For many years, the Jazz programme had been a favourite amongst festival audiences. Despite withdrawing as the primary sponsor, Standard Bank continued to sponsor more niche elements of the programme, including the Standard Bank Jazz Festival, and the Youth Jazz Festival. The Jazz programme, always vibrant and varied, includes performances from seasoned professional to emerging students, local artists and international guests, and everyone in between!

In 2007, the lineup included husband and wife duo Nathasha Roth and James Scholfield, the Dutch Jazz Connection – an ensemble from the Netherlands – and the Swiss/South African Quintet. School and Youth bands were also given the opportunity to perform, and were chosen from schools attending the Youth Jazz Festival. Every night of the Jazz Festival wrapped up with the late night Jazz Jam at 23:00, in which always featured a guest from the Main Jazz programme. With so much fine music on offer, and jam-packed days of jazz, its not hard to see why the Jazz Festival has retained such a special place in our audience’s hearts for so many years.