Save the date for The Cape Town International Jazz Festival!
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- 01 Nov 2022
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The Cape Town International Jazz Festival will take place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) in March next year.
Back to entertain after a three-year break thanks to successive lockdowns because of Covid-19, the Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF) will continue its 21st-anniversary celebrations that were postponed in 2020 with a line-up, look and feel and several surprises.
The exciting announcement was conveyed by Judith Sephuma, South Africa’s Queen of Afro-jazz who is thrilled to be returning to Cape Town to entertain festivalgoers.
In Sephuma’s words: “The Cape Town International Jazz Festival holds a special place in my heart. I performed at the very first one and am happy to be at this, the 21st event, to share my music with Festinos again. There has been a definite gap in the music festival calendar without the CT Jazz Fest these past couple of years, so I am delighted it is back, and it promises to be amazing – as usual. I hope to see you all there.”
But it’s not all business as usual. The 2023 CTIJF, known for its scintillating and eclectic mix of jazz and jazz-related music, will take account of the fans’ desires to spend more time enjoying and appreciating the artists that are on offer and the music they love, as well as upping the ‘festival’ feeling with an expanded offering of ‘experiences’ – more details to come.
In 2023, there will be three stages hosting more than 21 music performances. The stages for 2023 are Rosies, which jazz purists will appreciate for the exceptional audio quality of the acoustics complementing the performers’ sound, and Kippies. Kippies retains its position in the main Hall on the Ground floor and will be the place to groove to more familiar names, whilst the open-air Downtown stage (formerly Manenberg) will be the place to discover new beats, names, and jams. Read More…
