Music, fashion and visual art will come together in Limuru on August 29 as iToka – The Crossing returns for its second edition.

The one-day festival will be held at Eva’s Garden in Redhill, with live performances with the lineup including Addeh Prince, Nyawira Siren, iNala, Folk Fusion, Flow Flaani, Leting and CEDO.

Media personalities Aunty Jemimah and Kibunja are set to host the event, while DJs Maina Rada Safi and J.Y. will handle the music between performances.

However, iToka is being presented as more than a live music event. Organisers have included visual art displays, fashion showcases and a creative marketplace as part of the programme, bringing several parts of the creative industry into one space.

The festival takes its name from the Gikuyu word iToka, traditionally associated with plants used as boundary markers or to distinguish pieces of land.

That meaning forms part of the festival’s broader theme, with organisers looking at boundaries not simply as lines that separate communities but as spaces where people, ideas and cultures can meet.

For the second edition, that idea will play out through different forms of African creative expression, from live music and fashion to visual storytelling.

Chira Njoroge, founder of Tuwashow Media, which is producing the festival, said the event was created to give artists, creative entrepreneurs and cultural practitioners a space to interact with audiences.

The festival comes at a time when Kenya’s creative scene is increasingly moving beyond traditional categories, with music events incorporating fashion, food, visual art and marketplaces to create broader cultural experiences.

At iToka, the organisers are similarly bringing different creative disciplines together rather than placing them in separate spaces.

For audiences, the appeal may lie in that mix. A day that begins with music can move into fashion and visual art, offering a snapshot of how contemporary African culture is being interpreted by a new generation of creatives.