Events Schedule
Showcasing Talent: A Celebration of Music
All events happening at the Baxter Concert Hall, Baxter Theatre Complex, Rondebosch, Cape Town.
CTBBJ Festival has grown to a four-night Festival showcasing 24 big bands from schools, colleges, universities and the local community as well as introducing national and international professional musicians. These musicians perform with the Alumni Big Band as well as undertaking various music workshops at schools.
CAPE TOWN MARIMBA AND STEELBAND FESTIVAL
CAPE TOWN MARIMBA FESTIVAL
FRIDAY 15 MAY 2026
Participating Marimba Bands:
Micklefield
Forres
PNPS
Seamount
The Grove Primary
Rustenburg Girls’ Junior School
KMA
Ned Doman
Music Works
Hoërskool Stellenberg
Marimba Jam Bands
Mountview High
Wynberg Girls’ High
Groote Schuur High
Cannons Creek
Parklands College
Pinelands High
Westerford
Livingstone
St Cyprian’s
Springfield
SACS High
CAPE TOWN STEELBAND FESTIVAL
SATURDAY 16 MAY 2026
Participating Steelbands:
Wynberg Boys’ High School Steelband
Normoyle Primary (E. Cape) Steelband
Queen’s College Primary (E. Cape) Steelband
Muizenberg Junior School Steelband
Afro Tropica & Slim ‘n Wakker Steelband
Impendulo Steelband
The Eazystars Steelband
Heideveld Primary School Steelband
International School of Cape Town Steelband
Heideveld Secondary School Steelband
CAPE TOWN BIG BAND JAZZ FESTIVAL
WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2026
Wynberg Boys’ Junior School Jazz Band
Beau Soleil’s Monday Stage Band
Steenberg High School Jazz Band
Bavarian Youth Jazz Ensemble
Pinelands High School Jazz Band
SU Jazz Band
THURSDAY 28 MAY 2026
Rondebosch Boys’ Preparatory Jazz Band
Rustenburg Girls’ High School Jazz Band
DSK Senior Jazz Band
Wynberg Girls’ High School Jazz Band
Little Giants
MH Big Band
FRIDAY 29 MAY 2026
SACS Junior School Jazz Band
Wynberg Boys’ High School Jazz Band
SACS High School Big Band
Westerford High School Big Band
SACS High Tentet
Bishops Jazz Band
UCT Big Band
SATURDAY 30 MAY 2026
Groote Schuur High School Jazz Band
Rondebosch Boys’ High School Junior Jazz Band
Huguenot High School Big Band
Bergvliet High School Junior Jazz Band
Bergvliet High School Senior Jazz Band
Rondebosch Boys’ High School Senior Jazz Band
Alumni Big Band
