As Hip Hop heads and fashion enthusiasts enjoyed the delicious vibes served at Cotton Fest last week, the event signified the beginning of festival season coming into full swing. In The City and Ultra SA music festival are back this March promising to bring the hottest artists to the city.
In The City In makes it’s return with UK R&B Artist – Jacob Banks
After an unprecedented hiatus, In The City is finally back…but with a twist!
Dubbed as a, “cultural intersection where street culture, inclusivity, self-expression and good vibes meet” the event is expanding into the rest of South Africa and beyond. Each event will represent a different genre of music which will be dictated by the international headliner and curated sonically alongside the selected genre custodian.
The 8th edition of In The City will be hosted in Cape Town on the 4th of March at Cabo Beach Club, this year’s headliner is Jacob Banks. The Nigerian-born English singer-songwriter from Birmingham is best known for his rich baritone voice and how he seamlessly combines elements from gospel, blues, R&B, reggae, and hip-hop for an urban-inspired multi-layered production sound.
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Steyn Entertainment – the company behind In The City and Rocking The Daisies – is committed to bringing inclusive, carefully-curated, multi-sensory music and lifestyle experiences and has therefore partnered up with South Africa’s biggest R&B music event titled ‘Strictly Soul’ curated by DJ Akio, who himself will form a part of our first In the City comeback experience.
Strictly Soul has curated the ‘In The City’ experience by bringing together a DJ line-up that is tailored perfectly to the tastes of all lovers of R&B, with special live performances from Stay Low artists Lordkez & Mars Baby.
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The Ultra hot line-up of the continent’s biggest electronic music festival
The final countdown to Ultra South Africa 2023 has officially begun and in just over four weeks, on 10 and 11 March in Cape Town and Johannesburg, the iconic Ultra stages will be set up.
Recently added to the Main Stage lineup is returning future house superstar, Oliver Heldens, Goldfish, and very recent Grammy winner and additional homegrown legend, Zakes Bantwini!
They will join none other than global icon Alesso, Australian DJ Fisher and the dynamic Timmy Trumpet for the first time on SA soil. Local heroes set to wow the fans are Sun-El Musician, Kyle Cassim, Timo ODV, Max Hurrell and New Hero.
Moving over to the Resistance Stage you’ll find some of the world’s finest underground house and techno artists including DJs Adam Beyer, Joris Voorn and Kölsch. Joining them will be none other than Desiree, Hyenah, Djeff, Floyd Lavine, Jamiie, Abby Nurock, Natasa, Fogshow b2b Karoo, Talia Zaken and Siphe Tebeka.
The Smirnoff Storm Room is a brand new highlight of Ultra SA showcasing the hottest Amapiano/ Gqom acts featuring the likes of Focalistic, DBN Gogo, Uncle Waffles, Msaki (Electronic Set), Musa Keys, TwoBunnies, DJ Buhle, Mat Elle, Lisa Stofella, DJ Lag, Kooldrinks, Costa Titch and Lelowwhatsgood. The Smirnoff Storm Room will debut as a stage at Ultra South Africa Music Festival, before becoming a touring event property for the brand.
Staying in the City of Gold, the Clubhouse Stage is also a new feature at Ultra SA which is designed to bring budding club culture into a festival environment, creating a space for artists to play all shades of club music, including house, afro house, tech, bass and everything in between.
This stage will feature a lineup that includes Cinimin, Vimo, Das Kapital, Aidin Caye, Karyendasoul, Lemon & Herb, FKA Mash, Jevan Binder, Jordan Arts, Blanka Mazimela, Roz, and Sons of Denis b2b with Tristian.
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