Following sold-out debut shows in 2025, fabric kicks off 2026 with two new shows in Johannesburg and Cape Town on 9th and 10th January.
The 2026 shows will expand the relationship with South Africa in both scale and vision— the clubbing institution pairs with Joburg’s essential club infrastructure over three stages and will bring their immersive visual show to the Cape of Good Hope – creating a dialogue between heritage and cutting-edge club culture in both spaces.
Across both events: Marcel Dettmann, Gerd Janson and Gabrielle Kwarteng supported by Vinny Da Vinci in Johannesburg and London’s Horse Meat Disco in Cape Town – not to mention dozens of hand-picked local acts still to be announced. True to form, fabric is exporting its programming philosophy— innovators rub shoulders with the idiosyncratic; emerging producers alongside local titans.
In Johannesburg on Friday 9 January, fabric links up with trusted techno purveyors TOYTOY for a three-floor takeover of AND Club and the Carfax complex. Local house pioneer Vinny Da Vinci whose deep, soulful sets have defined local dancefloors for decades joins the bill.
Twenty-four hours later, fabric seizes control of Cape Town’s Castle of Good Hope, the 17th-century fort that stands as the country’s oldest building. fabric’s touring visual rig: a large-scale projection-mapping installation will cover the castle walls and courtyards. This immersive visual environment will recast the architecture into a dynamic backdrop for the night. This marks the first time the site has hosted an electronic music event of this scale.
Globally adored queer collective HE.SHE.THEY. hosts Room 2, bringing their inclusive, genre-fluid approach to a night that places safer space politics alongside serious programming. London’s disco icons, Horse Meat Disco headline the stage.
The pair of shows in South Africa mark a deepening collaboration with the country’s artists, spaces and scene and a new chapter in fabric’s 25-year legacy of connecting global dance music communities through cutting-edge electronic music experiences.
Tickets: Resident Advisor / Howler
All imagery courtesy of Canvas Agency
About fabric
Since opening its doors in 1999, fabric has been at the forefront of the music scene and the club culture conversation. Consistently platforming a diverse range of genres and acts, fabric has played a pivotal role in shaping the global dance music scene for the past 25 years. Now known as a leading authority on cutting-edge electronic music experiences, through both its programme of events and the label family that sits under the fabric umbrella (fabric Records, Houndstooth and Originals), fabric continues to be a beacon for dance music lovers worldwide.
About Sub Sahara
Sub Sahara is primarily an agency for change, affecting the perception and status quo of electronic music on the African continent in the international electronic music scene.
Through radio, events, a bespoke record label and a partner booking agency, our primary objective is to shine light in the shadows cast by generic genres and overexposed context. Sub Sahara is driven by disruption and committed to gaining Africa its rightful place on the international electronic music stage.
Sub Sahara is committed to its home continent. Through carefully curated experiences and deep-rooted connection to those who are working to change the road map of Africa’s future, we are as committed to a sustainable future-through-culture at home as we are to providing mind blowing experiences to visitors, and once in a lifetime opportunities to those tirelessly working away to make African music heard around the world.
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