Rising star Pillay crowned Jive Funny Champ 2024
Like a nightcap after a long day, a healthy dose of humour can do wonders for the mind, body and soul. And, as some experts will have you believe, laughter really is the best medicine. Marc Lottering, during his stint on stage as the headline act at last week’s Jive...
Get Ready For An Evening of High-Quality Entertainment
South Africa’s premier comedy variety show is heading back to the Baxter Theatre for is 25th anniversary edition, with a star line-up of local and international acts guaranteed to keep Jive Cape Town Funny Festival fans happy. A Cape Town institution, the show, which...
Funny Business: The rise and rise of one of SA’s oldest and most beloved Comedy Festivals
The Jive Cape Town Funny Festival is a mainstay in Cape Town's collective consciousness as one of the oldest and most beloved comedy productions in South Africa. What many don't know is that this Festival and its unique format started as a dream some three decades...
Jive Cape Town Funny Festival: The Comics’ Choice
The Jive Cape Town Funny Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary at the Baxter Theatre from 10 June – 7 July. Generous discounts for corporate and group bookings. Book at Webtickets. The Jive Cape Town Funny Festival's long-standing legacy, international appeal,...
Celebrating 25 Years Of Funny
Ladies and gentlemen - it’s our 25th anniversary, so save the date now as The Jive Cape Town Funny Festival returns for more laughs from Monday, 10 June – Sunday, 7 July 2024. Who would have believed that 25 years later we would have still be going strong - even...
Meet Mzonke Maloney – Jive Funny Championship Winner
Film maker, Mzonke Maloney won the prestigious Jive Funny Championships at Canal Walk and now moves onto the bill of the Jive Cape Town Funny Festival. Originally from Klerksdorp, Mzonke has lived in Cape Town since an early age. A film maker by profession who was...
Media Release: Jive Cape Town Funny Festival Returns
Cape Town’s winter comedic tonic, The Jive Cape Town Funny Festival returns to the Baxter Theatre from 5 June – 2 July for its 24th season. Started way back in 1997 by publicist and comedy lover Eddy Cassar, the Funny Festival has grown into the country’s oldest and...
The Early Days Of The Funny Festival
Excerpts from Eddy Cassar’s upcoming book on the history of the Jive Cape Town Funny Festival…
So You Think You’re Funny…
Are you looking for a career in comedy? “One of the most frequent questions I get asked as the Festival Director of the Jive Cape Town Funny Festival, is “How do I get onto the line-up and get to try my hand at comedy?” says Funny Festival’s Eddy Cassar. “Well, here...
Media Release: Jive Cape Town Funny Festival
Winter is Cape Town’s biggest season for comedy as the annual Jive Cape Town Funny Festival opens at its home at The Baxter Theatre from 6 June to 3 July 2022. The City will light up with laughs as a host of local comics and international variety performers take to...
25 Comedy Festivals & Counting
Comedy and circus have been life-long interests for Camps Bay resident, Eddy Cassar, which led him to organise the country’s first comedy festival way back in 1997. Now a quarter of a century later, he stands on the brink of organising his 25th major comedy festival -...
The Jive Cape Town Funny Festival Is Back
Winter is Cape Town’s biggest season for comedy as the annual Jive Cape Town Funny Festival opens at its home at The Baxter Theatre from 6 June to 3 July 2022. The City will light up with laughs as a host of local comics and international variety performers take to...