Maxwell Returns to SA to Grace the Pretoria Stage this Women’s Day Weekend

Multi-award-winning American R&B and neo-soul icon, Maxwell, brings his sultry, smooth vocals to Sunbet Arena on Saturday, 8 August 2026 for a special Women’s Month show.

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Maxwell returns to the motherland

This is not the first time Maxwell has performed in South Africa, with his last visit being in 2023 to headline the popular Dstv Delicious festival, but this might be his most special performance yet, falling the day before South Africa’s Women’s Day.

Who better than the man responsible for beloved, ballads celebrating and appreciating women such as ‘This Woman’s Work’, ‘Pretty Wings’ and ‘Sumthin’, Sumthin” to usher the nation into Women’s Day?

2026 also marks a milestone for the global star who will be celebrating 30 incredible years since his debut album, ‘Urban Hang Suite’, was released in 1996. The album is renowned as one of the best R&B and neo-soul albums of all time.

Expect smooth vocals, electric energy, great production and a crowd fully in sync with every note at this concert that is not to be missed.