If you are a fan of live music and music festivals here are some of the 2016 greatest events to attend. From Darling to Gauteng, from heavy metal to opera, have a look at these events and get your tickets booked.
Located at various venues around the quaint small town of Darling, the experience is a mixture of gourmet food, locally sourced wine and great music. Over 16 days classical, jazz, choir and opera can be heard as well as a special composition from a young up-and-coming South African composer.
Dates: 29th January – 14th February, 2016
Venue: Darling, Western Cape Tickets:
Tickets are individually priced so either book by emailing darlingmusicexperience@gmail.com or visit the website.
For sea, sun and good music, visit the pristine setting of the Cape West Coast. Built on giant rocks on the beach you can swim, kayak or hike the nature trail all while listening to the ripples of a jazz melody. If festival goers stay until the sun sets they will be rewarded with a spectacular view of a clear starry sky.
Dates: 25th – 29th February, 2016
Venue: Cape Columbine Nature Reserve, Tietiesbaai, Western Cape
Tickets: gettickets
Open air dancing sessions, river dives and great music, Splashy Fen, South Africa’s longest running music festival, has something for everyone. With a diverse range of music, festival goers can see some of the best talent in the country such as Mango Groove, Dan Patlansky and Chico Muyo.
Dates: 24th – 27th March, 2016
Venue: Splashy Fen Farm, 3257 Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal
Tickets: Computicket Witchfest Devoted to getting a party started,
Witchfest is the biggest metal festival in the whole of Africa. Thrash, grunge and seriously loud music is to be expected. Dark clothes and head banging is not mandatory but is advised.
Dates: 25th – 27th March, 2016
Venue: Bassline, Newtown, Gauteng
Tickets : Gettickets
Sowing the Seeds Music & Lifestyle Festival
Get some sunshine at the Johannesburg Sowing the Seeds Music festival. Featuring Icelandic indie folk band, Of Monsters and Men as well as British neo soul group Jungle, the event promises to be bigger and better than ever before.
Date: 2 April 2016
Venue: Emmarentia Dam, Gauteng
Tickets: Webticket
