/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20V0459-1.jpg "The Ezase Vaal Brass Band leads and weaves the parade through the streets of Hillbrow. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20V0368-1.jpg "Chalk drawings on the ground at the Hey Hillbrow! Let’s Dlala! parade. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20V0353.jpg "Wandile Shabalala paints his face in preparation for the parade. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20V0303-1.jpg "Artists prepare for the parade at Windybrow Arts Centre. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20V0478-1.jpg "Thando Moyo carries recyclable materials at the parade. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20V0540.jpg "The Ezase Vaal Brass Band parade through the streets of Hillbrow. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
PHOTO ESSAY
Inner city comes alive with vibrant celebration of art and community at Hey Hillbrow!
For one magical afternoon, the streets of Hillbrow in Johannesburg were filled with otherworldly creations as a musical parade moved through in black and white. The event, coordinated by Shade Brixton director Tamzyn Botha and theatre-maker Daniel Buckland in collaboration with the Windybrow Arts Centre, celebrated the possibilities performance brings to public spaces, spreading energy, laughter and surprise.
Youth from a local organisation worked with recyclable materials for the parade. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)