Cape Town Steelband Festival

Schools from the Eastern and Western Cape will join together for this musical fiesta

Think of a steel band and the first thing that probably pops into your mind are those sweet Caribbean melodies that are synonymous with island getaways. If this sounds like a great way to spend an evening, then you’re in for a treat. The second Cape Town Steelband Festival will take place at the Baxter Concert Hall on Thursday, 21 April 2016. This concert is a precursor to the annual Cape Town Big Band Jazz Festival.

The Cape Town Steelband Festival is the result of a partnership between the Steelband Project and the Cape Town Big Band Jazz Festival, where the aim is to provide top-quality music education to our young learners in urban, township and rural communities. To date, there are 16 steelbands being tutored on a weekly basis, which amounts to roughly 240 children benefiting from the project.

SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN THE 2016 CAPE TOWN STEELBAND FESTIVAL

This year, the following nine schools from the Eastern and Western Cape will participate in the festival:

• Hermon
• Riebeek-Kasteel Primary School
• Heideveld Secondary School
• Franschhoek High School
• Wynberg Boys’ High School
• Lawson Brown High School (Port Elizabeth)
• Graeme College (Grahamstown)
• Theodor Herzl School (Port Elizabeth)
• Queen’s College Junior School (Queenstown)

TICKETS FOR THE 2016 CAPE TOWN STEELBAND FESTIVAL

Tickets to the event are available online via Computicket.com, or from the Baxter Theatre Complex, and cost R100p/p for adults and R50p/p for seniors, students and scholars.

For more information, email david@steelband.co.za or phone the Baxter Theatre Complex on +27 (0)21 685 7880

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Interested in other musical delights? Check out the Cape Town Marimba Festival happening around the same time.

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