The Cape City Worldwide Jazz Competition will host its conventional free jazz live performance tomorrow, 24 April. An meeting of native and worldwide stars will headline the occasion within the metropolis centre.
Free jazz live performance is a Cape City ‘custom’
The live performance shall be headlined by varied acts. British acid jazz band Incognito brings a world flavour to the occasion. Moreover, legendary kwaito group TKZee may even take to the stage.
Different acts embrace The Ploemies, Hannah Ray, Andrea Fortuin, Fancy Galada and DJ Eazy.
“The Free Jazz Live performance has turn into an annual custom for Capetonians and guests alike, who come collectively to take pleasure in and rejoice their love of music,” mentioned Mayoral Committee Member for Security and Safety, Alderman JP Smith, in an announcement.
The jazz live performance is organised with assist from the Metropolis of Cape City.
Live performance makes Cape City Jazz Competition accessible
The free live performance is a prelude to the Cape City Worldwide Jazz Competition, which follows on 25–26 April on the Cape City Worldwide Conference Centre. The gathering is certainly one of Cape City’s prime festivals. Highlights of the principle programme embrace Black Espresso, Nduduzo Makhathini, Ari Lennox, Thandiswa Mazwai, and Lira.
In the meantime, Smith mentioned the free Greenmarket Sq. live performance is a chance to make the pageant extra accessible to locals:
“It is a chance for the Metropolis, working with the organisers of the Cape City Worldwide Jazz Competition, to supply a musical expertise with massive title artists for individuals who will not be in a position to get tickets for the principle pageant. We invite everybody to come back and be a part of this particular celebration set in a secure, vibrant, and family-friendly surroundings. Carry your family members, soak within the rhythm of town, and revel in world-class performances below the Cape City sky.”
Tips on how to attend the free live performance
The Cape City Worldwide Jazz Competition free live performance takes place on Thursday, 24 April 2025, from 16:30 to 22:00. As is custom, Greenmarket Sq. within the metropolis centre will host the open-air occasion. It’s free to attend.
There shall be street closures across the space, together with:
- Burg Road between Church and Longmarket streets
- Longmarket Road between Lengthy and Adderley streets
- Burg Road between Hout and Shortmarket streets
- Shortmarket Road between Lengthy and Adderley streets
Additional particulars of those may be discovered on town’s web site.
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