A spectacle of sound, taste, fashion, and fantasy, South Africa’s most whimzalicious food and music festival – The Luxurious Marble Circus – returns for its second edition, promising to be bigger, bolder, and more enchantifying than ever before.
Built on the magic of last year’s sold-out success, the 2025 edition leans into everything guests adored and turns it up three notches. Inspired by the radiant characters and fantastical fashion of last year’s guests, this year’s Circus has evolved into a magnificently immersive world with more razzle, dazzle, and decadence. From the moment guests arrive, they’re swept into a living, breathing playground of opulence and peculiarity – where luxury and mischievousity live side by side.
The Luxurious Marble Circus unfolds across 75,000 square metres of indulgence and imagination, welcoming 6,000 guests per day on 4 and 5 October at Ground The Venue in Muldersdrift. Despite the sheer scale of the landscape, it’s a festival built for intimacy – one where fine dining by the Marble Group, entertainment, theatrics, and sensational surprises exist in perfect harmony.
The 2025 line-up is nothing short of spectastical. From Oskido, DJ Zinhle, Mi Casa, and Maphorisa to Laura Zimmermann, Amy Wiles, and the Soweto Gospel Choir, the main stage has tripled in scale and spectacle – with performances that crescendo into surprise ‘show moments’ throughout the day and night. But beyond the stage lies a multitude of magical micro-adventures.
Gastronomes will revel in a feastival of flavours orchestrated by David Higgs and guest chefs in the Grand Dining Room (inspired by Marble and in collaboration with Moët & Chandon and Hennessy) and the Royal Lounge (inspired by Saint and in collaboration with Don Julio and Johnnie Walker). Playground in the Field (inspired by Pantry) offers an al-fresco food affair, with a surprise BBC Food collaboration for taste bud tantalisation.
This year introduces even more bespoke brand spaces for festival-goers to explore. From title partner Investec’s Wheel of Wonder, 947’s trampoline-powered La Vaulta Spectaculum stage, Mercedes-Benz’s chariots of wonder, Fabiani’s travelling café, Vuse’s Vapourium, Vaseline’s Glow Lounge, and Heineken’s Formula-1 fantasy-come-true, the festival grounds are littered with amazifying areas that offer a feast for the senses.
There is also no shortage of sensoriums for spirit-sipping thanks to the Uncaged Carousel (a Zioux-inspired, Schweppes-led carousel bar), Johnnie Walker’s Afro Exchange, Moët’s Vista Veranda, Don Julio’s Tequila Temple, Savanna’s Dry Bar, Vilafonté and Creation Wines’ Grand Vinarium, and Minuty’s Rosé Rendezvous.
Not to mention the brand-new Emporium: a curated collector’s dream of Luxurious Marble Circus merchandise, fashion finds, and one-of-a-kind upcycled treasures as part of the event’s Legacy initiative to give back.
A grandiocious collaboration between The Marble Group, Grid Worldwide, G&G – The Goosebumps Company, and Investec, The Luxurious Marble Circus offers much to look forward to. There’s no other event quite like it – not in South Africa, and arguably, not in the world.
Tickets are available online. Visit luxuriousmarblecircus.com for more info. Don’t delay, magic has a habit of disappearing.
