Stonebwoy has given his verdict on his Hogbetsotso Festival show in Anloga, and it is a happy one. In a post on X on Sunday evening, 8 November, the dancehall star shared four clips from his set at the Volta Region festival with the caption: “Spirit Led! DULEGBA🐆🌋. Anloga loved it!!! Hogbetsotso Festival❤️🔥🔥”.
The clips show Stonebwoy, in a red hat and white vest, working a brightly lit stage at night in front of a packed crowd, many of them holding up their phones to film. A second post shortly afterwards added four more videos under the hashtag #HOGBETSOTSOFESTIVAL.
Lalana Beach on festival Saturday
Stonebwoy, born Livingstone Etse Satekla, was billed to perform at Lalana Beach in Anloga on Saturday, 7 November, alongside MzVee, as reported by the Ghana News Agency. 3News also listed the Lalana Beach show for the same night as the festival’s grand durbar, which was held at the Awoamefia Sri III Astro Turf Park. We previewed the show here.
On the Saturday itself, Stonebwoy had also marked the occasion with a set of photos and the words “Home Soil. Royal Blood 🩸” on X. State broadcaster GTV also shared pictures of him at the 2026 festival celebration, dressed in traditional cloth and beads.
Hogbetsotso Za, celebrated on the first Saturday of November, marks the Anlo-Ewe escape from King Agorkorli I at Notsie, in present-day Togo. This year’s theme was “Anlo, Our Heritage and Our Values: Striving to Build One Ghana for a Better Tomorrow.”
A weekend of mixed fortunes for festival-goers
Stonebwoy’s show went ahead, but not every concert on the Hogbetsotso calendar did. EdemFest, planned for Emancipation Beach on the same Saturday, was postponed by its organisers earlier in the week, and the Sunday Beach Concert featuring Shatta Wale at Eli Beach Resort in Tegbi was cancelled on the day, with no reason given.
Stonebwoy has not shared crowd figures or a set list, and no official numbers have been published, but his own posts leave no doubt about how he felt the night went.
Were you at Lalana Beach on Saturday? What do you make of Stonebwoy’s Hogbetsotso show? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
