Photo: Piroake Fest 2025
Piroake Fest 2025: The Year We Levelled Up
A look back at our biggest festival yet: the moments, the music, and the community that made it unforgettable.
Journal
Stories from the Frontier
Behind-the-scenes content, event recaps, festival culture stories, and artist spotlights.
Photo: Behind the Scenes
Building a Festival from the Ground Up
What it takes to transform an empty field into a cultural experience: from layout design to vendor coordination.
Photo: Artist Spotlight
The Sound of Walking-Fish
A conversation with the artists and performers shaping the Walking-Fish sound and the culture we’re building.
Photo: Community
Why Culture-Driven Events Matter
How intentional experience design creates stronger communities and more meaningful connections.
Photo: Walkie-Talkie
Designing Experiences People Remember
The philosophy behind Walkie-Talkie Experiences: every detail, from sound to layout, is intentional.
Photo: Production
Capturing Energy: A Day with Muster Point Pictures
Follow our production team through a full event shoot: from pre-production planning to the final edit.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Walking-Fish Journal?
The Walking-Fish Journal (or Walking-Fish Blog) is a publication dedicated to highlighting creative culture, live experience design, and professional video production across West Africa. As the official publication of Walking-Fish Group, we provide a behind-the-scenes perspective on our subsidiaries: Walkie-Talkie Experiences and Muster Point Pictures.
What topics does the Walking-Fish Blog cover?
Our writers cover everything from step-by-step guides on building large-scale festivals in empty spaces to exclusive spotlights on local artists, vendor success stories, and structural event philosophy. We also detail the production pipeline of professional video shoots and commercial campaigns.
Why does Walking-Fish Group publish these articles?
Through our articles, we seek to inspire event organizers, creative directors, digital marketers, and cultural enthusiasts by sharing our successes, challenges, and insights. We discuss the critical role of intentional experience design in fostering true human connection and building sustainable communities.
Who should read the Walking-Fish Blog?
Whether you are interested in learning about the production pipeline of a professional video shoot, discovering how local food vendors generate massive revenue at Piroake Fest, or understanding our philosophy on spatial design and crowd flow, the Walking-Fish Journal is your premier guide to the creative economy of The Gambia and the wider African continent.
The Walking-Fish Journal: Cultivating Cultural Narratives
The Walking-Fish Journal is a premium storytelling platform and regional publication dedicated to documenting the rise of the creative economy, event design, and digital media production in West Africa. Operated directly by Walking-Fish Group, the journal offers deep, authentic, and behind-the-scenes insights into how we conceptualize and build our culture-driven projects.
From detailing our structural event planning philosophy under Walkie-Talkie Experiences (including spatial layouts and vendor partner management) to explaining the post-production rendering and aerial photography techniques utilized by Muster Point Pictures, our articles provide real value to creators, event managers, and cultural enthusiasts alike.
We believe that moments fade, but stories live on forever. By providing high-quality festival recaps, artist spotlights, vendor success case studies, and corporate experience breakdowns, our journal serves as a cultural register for The Gambia and the wider sub-region. Subscribe to our newsletter or reach out to our editorial team to share your story.