{"id":445459,"date":"2017-12-10T04:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T04:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/10\/kwahu-readies-for-2017-bliss-on-the-hills-music-festival\/"},"modified":"2017-12-10T04:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T04:00:29","slug":"kwahu-readies-for-2017-bliss-on-the-hills-music-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/10\/kwahu-readies-for-2017-bliss-on-the-hills-music-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwahu readies for 2017 \u2018Bliss on the Hills\u2019 music festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Sunday, 10 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-10<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/23523197.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kwaku Festival.jpeg\" title=\"Kwaku Festival.jpeg\" width=\"295\" height=\"418\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Music festival to take place in Kwahu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512878429_996_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Known for its famed mountains, communities in the Kwahu area have for decades hosted thousands every year during the Easter festivities.<\/p>\n<p>During such times especially from Good Friday, through to Easter Monday, traffic is jammed right from Nkawkaw all the way up to Obomeng, where a host of activities is organised for the thousands of tourists both local and international who visit the area.<\/p>\n<p>However, Kwahu is set to establish its mark in the area of entertainment, as Ghana\u2019s finest musicians of diverse genres and generation, descend on the mountainous area of the Eastern Region for the first ever music festival dubbed, \u2018Bliss on the Hills\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Over 30 artistes \u2013Gospel, Hi-life and Hip-life \u2013are lacing their climbing shoes to stage a memorable musical show this Christmas, starting from the 24th through to 26th December.<\/p>\n<p>Old Timers\u2019 night will see Hi-life greats like evergreen Amakye Dede, legendary Nana Ampadu, Aberekyereba Kofi Sammy, Nana Tufuor among others, relive their days with back-to-back hits of old on the eve of Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Lovers of Gospel music will have their turn on 25th as S.P Kofi Sarpong, Nacee, Kojo Ampong, Piesie Esther, Nicholas Omane Acheampong to mention a few, line up for the Gospel Night show.<\/p>\n<p>On Boxing Day, Patapaa, Shata Wale, Ebony, Stone Bwoy, Wutah and many others, will shake the mountains at the Hip-life Night. 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