In the City (South African festival)

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In the City
Vodacom In The City Logo.jpeg
Vodacom In The City's logo.
GenreAlternative Rock, Indie
Dates1st Friday of October
Location(s) Johannesburg, South Africa
Years activeSince 2012 [1]
FoundersSeed Experiences [2]
Website inthecityjhb.co.za

In The City is a South African, one day [3] music festival that takes place annually in Johannesburg at the Mary Fitzgerald Square. [1]

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Background

In The City was started in 2012 by Seed Experiences, the same company responsible for the Cape Town festival Rocking The Daisies. [2] As such, both of the festivals have shared headlining acts since In The City's inception in 2012 [4] [5] [6] and the first year's edition hosted Bloc Party as its international headlining act. [7] [8] In The City 2012 was considered a huge success as it sold out all of its tickets. [7]

The festival is largely sponsored and endorsed by the South African telecommunications company Vodacom [1] [9] resulting in the festival often being called "Vodacom In The City" [10] and "Vodacom Unlimited In The City". [11]

Previous editions

The following table displays the year, date and key performers of each year's edition of In The City.

In The City Concerts
YearDateNotable ActsAttendance
20125 October [1] Die Antwoord, Tumi featuring Yesterday's Pupil, DJ Yoda, Bloc Party [1] 10 000 [10]
20134 October [3] Skunk Anansie, Alt-J, The Hives, Boys Noize [3] TBC

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. 1 2 "Portfolio | Seed". Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "Win tickets to Vodacom in the City!". Onesmallseed.com.
  4. ↑ "TimesLIVE". Timeslive.co.za. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ "Rocking the Daisies & Vodacom in the City 2013". Clubbers4edm.co.za. 25 June 2013. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Alt-J Confirmed for Vodacom In the City and Rocking the Daisies | Running Wolf's Rant". Rwrant.co.za. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Bloc Party are headline act at Joburg's In The City". Bizcommunity.com. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Time for Vodacom Unlimited in the City". Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  10. 1 2 "Vodacom in the City - in the City - in the City". Archived from the original on 16 September 2013.
  11. ↑ "Vodacom Unlimited | in the City". Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2013.