WYNTON MARSALIS RETURNS TO SOUTH AFRICA: Jazz royalty headlines 2025 Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Festival
By Sitha Maliwa:
When the stars align and the trumpets call, Johannesburg answers. And this spring, the city will be bathed in brass and brilliance as the one and only Wynton Marsalis - a living legend, a jazz philosopher, and a cultural force - returns to South Africa to headline the 2025 Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Festival.
Yes, it's official: Marsalis, alongside the esteemed Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra (JLCO), will take center stage at Africa’s premier jazz celebration this September. The announcement, embargoed until the stroke of midnight on July 29, has ignited waves of excitement across jazz circles, arts institutions, and cultural corridors on both sides of the Atlantic.
From Friday, 26 September to Sunday, 28 September 2025, the Sandton Internation...