Kaytranada Cape Town and Johannesburg shows will open Milk + Cookies Music Week, with the Grammy-winning producer playing Kenilworth on Friday, 18 December and Nasrec on Sunday, 20 December 2026.
According to a media release issued by the organisers on Monday, 9 November 2026, the two-city run launches the 2027 season of Milk + Cookies, which the organisers describe as the official pregame to the festival. Lou Phelps joins Kaytranada in both cities, alongside a roster of South African acts.
Who is on the Kaytranada Cape Town and Johannesburg bills?
The Cape Town bill features Jinji, Kid Fonque, Kudbeu, Mamthug and Tumi Moliko. Johannesburg brings out MCHLSN, Muzi, Shamiso, Thakzin and Yolophonik, with Lou Phelps joining Kaytranada in both cities as a curated roster of South African talent fills out each night.
The release says Kaytranada is coming off a year of selling out arenas around the world, and frames the dates as a return to where it all started. Kaytranada, a Haitian-Canadian producer, headlined the festival’s South African debut in 2025 in front of 20,000 people, and the release says he later called the Johannesburg set “definitely on my top 3 best performances”.
Chase Freeman, Chief Marketing Officer for Milk + Cookies, said the festival has been “rocking with Kaytranada for over a decade”. He added that when it came time to launch Music Week, “there was no other phone call to make”.
What is Milk + Cookies Music Week?
Music Week is a multi-day run spanning music, fashion, wellness and community. The programme includes exclusive merch collabs, intimate yacht parties, Dot Connector industry panels, writing workshops, exclusive parties and community givebacks, and the organisers say more announcements will follow in the coming weeks.
It leads into the main festival, which returns on Friday, 29 January 2027 at Sandringham Farm in Cape Town and Sunday, 31 January 2027 at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg. Olivia Dean headlines alongside Elaine, Zee Nxumalo, Chelsea Sloan and Jade T, with more artists to be announced, and our Milk + Cookies Festival 2027 guide has the line-up and ticket dates.
How to get Kaytranada Cape Town and Johannesburg tickets
Sign-up for early access opened on Monday, 9 November 2026 at 12:00 SAST. Early access starts on Wednesday, 11 November 2026 at 10:00 SAST, with one lowest-priced tier per ticket type, general admission and VIP. The allocation is limited and first come, first served, and when it sells out early access closes and does not reopen.
Milk + Cookies describes itself as a global music and culture platform, founded in Atlanta by four friends, that brings music, fashion, food, art and design into the same space and works with the artists, creators and venues of every city it enters.
General sales open on Thursday, 12 November 2026 at 10:00 SAST through Howler, with three pricing tiers per ticket type. Ticket prices start at R849, and the shows are open to people aged 18 and older only.
Sources
- Milk + Cookies Festival, media release "Back to Nada: Kaytranada returns to South Africa to kick off Milk + Cookies Music Week", issued 9 November 2026
- Howler, Kaytranada Back 2 Nada
- Milk + Cookies Music Week, official website
- Swisher Post, Kaytranada live in South Africa
- Swisher Post, Milk + Cookies Festival 2027
