 Somali popular music enjoys a large audience in Mogadishu , and was widely sold prior to the civil war . With the government managing to secure the city in mid @-@ 2011 , radios once again play music . On 19 March 2012 , an open concert was held in the city , which was broadcast live on local television . In April 2013 , the <unk> <unk> ensemble also organized the <unk> Music Festival , the first international music festival to be held in Mogadishu in two decades . 
