02 August 2012

Johannesburg: Joy of Jazz Festival 2012 (23 - 25 Aug 2012)

If you like jazz music and you are going to be in South Africa around the end of August 2012, you shouldn't miss out the Joy of Jazz Festival (23-25 Aug 2012) in Johannesburg's suburb Newtown. A total of 40 international, such as Grammy-Award winner Kurt Elling, trombone master Wycliffe Gordon and the world famous Duke Ellington Orchestra, and local jazz musicians, such as Jimmy Dludlu, Caiphus Semenya and Bakithi Kumalo, will be showcasing their talent during the festival, which will be staged at 8 locations in and around the city's viby, historical Newtown Precinct.


The Dinaledi Stage and the Mbira Stage will be erected on Mary Fitzgerald Square, creating two purpose-built venues to showcase this year’s line-up. Other venues include Bassline, Conga and The Market Theatre will all play host. Free venues include Sophiatown, Shikista and Nikki’s Oasis.
Tickets for the Joy of Jazz Festival are available from all Computicket outlets are at Computicket online.

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