The Cape City Worldwide Jazz Competition (CTIJF) returns to the Mom Metropolis on 3 and 4 Could 2024, promising thrilling new options and thrills for music lovers.
The eagerly anticipated Cape City occasion, happening on the Cape City Worldwide Conference Centre (CTICC), options 4 reimagined phases named Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, and Topaz.
Lindsay Rhoda, Head of Expertise at CTIJF, mentioned the workforce has labored tirelessly over the previous few months to compile a programme that pays “homage to the heritage of our jazz roots” and “speaks to the thrilling way forward for music that’s embracing all jazz-related genres as anthems.”
Right here’s all the things you may anticipate at this 12 months’s occasion:
All Star Acts
Count on an all-star music lineup that includes worldwide and native acts. These embody Matt Bianco (UK), The Yussef Dayes Expertise (UK), Nduduzo Makhathini Trio that includes Omagugu (SA), Mandisi Dyantyis (SA), Radio Sechaba (SA), Zoë Modiga (SA), Carlo Mombelli & The Prisoners of Unusual (SA), amongst others. Bassist and composer, Benjamin Jephta, can even carry out songs from his “Born colored, not born-free” album, which displays on his expertise as a colored individual in post-Apartheid, democratic South Africa. He dissected his expertise and created music centred round essential themes, together with ‘transformation’ and ‘the colored id.’
New and Improved Meals and Hospitality Experiences
This 12 months’s occasion will see the introduction of the all-new Flavour Junction, positioned on the bottom flooring, outdoors, and alongside the Topaz stage. This foodie area will characteristic meals vehicles, a choice of bars, and different luxurious treats to maintain you entertained all evening lengthy. For these in search of a extra refined eating expertise, a choice of upscale choices might be out there. Competition organisers, espAfrika, can even unveil a revamped VIP hospitality known as the Jazz Ensemble with a buffet and complimentary drinks.
The Jazz Café provides an alternate expertise for festinos wanting just a little greater than a basic admission ticket. Right here you may get pleasure from complimentary catering and a devoted money bar.
Masterclass
Again by fashionable demand is the artist masterclasses. These masterclasses, which can happen on 3 and 4 Could, provide fanatics a uncommon alternative to glean insights from among the trade’s most interesting music minds.
Costs and Contact Particulars
Basic admission pageant ticket: R950 per individual per evening, which supplies entry to Sapphire and Topaz phases.
Surcharge tickets can be found for Emerald and Ruby at R30 per individual per present. The surcharge will assist handle capability within the venues which might solely seat 1500 per present. Competition goers should buy a basic pageant ticket after which buy surcharged present tickets. This can be a cashless occasion. For ticket particulars, go to www.ticketmaster.co.za/international-jazz-festival-tickets/
Web site: www.capetownjazzfest.com/
