Brunch With Live Music in Dakar: Ge'eza's Format

Brunch with live music in Dakar, at Ge'eza, is not a fixed Sunday morning service. It is a format the house puts on around its exhibitions, when the gallery opens for a day built around a shared table and musicians. The two most recent editions were on Sunday 30 August 2026, closing the Cape Verde exhibition, and on Saturday 3 October 2026, closing the Sudan exhibition with live music from Mildah. No next date is announced. Every other day, Tuesday to Sunday, the house serves a regular Ethiopian breakfast from 8am to 11am.

A format tied to exhibitions, not a weekly service

Ge'eza is an Ethiopian restaurant, a contemporary art gallery and an events venue, set in a villa at 656 avenue Birago Diop in Point E. When an exhibition is running, it is often closed or marked by a brunch with live music, built as a highlight: the terrace under the trees fills up, a musician or band plays, and the kitchen serves a meal built for the occasion. It is a one-off gathering, unlike breakfast, which is served every day the house is open.

This distinction matters, because some people search for "Sunday brunch in Dakar" expecting a standing service. At Ge'eza, that standing service does not exist in that form: there is a daily Ethiopian breakfast, and a brunch with live music that returns around the gallery's exhibitions.

What happened at the two most recent editions

On 30 August 2026, the house closed its "A Country in the Spotlight: Cape Verde" exhibition with a brunch from 11am, featuring live music, Cape Verdean flavours (BBQ, cachupa, feijoada) and a small craft market, for 2,000 FCFA. On 3 October 2026, the Sudan exhibition closed with a brunch and live music from Mildah, from 11am to 9pm, alongside a small artisan market, at the same 2,000 FCFA entry. That exhibition showed work by Israa Hamad and Yasmeen Abdalah, who each now have their own page on the site, at Israa Hamad and Yasmeen Abdalah. To revisit both days and earlier editions, the events archive lists what has already taken place.

How to find out when the next brunch is happening

Since no date is confirmed at the time of writing, two channels are worth watching. The first is the site's calendar, which lists the month's appointments and offers a subscribable calendar (Google, Apple, Outlook) plus a downloadable .ics file: once subscribed, new dates are added automatically, with no need to keep checking back. The second is the house's monthly newsletter, which also covers upcoming highlights. For a direct question about a future edition, writing on WhatsApp at +221 78 660 07 07 remains the fastest way to get an answer.

Other regular formats at the house

Brunch with live music is not the only way Ge'eza keeps the link between the gallery and the table alive. Outside exhibitions, the house also runs, on a more regular basis, coffee ceremonies, tastings and small markets, which punctuate the weeks without waiting for a particular edition. These gatherings suit a solo visitor as much as a small group who spotted them on the calendar, and they give a good reason to come back between one brunch with live music and the next. Stopping by the gallery, even with no event running, always lets you see the works currently on show, since it keeps the same hours as the restaurant.

Ethiopian breakfast, every day

Outside these one-off gatherings, Ge'eza serves an Ethiopian breakfast Tuesday to Sunday, from 8am to 11am: foul at 5,500 F, foul special at 6,500 F with a soft egg or avocado, enqulal tibs at 2,000 F, chechebsa with honey at 4,500 F, genfo at 6,500 F, and a combo for two at 8,500 F bringing together foul, enqulal tibs and chechebsa. It is a reliable option for anyone wanting an Ethiopian morning without waiting for a particular exhibition, on the terrace or in the glass-roofed room.

Coming by, with or without an event

To enjoy the house without waiting for a brunch with live music, the simplest route is to book a table for breakfast, lunch or dinner online, or to write directly on WhatsApp at +221 78 660 07 07. The house is open Tuesday to Sunday, 8am to 10pm, closed Monday. Between courses, the restaurant also presents the full menu and the venue, gallery included, for anyone who wants to look at the art while eating.