Friday Night Live is a series of beautiful, intimate performances from some of the most exciting talent Cape Town and South Africa has to offer, hosted at the KAYA Café. It’s an event for performers to take in their own direction, creating an environment for audiences to engage deeply with the music, the meaning, and the people behind it all.

This week we are joined by The Velvet Sunset, and Hayley Jade who will be opening up the stage for them!

The Velvet Sunset is a multi-instrumental duo featuring Naureen Marais and Jaco Hanekom. Together, they craft a sound that feels both intimate and expansive—like the quiet glow of dusk stretching into something vast. Through layered instrumentation, rhythmic textures, and harmonies that linger, they create the illusion of something bigger than two people on stage.

Blending indie, folk, and modern pop, their music moves with warmth and intention—songs that wander, reflect, and gently unfold. There’s a sense of searching in their sound, a soft resistance to the noise of the world, and a pull toward something more grounded, more true.

The Velvet Sunset invites listeners into that in-between space—where things slow down, clarity flickers in, and what matters begins to feel unmistakably close.

Join us at KAYA HQ on 15 May for an intimate evening full of beautiful music!