Gospel music shows seem to have taken over Zimbabwe as worshippers are being treated to different international and local artists in every quarter of the year.
It’s as if there’s a conveyor belt releasing gospel artists, and the absolute truth is that fans love it.
Travis Greene, Grace Idowu, Kaestrings make their way to Zimbabwe this July on the 18th at the Celebration Centre in Harare.
Also, Cece Winans makes way to the same venue on August 13. What a befitting venue to potentially counter the cold!
There is a vibe that shows in closed arenas give. If the sound is well balanced, the echoes always fill the room with joy.
A good example is that anyone who attended the Limoblaze and Joe L Barnes show at the exhibition park will attest to this reality.
Off course, the open air shows have been a vibe too such that the rains could not deter fun at the recent Chandler Moore show.
It was raining and fans were dancing. Need there be a mention of the coincidence of Cleo Arie (her music is just obsessive) singing ‘Jah Jah naisa mablessings’ and the rain starting to pour?
And the blessings are potentially flowing overload to Zimbabwe as the shows keep coming too.
The promoters behind these shows, Events by GEC seem to be relentless and consistent at making sure that the word of God and the gospel reaches many through these shows.
Anything about God must carry God’s seed that is the only explanation of how these shows have been successful.
Off course there will be mention of good relationships and connections between the promoters and artists but ultimately it is the hand of The Most High that makes all things possible.
Pastor Lyncolin Kapswara of Events by GEC attributed their success to God’s favour saying that He has made it possible for his firm to be rightly connected to ensure successful events.
“It has just been, honestly speaking, favour. I do not say that lightly. We have been able to build very powerful and strong relationships in the music space that have opened doors for us to so many of the international artists,” he said.
“You will find that as big as the world is, it is actually very small especially the gospel space. We have been able to connect to the right relationships that have connected us to other relationships.
“Being able to do events well has given us credibility. Through that, we have been able to get more and more referrals. A lot of artists are doing tours so we have been able to bid for Zimbabwe and win the opportunity to host these events.”
Conquering challenges that were presented on the first Maverick City/ Kirk Franklin show in August 2024 is proof positive that God has been in control, such that even with the controversy that surrounded the artists, the show was super successful and served as a pedestal for all future shows.
Pastor Lyncolin also concurred that the show that paved way for them was the Maverick City/ Kirk Franklin show, although it had a lot of negative publicity.
He said, “The show that opened doors for us the most will have to be the Maverick City and Kirk Franklin one. Just because of the publicity and the drama around that event but it was able to really catapult us and give us a place where we can now be more consistent in terms of bringing some of the international artists.”
So far, Events by GEC have managed to host Naomi Raine, Chandler Moore (also came in as a solo act in April 2025) Todd Galberth, Kirk Franklin, Tim Godfrey, Joe L Barnes and Limoblaze.
For all these artists to come, Pastor Lyncolin Kapswara said that the public are involved in pointing out who they would want to see.
“We always engage people on our Instagram asking them who they would want to see in Zimbabwe. We love to hear from the public and they give us recommendations.” he said.
Some of the best performing acts like Vokal Ex at the Maverick City Show, Cleo Arie at the Chandler Moore show at Belgravia Sports Club and The Boys of Thunder were all voted for by the public as has been Kaestrings.
Seeing that Events by GEC listens to the public, maybe this could be an opportunity to footnote a request calling for Rorisang and Sumisola Agbebi to grace any of the future shows.
Until the next show!
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