WAV Festival — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

2–2 Jan 2027 (1 day)

Location

Green Point Track, TBD, South Africa

Sound

R&B · soul · alternative

Crowd

around 1,050 people

Tickets

€53 · 1 tier tracked

Nearest airport

Cape Town International Airport

Nearest station

Cape Town Railway Station

Venue type

Festival site

Best nearby base

Cape Town · 0 km · about 0 min

On-site camping

Not listed

The story

WAV Festival is set to take place on January 2, 2027, at Green Point Track in Cape Town, South Africa. This festival aims to redefine R&B through an African lens, featuring a curated lineup by TMG and Africa Creative Agency. The event will showcase exciting voices in R&B, soul, and alternative music against a coastal backdrop, continuing its mission from the debut edition which included artists like Mariah The Scientist and Kelvin Momo. The festival is restricted to attendees aged 18 and over, requiring valid photo ID.

WAV Festival is a r&b, soul, alternative festival at Green Point Track in TBD, South Africa. The January 2027 edition runs 2–2 Jan 2027. It draws around 1,050 people.

Expect stages split between R&B, soul and alternative.

At around 1,050 attendees it stays on the intimate side, which usually means shorter bar queues and a crowd that is there for the music rather than the spectacle. Everything happens at Green Point Track, in TBD. Cape Town · 0 km · about 0 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site.

WAV Festival keeps the same calendar slot each year: January 2027 for this edition, opening on a Saturday and closing on a Saturday. It is a winter date, so indoor stages and a warm place to sleep matter more than they would in July — and off-season travel is often cheaper. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in TBD 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.

• 18+ event, valid photo ID required
• Curated by TMG and Africa Creative Agency
• Showcasing R&B, soul, and alternative music
• Held at Green Point Track
• Previous edition featured Mariah The Scientist and Kelvin Momo

Venue, camping & access

Venue type

Festival site

Best nearby base

Cape Town · 0 km · about 0 min

Camping

No on-site camping is listed by the organiser.

Getting to the gates

Visitors can access the venue via public transport or taxi.

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to WAV Festival works out at roughly €1,264 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a higher-budget weekend, mostly because of the travel leg.

The ticket is only 4% 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 · 16h 4m each way, at €1,100 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at WAV Festival 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. 4If you fly into Cape Town International Airport, check the transfer time to TBD before booking the earliest departure — the airport bus is usually the cheapest leg of the whole trip.
5. 5Follow WAV Festival on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

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.

• 2026

  2–2 Jan 2026 (approx.)

• 2025

  2–2 Jan 2025 (approx.)

• 2024

  2–2 Jan 2024 (approx.)

Travel tips from Paris

• Fly into Cape Town International Airport, the closest airport to the site.
• Rail arrivals come through Cape Town Railway Station; shuttles usually run from there.
• The site itself is Green Point Track, in TBD.
• Visitors can access the venue via public transport or taxi.
• Book a bed in Cape Town early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• air16h 4m · €1,100