Newtown Music Centre
The Newtown music centre has long been a popular venue for music
concerts, recording launches and performances. It has recently been
refurbished and is now under management of the Music Industry
Development Initiative (MIDI) Trust.
It is open for business and can be used for music rehearsals
and dance training space, and has a resource centre. Great musicians
like Hugh Masekela, Femi Kuti, Letta Mbulu, Sipho Hostix Mabuse, Salif
Keita, Taria Maria and M'chelle N'dege O'chello, to name a few, have
graced the stage of the music hall, which has also played host to
varied genres of music, from hip-hop, mbaqanga, soukos, jazz, kwaito
and kwasa kwasa. Under the management of the MIDI Trust, the Newtown
Music Centre and indeed Newtown, holds a promising future for both
established and up-and-coming performing artists. Umoja-The Show, the
internationally acclaimed musical has also performed at this venue.
The venue is also used for training for music and related industry stakeholders.
Open Monday to Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-4pm
The Venue
- Acts as the head office for the MIDI Trust which emphasises
training and education, information dissemination and industry
development.
- Offers training and conferencing facilities.
- The music hall has capacity to hold 1000 spectators.
- R3,5-million was spent to refurbish this venue.
- Has state of the art recording studios for professional and demo recordings.
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