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This is a list of music venues in Africa. Venues with a capacity of 1,000 or higher are included.

List

Algeria

Opened Venue City Capacity
1975 Salle de Sports de Algiers Algiers 7,000
June 17, 1972 Stade du 5 Juillet 64,200

Angola

Opened Venue City Capacity
2013 Pavilhão Multiusos do Kilamba Luanda 12,750
June 10, 1972 Estádio da Cidadela 40,000

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Opened Venue City Capacity
September 14, 1994 Stade des Martyrs Kinshasa 80,000
1952 Stade Tata Raphaël

Egypt

Opened Venue City Capacity
2007 Borg El Arab Stadium Alexandria 86,000
1991 The Covered Hall Cairo 20,000
1960 Cairo International Stadium 74,100
2010 Space Sharm Sharm El Sheikh 10,000

Ethiopia

Opened Venue City Capacity
2015 Bahir Dar Stadium Bahir Dar 60,000
Hawassa Kenema Stadium Hawassa
2017 Tigray Stadium Mekelle

Ivory Coast

Opened Venue City Capacity
October 3, 2020 National Stadium of the Ivory Coast Abidjan 60,012

Kenya

Opened Venue City Capacity
August 1987 Kasarani Indoor Arena Nairobi 5,000
Kasarani Stadium 80,000

Libya

Opened Venue City Capacity
1970 Tripoli Stadium Tripoli 67,000

Morocco

Opened Venue City Capacity
Un­known Hippodrome Casa-Anfa Casablanca 5,000
1981 Salle Mohammed V 5,000
March 6, 1955 Stade Mohammed V 45,891
November 25, 2007 Fez Stadium Fez 45,000
January 5, 2011 Stade de Marrakech Marrakesh 45,240
April 26, 2011 Ibn Batouta Stadium Tangier 68,000

Malawi

Opened Venue City Capacity
1964 Mogadishu Stadium Blantyre 20,000

Mauritius

Opened Venue City Capacity
2011 J&J Auditorium Vacoas-Phoenix Un­known

Nigeria

Opened Venue City Capacity
Federal Capital Territory
2003 Moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja 60,491
Kano State
1998 Sani Abacha Stadium Kano 25,000
Lagos State
2000 New Afrika Shrine Ikeja 2,500
Unknown Queens Park Events Center Lagos 2,100

Republic of the Congo

Opened Venue City Capacity
Un­known Palais des Sports Brazzaville 10,134
2015 Stade Municipal de Kintélé 60,000

Senegal

Opened Venue City Capacity
circa 1985 Léopold Senghor Stadium Dakar 60,000

Somalia

Opened Venue City Capacity
1977 Mogadishu Stadium Mogadishu 65,000

South Africa

Opened Venue City Capacity
Eastern Cape
June 6, 2009 Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Gqeberha 46,000
Free State
1995 Toyota Stadium Bloemfontein 40,911
Gauteng
1999 Big Top Arena Brakpan 5,000
1995 Centurion Park Centurion 22,000
November 4, 2017 SunBet Arena Pretoria 8,500
1923 Loftus Versfeld Stadium Arcadia 51,762
November 2007 Teatro Sandton 1,870
1992 Johannesburg Stadium Doornfontein 37,500
1990 Ellis Park Arena Johannesburg 6,300
1928 Ellis Park Stadium 62,567
1989 FNB Stadium Soweto 94,736
May 2, 1959 Orlando Stadium 37,313
KwaZulu-Natal
2007 ICC Durban Arena Durban 10,000
November 27, 2009 Moses Mabhida Stadium 55,500
1958 Hollywoodbets Kings Park Stadium 60,000
Limpopo
August 4, 1995 Oppikoppi Farm Northam 20,000
Mpumalanga
December 2000 Blue Moon Mbombela 2,000
North West
1979 Sun City Super Bowl Sun City ~6,000
Northern Cape
February 15, 2012 Mittah Seperepere Convention Centre Kimberley 2,500
Western Cape
December 14, 2009 DHL Stadium Green Point 58,310
1997 Bellville Velodrome Bellville 10,000
May 19, 1971 Artscape Opera House Cape Town 1,487
June 2003 Cape Town International Convention Centre 1,500
Un­known The Side Show 1,800
October 2007 GrandWest Grand Arena 7,000
1888 DHL Newlands 52,000
c. 1915 Cycad Amphitheatre Un­known

Tanzania

Opened Venue City Capacity
2007 National Stadium Dar es Salaam 60,000

Tunisia

Opened Venue City Capacity
December 27, 2015 Hard Rock Cafe Hammam Sousse Un­known
2004 Salle Omnisport de Radès Radès 17,000
1967 Stade El Menzah Tunis 39,858

Zimbabwe

Opened Venue City Capacity
Unknown City Sports Center Harare 4,000
Harare International Conference Center 4,500
1892 Borrowdale Racecourse 5,000
1987 National Sports Stadium 80,000

Gallery

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