Cape Town Nu World Festival 2015 at the city hall

17 & 18
July
2015

Formerly the Cape Town World Music Festival, the newly renamed Cape Town Nu World Festival took place at the CT city hall last weekend. The lineup featured an exciting mix of local and international artists from countries including Zimbabwe, Austria, Namibia and Turkey.

Mokoomba

Simphiwe Dana  Fantasma

Stand-outs for me included Bateleur (back after a long absence), Tcheka & Derek Gripper, Native Young and Zuko Collective; Simphiwe Dana was also great and Fantasma felt a lot more cohesive than the last time I saw them; Kando Bongo Man and Mokoomba were great fun to watch with their choreographed dance moves; in spite of arriving over an hour late Riky Rick got the crowd moving and the small dance stage was always  packed and pumping every time I checked it out.

All in all it was a really cool festival and I look forward to going again next year.

Nu World Festival 2015 - MC  Nu World Festival 2015 - MC

Fantasma

Fantasma  Fantasma

Fantasma

card on spokes card on spokes

Simphiwe Dana

Simphiwe Dana  Simphiwe Dana

Riky Rick

Riky Rick  Riky Rick

Riky Rick

Nu World Festival 2015  Nu World Festival 2015

Native Young

Native Young  Native Young

Tcheka & Derek Gripper

Tcheka & Derek Gripper  Tcheka & Derek Gripper

Zuko Collective

Vukazithathe  Vukazithathe

Bateleur

Bateleur  Bateleur

Bateleur

Bateleur  Bateleur

Dunkelbunt

Nu World Festival 2015  Nu World Festival 2015

Kanda Bongo Man

Kanda Bongo Man  Kanda Bongo Man

Kanda Bongo Man

Kanda Bongo Man  Kanda Bongo Man

The Grrrl  Nu World Festival 2015

Spoek Vs Spoko  Spoek Vs Spoko

Mokoomba  Mokoomba

 

Mokoomba  Mokoomba

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