Canadian music producer Kaytranada has been announced as a headlining act for the opening of Milk + Cookies Music Week, a year after headlining the festival’s inaugural South African edition in 2025.
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Kaytranada to Cape Town and Jo’burg
Performing at Kenilworth in Cape Town on 18 December 2026 and Nasrec in Johannesburg on 20 December 2026, the two shows open Milk + Cookies Music Week, the run-up to the festival’s third edition in January 2027.
Joining him on these two shows is a star-studded list of performers, including his brother and Canadian rapper Lou Phelps, who joins him in both cities. Alongside local acts Jinji, Kid Fonque, Kudbeu, Mamthug and Tumi Moliko, who will perform at the Cape Town leg, the Johannesburg line-up will feature MCHLSN, Muzi, Shamiso, Thakzin and Yolophonik.
Chase Freeman, Chief Marketing Officer for Milk + Cookies, shared his excitement about bringing the music producer in as a headlining act for the festival’s music week.
“We’ve been rocking with Kaytranada for over a decade, and he laid the blueprint for us in South Africa. When it came time to launch Music Week and set the tone for the 2027 season, there was no other phone call to make, ” Freeman shared.
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Milk + Cookies Music Week
Milk + Cookies Music Week is a multi-day celebration of culture, music and fashion, which serves as a lead-up event to the main festival that will be happening in January 2027. Fans of the festival can expect exclusive merch collaborations, Dot Connector industry panels, writing workshops, exclusive parties and community givebacks for this year’s edition.
Tickets for the Music Week
Similar to the concert’s ticket-buying process, sales run in three stages. Early access sign-up opened on Monday, 9 November 2026, at midday for first access to the lowest-priced, limited allocation tickets.
This will be followed by the early access sale on Wednesday, 11 November 2026, at 10:00. It offers one lowest-priced tier for each ticket type (GA and VIP), first come, first served. Once it sells out, it closes and does not reopen. General sale will go live on Thursday, 12 November 2026, at 10:00 via Howler, with three pricing tiers per ticket type.
Featured image: Instagram/@kaytranada
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