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...
Message From Festival Producer
It is with regret that we have to cancel the 2021 Jive Cape Town Funny Festival at the Baxter Theatre. The Covid pandemic has destroyed live audience events around the world, and at this sensitive time it would be irresponsible to stage the project. The Level One...
Jive Cape Town Funny Festival 2020 Cancelled
The COVID-19 Pandemic, which has put the world in lockdown, has meant that The Jive Cape Town Funny Festival delivered by Turkish Airlines, has been cancelled. In consultation with our headline sponsor, Jive, and in the interests of community health and safety, Funny...
Discounted Group Bookings Available
The Jive Cape Town Funny Festival offers attractive discounts for group bookings. Whether you are a charitable group, sports club or school wanting to use Cape Town’s favourite month-long comedy festival as your fundraising platform, or whether you are a corporate...
First Partners Workshop Kicks Off Jive Cape Town Funny Festival 2020 Campaign
The Marketing Workshop for the Jive Cape Town Funny Festival, delivered by Turkish Airlines, was held at the New Kings Hotel on 28 January. This workshop - the first of three - kicks off the official preparations for Cape Town's popular winter comedy festival,...
Funny Festival Dishes Up Five Star Entertainment
There’s a celebratory feel to The Jive Cape Town Funny Festival this year. The popular Festival has always been the pinnacle of the local art form in the city, showcasing the best stand up in the country, alongside a range of top class international performers. This...