Giovanni Kiyingi is a Ugandan folk singer-songwriter and world music artist. He is known for his skills as a multi-instrumentalist who plays the local Ugandan Endingidi, Akogo, Adungu, Endere, djembe, Embuutu, calabash, congas, among others. He was one of the Ugandan artists chosen to welcome Pope Francis in Uganda at Kololo on 27 November 2015. His skill as a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and performer have won him invitations to perform at major music festivals and co-operative events in Uganda and the rest of the world.He won an invitation to perform at a landmark yoga event in India dubbed "The unveiling of a 112 foot tall face of the Adiyogi Shiva– the source of yoga Kiyingi has performed at large music festivals around the world alongside performers like Tanzania's Alikiba at the 2016 Blankets and Wine festival, Suzan Kerunen, Kinobe Herbert at the Pearl Rhythm Festival 2012, Okello Lawrence and Joel Sebunjo at DOADOA 2014, Brian Mugenyi at the Utam Festival in Kenya in 2015, the father of ethno jazz Mulatu Astatke at Jazz Village Ethiopia, Kenya's Makadem,Afrigo Band, and Sarabi band.