On 29 March 2026, Fête de la Musique was presented in Cape Town for the first time, as part of Bree Street Sundays. Organised by the French Embassy and the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS), the event brought free live music into the public space, transforming Bree Street into an open-air platform for performance and exchange.
In keeping with the festival’s open format, audiences moved freely between performances, encountering a total of 14 acts across the afternoon. The programme combined emerging buskers and established artists, reflecting the diversity of Cape Town’s music scene. Busking performances featured Azi Sakwe, E-Guup, Lynn Cupido, Nkolo Mabhani, Philisande Goniwe and Sisonke. They were joined by a wider line-up including Deslynn Malotana, De Mpora (DJ), Kila G, Lady Felicity and The Trumpets, Nasi (DJ), Mfazwe Ya Mezi, Qaqamba Ntshinka and Soana. See the Instagram highlight reel here.
Fête de la Musique Cape Town was implemented, supported and funded in partnership with Bassline, TotalEnergies Marketing South Africa, the Alliance Française of Cape Town, Young Urbanists through Street Experiment SA, Bridges for Music, the City of Cape Town, Mission for Inner City Cape Town and Jazz in the City.
The Cape Town edition forms part of the 2026 national programme of Fête de la Musique, an international initiative created in France in 1982 and now celebrated in more than 120 countries, with a shared principle of free music accessible to all.
The programme will continue in the coming months, with an edition hosted by the Alliance Française of Pretoria on Saturday, 13 June 2026, followed by the 15th edition of Fête de la Musique in Johannesburg at Victoria Yards on Saturday, 20 June 2026.
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