Experience

Grand Africa Café & Beach · Entire Precinct Takeover

View over the Grand Africa Café & Beach tents to the Atlantic and Robben Island
The Experience

Grand Africa Café & Beach Entire Precinct Takeover

Cape Town has been voted one of the world’s best cities to visit and it’s not hard to see why.

Spectacular scenery, world-class restaurants, iconic winelands, pristine beaches, long summer days… and one unforgettable New Year’s Eve.

This year, Alcazar will, once again, take over the entire Grand Africa Café & Beach precinct, transforming the venue and its parking area into a multi-stage celebration just metres from the ocean.

More than 4,500 people join us each year for a night of music, movement and celebration, creating an electric atmosphere unlike anything else in Cape Town.

An iconic seaside setting. Thousands of revellers. One massive New Year’s Eve.

Welcome to Alcazar.

Go VIP

VIP Upgrades

Upgrade to VIP and enjoy access to your own VIP table, which is situated on a raised viewing deck at the Alcazar Beach Stage. You will also receive exclusive access to multiple VIP viewing decks, bars and toilets.

The table packages are sold for 8 or 12 people – but if you require more, then please contact us at hello@alcazarnye.co.za and we will accommodate you.

There is no minimum table spend when you book a VIP table.

Champagne buckets and glasses on a VIP table
2026 Theme
Isla Paradiso wordmark

Leave the mainland behind. Meet us on Isla Paradiso and welcome 2027 from the edge of the Atlantic ocean.

Isla Paradiso is our biggest and most immersive theme yet.

For one unforgettable night, the entire Grand Africa Café & Beach Precinct transforms into a tropical island escape, where swaying palms, ocean breezes and world-class music set the scene for the countdown to 2027.

Lose yourself across three unique dancefloors, each with its own sound, energy and island spirit, hosted by the teams behind Bazique Festival, The Tropical Roast and Kinky Disco.

The crowd at the Alcazar main stage under a giant jungle cat mask
Dress Code

Fancy Dress is optional… but warmly encouraged!

Two guests in costume, a feathered headdress and a leaf-print shirt, arms raised

Alcazar NYE is an immersive world of art, music and spectacle and you are part of the experience.

Dress up, stand out and step into Isla Paradiso, our fantastical island escape where anything goes.

Come as you are. Come as you aren’t.

Embrace the exotic, the outrageous and the unexpected and join us for a night in paradise.

A dancer in a gold headdress surrounded by bubbles
Music

The Sound of Alcazar

Alcazar returns for another spectacular New Year’s Eve celebration, bringing together a massive lineup of artists across three stages, with something for every kind of dancefloor.

Expect 10 hours of music, performance and immersive entertainment, all unfolding in one of Cape Town’s most extraordinary seaside locations.

Three stages. One epic night. This is Isla Paradiso.

The Experience

Food & Drinks

Come hungry as we have food trucks!

No alcohol is permitted to be brought into the event as we’ll have plenty of bars and refreshments of a wide variety available for your enjoyment!

A tropical beach bar with hanging greenery at Alcazar