More than 18 500 Festinos reconnected with the Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF) over the weekend, excluding the thousands who filled Greenmarket Square at Thursday’s free concert.
In conversation with several artists throughout the festival, all expressed how glad they were to know that the festival is back – and judging by the packed stages, audiences agree with this sentiment too, marking a successful return of the festival which also celebrated its 21st staging this past weekend.
Ensuring that Festinos can look forward to at least the next three years of great jazz and jazz-related music, The Survé family, proprietors of the festival, announced on Friday that they will be committing R100 million to the arts, including support of Africa’s Grandest Gathering.
Behind the scenes, the CTIJF has once more created an opportunity for some of the country’s best sound and lighting engineers, stage management professionals and producers to showcase their craft through the delivery of a world class event.
The programming was outstanding this year as reflected in the diverse audience from across the country and beyond our borders, who experienced this year’s festival, some for first time and for others, a reconnection with the music and fellow festival lovers.
There is no doubt the CTIJF is back and it means business.
