The Hanepoot Brass Band will embark on little country excursion via the Overberg to the Klein Karoo, during April 2026, with performances in Swellendam, Barrydale and Montagu over the weekend of 10-12 April.
Tokkellaan Tour gigs:
Swellendam: Friday 10 April 19h30 at De Schuur (Drostdy Museum)
Barrydale: Saturday 11 April 19h30 at Belanti Cinema at Karoo Art Hotel
Montagu: Sunday 12 April 16h00 at The Toy Box, 8 Kohler Street
The Tokkellaan Tour has been made possible with the support of the Barrydale Jazz and Brass Festival NPO (in partnership with Swellendam Municipality and Swellendam Musiekvereniging), as well as Montagu Cares NPO.
Goema, marabi, South African jazz
Hanepoot Brass Band is a unique acoustic outfit playing goema, marabi and other South African jazz grooves. The 8-piece band comprises 6 horns, percussion and banjo, similar to that of the famous Brass Bands of New Orleans, but they uniquely perform the indigenous jazz styles of South Africa. Their music has strong roots in Cape Jazz, and particularly the “goema”, the heartbeat of Cape Town’s own carnival bands.
Audiences love the acoustic sound and the rich South African material, which includes original tunes as well as dedications to some of our great composers past and present.
Hanepoot Brass Band was founded in 2019 by Montagu resident, trombonist Jannie “Hanepoot” van Tonder, who has a long pedigree in South African music, having worked with the likes of Ntemi Piliso’s African Jazz Pioneers, Nico Carstens, Vusi Mahlasela, Johannes Kerkorrel and many others.
Like the bandleader, the band is named after our indigenous sweet “Hanepoot” grape cultivar, found on every kitchen table in the Western Cape, and famous for the unique desert wine it produces.
Expect a passionate and colourful group of musicians playing tight arrangements, loose improvisations and everything in between.
Tickets for the concerts in Swellendam and Barrydale are free and available on Quicket, while The Montagu concert tickets cost R150 and are available from Kupenda Africa, 6 Kohler Street.
What: Hanepoot Brass Band Tokkellaan Tour
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