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Red Bull Music Academy Weekender comes to SA

The Red Bull Music Academy (RBMA) will bring the Red Bull Music Academy Weekender to South Africa for the first time from 1-4 September 2016. The event has taken place all over the world, including cities such as Belfast, Warsaw, Tokyo and Stockholm.

The four-day festival experience will take place in various venues in and around Johannesburg. The festival programme will feature over 60 local, African and international acts across six venues and includes club nights, live music, exhibitions, lectures, workshops and many more cultural music experiences.

Danny Brown performs at the RBMA Weekender in Warsaw, Poland: Kin Marcin/Red Bull Content Pool
Danny Brown performs at the RBMA Weekender in Warsaw, Poland: Kin Marcin/Red Bull Content Pool

Under the Red Bull Music Academy’s umbrella and ethos of celebrating music and culture, the RBMA Weekender will tell a distinctly African story by exposing the African and South African music scene to the world.

Those who have featured at past RBMA Weekender events include Theo Parrish, Four Tet, Neneh Cherry, Stormzy, Ibeyi, Todd Terje and Buraka Som Sistema.

Cats n dogz at RBMA session at the RBMA Weekender in Warsaw, Poland: Zbigniew Szarzynski/Red Bull Content Pool
Cats n dogz at RBMA session at the RBMA Weekender in Warsaw, Poland: Zbigniew Szarzynski/Red Bull Content Pool

The full festival weekend programme and line-up will be revealed very soon. Visit redbull.co.za/RBMAWeekenderJozi to pre-register for your ticket and to sign up for news and updates.

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