SÓNAR CAPE TOWN AND A TASTE OF SÓNAR JOHANNESBURG CONFIRMS FULL LINEUP AND RUNNING ORDER

Customer Service
Nov 28, 2014
3 min read

Cape Town and Johannesburg will become the first African cities to join Sónar Barcelona’s 21-year history of bringing together music, technology and culture when the festival hosts an impressive lineup of seven international and 18 of South Africa’s top local artists, headlined by the iconic Pet Shop Boys.

Both cities can expect innovative stage production, audio visual and theatre with four outfit changes from the Pet Shop Boys ‘Electric’ live show, a live performance from The Bloody Beetroots and some of the world’s best electronic mash-ups and disco from the 2manydjs DJ set.

A Taste of Sónar in Johannesburg serves as a teaser event for the full event happening in Cape Town a few days afterwards.

The final lineup for Johannesburg includes:

Friday 12 December

18h00 – Jazuelle (Bridges for Music)

19h00 – Thibo Tazz

20h00 – Black Coffee

21:30 – Pet Shop Boys (UK)

23:45 – The Bloody Beetroots (Live) (Italy)

01:15 – 2mandydjs (DJ set) (Belgium)

View the full lineup and times for Sónar Cape Town below:

Monday 15 December (Opening Night)

Sónar Club by Olmeca Tequila:

18h00 – Sir Vincent (Bridges for Music)

19h30 – Christian Tiger School

20h30 – Spoek Mathambo presents Fantasma

22h00 – Pet Shop Boys (UK)

00h00 – 2manydjs (DJ set) (Belgium)

Tuesday 16 December (Public Holiday)

Sónar Lab by Pioneer DJ:

14h00 – Terrence Pearce

15h00 – Siphe Tebeka (Bridges for Music)

15h00 – DJ Fosta presented by Pioneer DJ (Bridges for Music)

17h00 – Mr. Sakitumi and The Grrrl

18h00 – Markus Wormstorm

19:30 – Felix Laband

21h00 – Trancemicsoul

22h15 – Ryan Murgatroyd

23h30 – UNER (Spain)

01h30 – Das Kapital

Sónar Club by Olmeca Tequila:

19h00 – Fever Trails

20h00 – PHFAT

21h00 – Sibot & Toyota

22h30 – The Bloody Beetroots (Live) (Italy)

00h00 – UZ

01h30 – Jon Hopkins (UK)

03h00 – Ten Walls (Lithuania)

Building musical bridges

Sónar Cape Town is proud to partner with Bridges for Music, a local non-profit organisation that supports electronic music development in developing countries. Bridges for Music is committed to providing life-changing experiences for disadvantaged artists by giving them the opportunity to develop their careers within the music industry. Jazzuelle will be representing Bridges for Music in Johannesburg, while DJ Fosta, who is sponsored by Pioneer DJ, Siphe Tebeka, and Sir Vincent will be performing in Cape Town. All complimentary tickets for industry professionals will be charged at R100 that will go towards building a music school in Langa Township. View the full Sónar Cape Town lineup and dates via the Sónar Cape Town official website: http://sonarcapetown.com/en/2014/prg/ar/list/

The Sónar festival app is now also available to the public and includes all information for the Cape Town event. To read up about the artists and create your own schedule around the event, search “Sónar Festival Official” in the app store and download it..

Pet Shop Boys will also be playing a standalone show in Durban at People’s Park, Moses Mabhida Stadium on 19 December.

Tickets for Sónar Cape Town

Sónar Cape Town:

Good Hope Centre

One-Day Pass for 15 Dec 2014 (opening night): R495 One-Day Pass for 16 December (public holiday): R595 Two Day Pass: R895 PRO Pass (Two-Day): R1350

Tickets and information: www.sonarcapetown.com/tickets

A Taste of Sónar in Johannesburg:

Nasrec Expo Centre

Friday 12 December 2014

General Pass: R595

PRO Pass: R895

More information: www.sonarcapetown.com/tickets