Cape Town Festival Human Rights Day Concert

The Soweto Gospel Choir to perform at the free concert in Cape Town's Companies Gardens

Rated as one of the most popular components of the Cape Town Festival, the human rights day concert will have a spiritual flavour this year and should certainly be on your list of best things to do in Cape Town this Easter.

From 12pm onwards, there will be a live concert programme including performances by Unleash Dance Company, Vadhini Indian Arts Academy, His Kingdom Dance, Playing with Fire, Hipnotise, Canto Lyrico, Malay Choir, Iskcon (the International Society for Krishna Consciousness) and Kunjalo.

The Soweto Gospel Choir will perform at 4.45pm.

The Choir scooped a Grammy for their CD, Blessed, in the category Best Traditional World Music.

The group is directed by David Mulovhedzi and Beverly Bryer. It draws on the talents of churches in Soweto and surrounds for its membership.

The Human Rights Day Concert in Cape Town’s Company Gardens has been rated as one of the most popular components of the annual Cape Town Festival.

The event promotes awareness of the inalienable human rights of all people through music, traditional blessings and inspirational words of local dignitaries.

This concert is the official Western Cape provincial celebration of the public holiday.

In 2008, Human Rights Day falls on Good Friday, a holy day celebrated by Christians around the world.

Friday is also a holy day for Jews and Muslims.

Music and dance starts mid morning, a short multi-denominational Human Rights Day Ceremony is hosted after 2pm, before the main music programme.

The show is timed with the headline act on stage by sunset.

The music programme spans diverse genres and draws an audience representative of Cape Town’s population on this important pubic holiday.

The show draws families, youth and all lovers of live music performance.

The billing typically includes artists from Cape Town, South Africa. Last year’s headline act was Freshlyground (MTV winner for Best Group - Africa) and the year before Judith Sephuma.

This year’s Human Rights Day Celebration in the Company’s Garden on March 21 will feature the Grammy Award winning Soweto Gospel Choir.

The event will form part of the Cape Town Festival’s ‘One City Many Cultures’ programme.

Cape Town Festival Human Rights Day Concert

Venue: Company Gardens
Date: 21 March
Time: 10:00 – 18:00
Price: Free Admission

Read more about things to do this Easter in Cape Town or read more on the 2008 Cape Town Festival Programme.

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