JoyofJazz

Newtown is known to be host of one of the best and biggest events in and around johannesburg and the jazz festival is one of the biggest and most anticipated events on Newtown's Events calendar.Now in its 13^th year, the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz festival grooved onto the Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown two weeks ago from Thursday 23^rduntil Saturday the 25^th of August.

Whether you’re a serious jazz junkie, or love great live entertainment, and oodles of urban vibe, the jazz festival in Newtown was definately the place to be at.
Without question, Joy of Jazz is Jozi’s largest and best jazz event of the year. Artists every year down to this precinct  and the festival has never lost its commitment to showcasing African artists, or its ‘living room feel’.  By which, the sense of intimacy and spontaneity of the artists’ performances, and impromptu unplugged sessions that materialise at secondary venues like 

The Dinaledi Stage and the Mbira Stage was erected on Mary Fitzgerald Square, creating two purpose-built venues that showcased this year’s line-up. Other venues included Bassline, Conga and The Market Theatre all played host.
Free venues included Sophiatown, Shikista and Nikki’s Oasis.


Oozing jazz melodies, the Joy of Jazz festival was the place to mellow out at the end of August. All-night restaurants, bars, and clubs were an added bonus in this chilled-out, cosmopolitan corner of Newtown Johannesburg. Nine venues in the city’s Newtown precinct hosted an extravaganza of over 40 international and local artists.The artist were:

Thandiswa Mazwai and Swazi Dlamini national artist and international artists were:

SAX Summit (Shannon Mowday, Rosemary Quaye, Tineke Postma, Grace Kelly,Nthabiseng Mokoena
Eddie Palmieri       

Manu Katche
Marcus Wyatt
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Wycliffe Gordon
Tribute to Miles Davis
Kurt Elling
Earl Klugh

IF YOU MISSED OUT ON THIS YEAR'S JAZZ FESTIVAL,NOT TO WORRY YOU CAN JOIN IN THE FUN NEXT YEAR!