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First time: Montreux arrives in Franschhoek Friday to Sunday, 27 to 29 March. The line-up reads like a passport of musical brilliance and includes home-grown talent Thandiswa Mazwai
ARTS AND CULTURE

Montreux Jazz Festival makes African debut in Franschhoek

A legendary Swiss festival meets the Cape Winelands as Montreux launches its first African edition in Franschhoek with global stars and jazz visionaries

  • Marlan Padayachee
7 min read
The festival takes place on 29 and 30 September at the Sandton Convention Centre.
COVID

Cat’s out the bag: The Joy of Jazz artist lineup has been announced

Mantwa Chinoamadi, producer of the 2023 Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Festival, says our shores are open for the world to come and enjoy music

  • Lesego Chepape
2 min read
DOOM pictured on stage with Ghostface, whom he collaborated with. (Ghostface, Instagram)
CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL

Meeting DOOM, the man behind the mask

Hip-hop artist DOOM passed away in October, but the world found out only last week. Mpho Moshe Matheolane met the man himself in 2013

  • Mpho Moshe Matheolane
10 min read