Zigzag Café Maskandi Festival Brought Khuzani & Mthandeni SK to Springs, East Rand
About this event
The Zigzag Café Maskandi Festival 2026 took over Zigzag Café in Springs New on Saturday 19 September, running from 12:00 in the afternoon through to 02:00 on Sunday morning. Khuzani and Mthandeni SK headlined a bill of more than a dozen Maskandi acts, and pre-sold tickets started at R300.
Organisers billed it as the biggest Maskandi festival in Gauteng, a line the venue has carried since the first edition in 2024. Thamsie Langa, the verified Computicket vendor behind the event, pushed the build-up hard, with lineup teasers and ticket reminders on the venue’s Facebook page from April right into festival week.
- Date: Saturday 19 September 2026, 12:00 PM to Sunday 20 September 2026, 02:00 AM
- Venue: Zigzag Café, 7th Street, Springs New, Springs, Gauteng
- Lineup: Khuzani, Mthandeni SK, Ntencane, Umafikizolo, Mzukulu, Falabo, Limit, Mjolisi, Gatsheni, Navigator, Thandazani, Khuthuza and more
- Tickets: from R300 pre-sold, with VIP R400 and VVIP R600 tiers in earlier phases
- Where to buy: Computicket BoxOffice online and Shoprite, Checkers and Usave stores
The bill and how the day was set up
The confirmed lineup landed in early September with a dozen names attached: Khuzani, Mthandeni SK, Ntencane, Umafikizolo, Mzukulu, Falabo, Limit, Mjolisi, Gatsheni, Navigator, Thandazani and Khuthuza, plus a “many more” line underneath. Early promo posters carried a few extra names that didn’t make this final list, so the September announcement is the one to trust.
The 2025 edition at the same venue led with Khuzani, Njabulo Langa and Mthandeni SK at tickets from R200, so entry pricing has moved up R100 year on year. The format stayed the same as previous years, with one outdoor festival space, food stalls dishing up local cuisine, drinks and hubbly sold inside, and a single long run of live guitar music from midday into the small hours.
Parking on site was free and flagged as safe and secure, which matters on 7th Street when a festival of this size pulls a crowd from across the East Rand and beyond.
Tickets, tables and the fine print
Tickets were sold through Computicket BoxOffice and at Shoprite, Checkers and Usave stores nationwide. General admission started at R300 pre-sold, with VIP at R400 and VVIP at R600 in the earlier phases. Venue posts flagged Phase One as selling out before the weekend, though no final sold-out notice went up.
- Platform: Computicket BoxOffice online, plus Shoprite, Checkers and Usave stores
- Price: from R300 (GA pre-sold), VIP R400, VVIP R600 in earlier phases
- VVIP deck tables: 067 029 2647 or 072 466 7801
- Status: Phase One flagged as selling out, no sold-out notice published
No coolers through the gate, with food, drinks and hubbly sold inside instead. Organisers didn’t publish an age policy for the 2026 edition.
Fan chatter ahead of the weekend was mostly logistics. Comments on the venue’s page ran from countdown posts and “Maskandi is taking over” excitement to practical questions about ticket limits per person and whether VVIP deck tables were still open. A few regulars also raised drink pricing from past events, cider in particular, so budgeting for inside purchases makes sense at future editions.
Where the Maskandi season goes next
The genre’s festival circuit doesn’t slow down from here. The Ugu Maskandi Festival hits Margate on 26 September, Maskandi Fest lands at the Royal Marang Hotel in Rustenburg in October, and Ladysmith’s 150 Maskandi Festival is also on the calendar at Settlers Park Stadium.
Eshowe stages its first Maskandi festival in October as well, so the music keeps spreading beyond KwaZulu-Natal’s usual strongholds. For Zigzag Café specifically, the venue’s Facebook page is where a 2027 edition will surface first.
If big singalong Maskandi crowds are your thing, this festival is built for you. The one move now is to keep an eye on the venue’s page for the next edition and diarise Ugu in Margate next weekend.
