A Guide to the Cape Town Music Scene

You’ve Got the Music In You
A Guide to the Cape Town Music Scene
Music tells its own stories of cities.
New Orleans will always be known for its dixieland jazz,
Rio for its samba beats and Dublin for its folk ballads.
And Cape Town? As a port city, Cape Town has a
homegrown sound with influences from four
continents…
- Ambre Nicholson, Cape Town Partnership
Breakthrough Musicians
Our breakthrough musicians are
ambassadors for South Africa.
– Cape Town Magazine
Breakthrough Musicians
  Freshlyground
  Mango Groove
  Locnville
  Goldfish
  Arno Carstens
  Die Antwoord
  Dave Matthews
Die Antwoord, “I Fink You Freeky”
  Abdullah Ibrahim
Annual Music Festivals
Cape Town International Summer Music Festival
Masqued Ball Synergy Live
Cape Town World Music Festival Cape Town Marimba
Festival Paul Cluver Ampitheatre Music Concerts
Series
Alien Safari
Kistenbosch Winter Concert
World AIDS Day Gala Concert
Barleycorn Music Festival
Franschhoek Classic Music Festival
Blues Summit
The
Libertas Summer Season Concerts
Easter Rock The River Cape Town International Opera Festival
Up the
Rock The River Kirstenbosch Summer Concert Series Cape Town
Awards Forbidden Fruit Festival Vortex Cape Town Big Band Jazz Festival
Creek Music Festival
Music
D’Aria Summer Convert Series International Jazz Festival
Music Festival Chamber Music Festival
Nederburg Concerts
Electronic Music Festival
Festival Oude Cape Town
Rocking the Daises
Cape Town
Origin Psychedlic Music
K-Day Sowing the Seeds Easter Vortex Nederburg
Concerts Youth Music Festival Musiek Oppie Lande KyNet Backsberg Picnic Concert Series
RAMfest
National Radio Stations
  5fm (89.0fm)
  Metro FM (88.6fm)
  Radio 2000 (98.5fm)
  Radio Sonder Grense
(101.5fm)
  Safm (107.5fm)
Local Radio Stations
Terrestrial
Online
  567 Cape Talk (567am)
  2oceansvibe Radio
(www.2oceansviberadio.com)
  Bush Radio (89.5fm)
  Mutha FM
  Fine Music Radio (101.3fm)
(www.muthafm.com)
  Good Hope FM (95.8fm)
  Heart 104.9 (104.9fm)
  94.5 KFM (94.5fm)
  The Taxi Radio
(www.thetaxi.co.za)
Music Venues
There’s nothing
to compare to
live music,
there just isn’t
anything.
– Gloria Gaynor
Music Venues
  Aces ‘n’ Spades
  The Mahogany Room
  Alexander Bar Upstairs
  Mercury Live & Lounge
  Asoka
  Richard’s Supper Stage & Bistro
  The Artscape Theatre
  Sotano
  The Assembly
  The Waiting Room
  BarleyCorn Music Club
  Zula Sound Bar
  Cape Town City Hall
  &Union
  De Waal Park
  The Crypt Jazz Restaurant
  La Vie Café Bar
Take a Piece of Cape Town Home
The African Music Store
134 Long Street
Every kind of person shops here.
– Helen Rose-Innes
What’s Happening?
@CapeTownMag
@CapeTownMusicSc
@redbullstudioct
@RollingStoneSA
@BigConcerts
@MKtv_ @5fm
@woict
@capetowntoday
@capetownlive
@onesmallseedSA
I think music in itself is healing. It’s an
explosive expression of humanity. It’s
something we are all touched by. No
matter what culture we’re from, everyone
loves music.
- Billy Joel