Depart Home for Cape Town, South Africa
Arrive in Cape Town, South Africa
Airport Transfer to Bridges Academy
Welcome Ceremony - Orientation Tour, coffeè break and drumming circle
Orientation Walking Tour - The group will become oriented with their neighborhood, the public transportation systems, nearby pharmacies, markets, ATMs, etc. Additionally, an in-depth safety briefing will be provided for what to do incase of an emergency.
Group Lunch @ BA
Check in and Refreshments
Film Vision: Screening of Amanda at the Hotel rooftop garden
Downtown Walk to Mama Africa Restaurant
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Transport to Bridges Academy
Great Morning Routine and Check-In
Guest Lecture - South Africa's History 101
Group Lunch @ BA
Langa Amazing Race - Explore the very first location or ‘township’ created in South Africa as a segregated space for Black South Africans through a musical heritage themed activity.
Workshop - Drumming/ Indigenous instruments
.Structured Free Time & Cultural Immersion
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Transport to Bridges Academy
Great Morning Routine and Check-In
Guest Lecture - Music and Activism in South Africa: from Apartheid to #FMF
Group Lunch
Workshop - DJ Techniques
Local Musician Showcase
Return to the Hotel
Free Time
Live Music Event
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Transport to Bridges Academy
Great Morning Routine and Check-In
Guest Lecture and Listening
Session - Township Music: 1950s -1990s
Group Lunch @ BA
Site Visit - TBD i.e. Important Music Venues
in Cape Town Townships
Workshop - Drumming/ Indigenous Instruments
Return to Hotel
Free Time
Live Music Event
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Transport to Bridges Academy
Guest Lecture and Listening
Session - Township Music: 2000s - 2020s
Group Lunch
Workshop - DJ Techniques
Local Musician Showcase
Return to Hotel
Free Time
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Transport to Bridges Academy
Great Morning Routine and Check-In
Community Engagement Projects - Soup Kitchen
Lunch Break
Boat Ride to Seal Island - Visit the small rocky islet of 800 meters’ length and 50 meters’ width situated 5.7 km off the northern beaches of False Bay to spot Cape fur seals, dolphins, bryde’s whales, humpback whales and maybe even sharks.
Hout Bay Market
Return to Hotel
Free Time
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Trip Up to Table Mountain - See the full beauty of Cape Town from above on one of the most iconic landmark of South Africa.
Robben Island - Considered a symbol of “the triumph of the human spirit over adversity, suffering and injustice” it has a rich 500 year old multi-layered history.
Free Time
Live Music Event
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Transport to University of Cape Town
Site Visit - Tour and meeting with experts of the UCT College of Music
Group Lunch at Rhodes Memorial
Site Visit - Tour and meeting with experts of the UCT Social Anthropology Department
Return to Hotel
Live Music Event
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Transport to Bridges Academy
Great Morning Routine and Check-In
Music Production 101 - Amapiano Case Study
Group Lunch
Workshop - DJ techniques
Local Musician Showcase
Return to Hotel
Free Time
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Transport to Bridges Academy
Great Morning Routine and Check-In
Community Engagement Projects - Soup Kitchen
Lunch Break
Workshop - Drumming/ Indigenous Instruments
Return to Hotel
Free Time
Live Music Event
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Transport to Bridges Academy
Great Morning Routine and Check-In
Music Production 101 - AfroHouse Case Study
Group Lunch
Jam Session - Music Mixer with Bridges for
Music Students
Return to Hotel
Free Time
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Transfer to Cape Peninsula
Cape Peninsula Tour - Often credited as the most beautiful drive in the world, it takes you to the Botanical Gardens, Boulders Beach where you will see penguins and Cape Point where the two oceans converge. While not short of scenic routes to drive, Cape Town's Cape Peninsula is in a class all its own.
Return to the Hotel
Live Performances at Mojo Rooftop
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Free Day and Cultural Immersion
Farewell Dinner @ Mazanzis
Breakfast & Day Briefing
Airport Transfer
Depart Cape Town, South Africa for Home