The Fairest Cape is tuning up for a historic crescendo. South Africa will host a world-class gathering of global jazz greats, a weekend where the nations musical diversity, choreography and genre-bending creativity converge in the valley of wines and culinary culture: Franschhoek.
Founded in 1967 by Claude Nobs, the Montreux Jazz Festival has become an unmissable event and a source of stories and legendary performances. Now, the legend is stepping onto African soil for the first time in six decades, since the Swiss event was born in the Alps.
Hosted each summer on the shores of Lake Geneva, the Montreux Jazz Festival attracts around 250 000 visitors each year and has hosted legends, among them Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Prince, David Bowie and Elton John.
