng / Gilles Peterson / Swindle / Lutan Fyah / Deekline / Alix Perez / Gentleman's Dub Club / Sons of Kemet / Champion / Ed Solo / Icicle / Beans on Toast / Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band / Mike Love / Dave Clarke / Technimatic / Ace Ventura / DBridge / Phace / Holy Goof / Mefjus / The Planet Smashers / Furious 5 / The Dreadnoughts / Legendary Shack Shakers / Darkzy / Mbongwana Star / Deadbeat / pitch black / Boddika / Smokey Joe & The Kid / Ray Keith / Schlachthofbronx / Ben UFO / Skeptical / MysDiggi / Vandal / Soweto Kinch / Dread MC / Heartless Crew / Broken Note / Benjamin Zephaniah / King Prawn / SP:MC / Baby Queens / Chris Wood / SK Shlomo / Nattali Rize / Mad Dog Mcrea / Dizraeli / Mikey B / The Hempolics / Kumbia Queers / The Sickest Squad / Binker & Moses / Limewax / New Town Kings / Monki / Gypsy Hill / Dr Cryptic / Hadean / Petrol Girls / Jungle Brown / The Filaments / Bushbaby / Jim Jones and the Righteous Mind / Billain / WITTYBOY / King Kong Company / Inner Terrestrials / Kingfisha / The Eskies / Thrasher / Sheelanagig / Furrow Collective / Bud / Elijah & Skilliam / Brinsley Forde / Lakuta / Phatworld / Maid of Ace / Fleck / Kansas Smitty's / Faintest Idea / Ska'n'Ska / Back To The Planet / Pelikann / Blend Mishkin / Gancher & Ruin / Captain Hotknives / Blaggers ITA / Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band / Thorpey / Amy Becker / Murder He Wrote / Jon1st / China Shop Bull / Crinkle Cuts / Vital Techniques / Chavo / The Original Blues Brothers Band / C3B / Mr Tea and the Minions / D-DOTs / Crash Nomada / Jeremy Tuplin / Sea Bass Kid / Junior Bill / forest of fools / DJ Kobayashi / The Skarsoles / River Roots / Dr Oscillator / The Discount Orchestra / One Eyed God / Autorotation / Steamchicken / Lead Shot Hazard / Atterkop / Metz Jnr / Cherry Bandora / The Barefoot Bandit UK / Fracture (UK) / K-ORSE AND BASSHOUND / Imprints (Bristol, UK) / First World Pros / Tony Tribe (UK) / CaraMeansFriend / Dub Akom Band / Alice Francis.

What setlist does Mbongwana Star play live?

The songs that Mbongwana Star performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the June 25, 2016 concert at Worthy Farm in Shepton Mallet, England, United Kingdom:

  1. MBONGWANA
  2. ALY
  3. Malukayi
  4. Shegue
  5. Impala
  6. Souzana
  7. Patron
  8. NGANTSE
  9. 1 Million
  10. MUPARUE

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