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Ms Lauryn Hill, popular American songstress and former member of the hip-hop group, �The Fugees�, will arrive in Ghana today Friday, December 12, for the 2014 edition of �The Big Weekend Afro-Beats Festival� scheduled for December 12, 13 and 14 at the Independence Square in Accra. Ms Hill is headline artiste for the three-day music festival which has on its performance bill the likes of Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, Efya, Okyeame Kwame, Mzvee, Joey B, Chase, Lil Shaker, Jay-So, Kumasi Kojo-Cue, Treasure, AI, Dex Kwasi and several others. Surprisingly, event organiser BBnZ has confirmed that tickets for the entire three-day concert are selling at just GH�10 and that all ticket sales will be at the gates. On arrival today, Ms Hill is expected to have a brief encounter with entertainment journalists at the plush Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra ahead of the concert. Though the �The Big Weekend Afro- Beats Festival� takes off this evening, Ms Hill will be mounting the stage on Sunday night for a never-to-be forgotten 15live acoustic performance. The event was first held in December 2013 as a historic entertainment festival to re-brand Ghana as a country that has the capacity to host world class music concerts and a country that is a hot tourist destination in the West African sub-region. This year�s event is expected to be an improvement on the maiden edition. According to the programme, the festival will start on Friday, December 12 with a Hip-hop-themed concert, followed by an actual Afro-beats party on Saturday December 13, and on Sunday December 14, a mellowed down live Acoustic gig will take place. This year�s show will end up as an international concert as NEWS-ONE has gathered that there have already been several international bookings of tickets from music lovers across Africa and beyond. Club Beer, beverage sponsor of the three-day concert, will be selling its products at factory price at the event�s venue and several eateries and restaurants will also be making make-shift setups just like last year. The Independence Square, as the event�s venue, provides a huge space for parking cars and an unparalleled security presence.