Piano People — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

28–28 Nov 2026 (1 day)

Location

Old Park Station, Johannesburg, South Africa

Sound

Amapiano · Dance

Tickets

€18 · 1 tier tracked

Line-up announced

15 artists so far

The story

Piano People is a music festival taking place in Johannesburg, South Africa at Old Park Station. The event lasts from the evening of November 28 to the early morning of November 29, 2026. This festival showcases a variety of artists and aims to create a vibrant atmosphere for attendees. The event features a diverse lineup of acts linked to the piano culture.

Piano People is a amapiano, dance festival at Old Park Station in Johannesburg, South Africa. The November 2026 edition runs 28–28 Nov 2026.

Announced so far: Focalistic, 031 Choppa, Anchorbee, Dlala Thukzin, Hosted By Angekebabuye_mc, Kelvin Momo, Njelic and Nkulee501 and 7 more. Expect stages split between Amapiano and Dance.

Everything happens at Old Park Station, in Johannesburg. Johannesburg is the base for the trip: it is where the affordable beds, the late trains and the after-parties are, and where prices climb fastest as the dates approach.

Piano People keeps the same calendar slot each year: November 2026 for this edition, opening on a Saturday and closing on a Saturday. It falls in autumn, after the summer circuit closes, when flights and rooms come back down in price. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in Johannesburg are priced for the festival weekend, not the week around it, so shifting your arrival by a day often saves more than any ticket tier does.

• Date: 28 - 29 November 2026
• Venue: Old Park Station, Johannesburg
• Event runs from 16h00 to 02h00
• Cashless event

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to Piano People works out at roughly €1,132 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a higher-budget weekend, mostly because of the travel leg.

The ticket is only 2% of that: the rest is getting there and sleeping somewhere, which is exactly the part most ticket sites leave out.

Cheapest travel we price is air · 15h 37m each way, at €1,064 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Piano People are sold in waves and the cheapest wave is gone long before the line-up is complete.
2. 2Then price the travel from Paris — Cinderella compares train, bus, car and flight for the same dates, and the cheapest option is not always the obvious one.
3. 3Reserve 2 nights rather than 1: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4Follow Piano People on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Saturday 28 November

  Focalistic, 031 Choppa, Anchorbee, Dlala Thukzin, Hosted By Angekebabuye_mc, Kelvin Momo, Njelic, Nkulee501, Oscar Mbo, Royal Musiq, Soul Nativez, Success Sa, Sxova, Uncle Waffles, Uncool Mc

Full line-up

Ordered as the poster reads it — headliners first, then most booked to least. Each name opens that artist's festival dates.

Past editions

Dates are the event's recurring calendar slot, so treat them as approximate — the organiser keeps the official archive.

• 2025

  28–28 Nov 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: Focalistic, 031 Choppa, Anchorbee

• 2024

  28–28 Nov 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: 031 Choppa, Anchorbee, Dlala Thukzin

• 2023

  28–28 Nov 2023 (approx.)

  Regulars: Anchorbee, Dlala Thukzin, Hosted By Angekebabuye_mc

Travel tips from Paris

• The site itself is Old Park Station, in Johannesburg.
• Book a bed in Johannesburg early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• air15h 37m · €1,064