ASHTON NYTE (The Awakening frontman) live at The Music Kitchen
Schedule
Wed Dec 03 2025 at 07:30 pm to 10:30 pm
UTC+02:00Location
69 Mangold Street, Newton Park, 6045 Port Elizabeth, South Africa | Port Elizabeth, EC
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For the first time in over a decade The Awakening front man Ashton Nyte is coming to Gqeberha for 1 night only at The Music Kitchen!Date: Wed 03 Dec 2025
Time: 19:30 (Doors open at 18:00)
Tickets: R250 online at Quicket
https://qkt.io/30TNl8
All seating for this show is allocated and you will be given a table number on arrival. If tickets are purchased separately, please emil [email protected] with all the names that you would like to be seated together.
Ashton Nyte is a storyteller in every sense — a South African-born, US-based composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist, author, and performer whose work drifts between the cinematic and the soul-baring. Known to many as the frontman of the iconic alt-rock project The Awakening, Nyte’s solo work offers something more intimate: a raw, poetic unravelling of hope, memory, and quiet rebellion.
Described as “Johannesburg’s Bowie”, Ashton’s sound blends elements of dark folk, post-punk and art rock with an honesty that disarms. His live performances are immersive and theatrical, rich with texture and emotional weight — equal parts lullaby and lament.
With a catalogue spanning over 350 original songs, eight solo albums, and collaborations with members of The Cure, Peter Murphy, and The Mission, Nyte continues to shape a world uniquely his own. His songs have echoed through TV screens, lecture halls, film scores, and festival stages — but it's in the quiet connection between artist and audience that his magic truly lives.
His debut Afrikaans-language album, Moederland, was voted one of the top 10 Afrikaans albums of 2014 by Netwerk24 and spawned four #1 radio hits in South Africa, including "Kan Ons Weer Begin", "Geheime en Momente", "Die Laaste Dans" and "Lukas", a beautiful duet with Karin Hougaard.
His latest album and book, Autumn’s Children, was named one of American Songwriter’s Top Albums of 2023 — a testament to his enduring voice in a world that’s still listening for something real.
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Where is it happening?
69 Mangold Street, Newton Park, 6045 Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 69 Mangold St, Gqeberha, 6045, South Africa, Port ElizabethEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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