Cape Town-based entertainer Jarrad Ricketts and the six-piece Afro-Fusion Sylvester Aklamavo & Miton Fusion Band (MFB) from Johannesburg battled it out in a close contest.
This year’s espYoungLegends racked up over 12,000 votes. CTIJF festival director and espAfrika COO Billy Domingo and his fellow judge Bev Scott-Brown are delighted by the response from music fans across the country.
Martin Myers 24 Oct 2017
Ricketts was thrilled to be declared the winner of the coveted slot to perform at CTIJF. “I really thank everyone for voting for me – my fans who have been following on social media and to everyone I spoke to during the campaign and who jumped in and supported me and the band. We’re all looking forward to entertaining festinos at the 19th annual CTIJF.”
Congratulations to #espYL2018 winner @jarrad_ricketts, who’ll be performing at the upcoming #CTIJF2018 pic.twitter.com/nt0ULPOL97
— espAfrika (@espafrika) October 31, 2017
Watch Ricketts and his band live at the 19th annual CTIJF, which will take place on 23-24 March 2018. Tickets are to go on sale on 6 November 2017 at www.computicket.com.
