The Cape Town Big Band Jazz Festival alumni band at the 2025 festival.
The Cape Town Big Band Jazz Festival returns to the Baxter Theatre Concert Hall in Rondebosch, showcasing four nights of live big band performances by young musicians from across Cape Town.
The festival is on until Saturday, May 30.
Now in its 26th year, the festival has grown into one of South Africa’s leading platforms for youth jazz, featuring school, university and community big bands alongside professional and international musicians.
This year’s programme will include 26 big bands, as well as an all-star alumni band led by Professor Mike Campbell and featuring guest trumpeter Gordon Vernick from the United States. The Bavarian Youth Jazz Ensemble from Germany will also take part.
