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What’s On

Nights at Zaba’s

When the fire dies down the sound comes up. Zaba’s hosts full-scale live events — a concert stage, proper rigging and a yard that fills — alongside the lounges, the bar and the braai running as normal.

Stage
Full concert rig
Lounges
Indoor & outdoor
Kitchen
Open all night
A full concert stage with truss roof, line-array speakers and LED wall set up in the yard at Zaba's Shisanyama

The yard, set up for a show

Previously

Durban's Summer Dance

Poster for Durban's Summer Dance at Zaba's Shisanyama on Saturday 29 November

Zaba’s hosted Durban’s Summer Dance on Saturday 29 November 2025 — a full production in the yard with a concert stage, professional sound and lighting, and the lounges and braai running right through. Tickets were sold through Webtickets. Strictly no alcohol to under-18s.

Presented with

  • Inamandla Entertainment
  • Durban Tourism
  • Red Bull
  • Martell
  • Fitch & Leedes
  • Zaba's Legacy
Three friends on a couch at Zaba's during Durban's Summer Dance, drinks in hand
Three of the Zaba's braai team in branded shirts at the wood-fired grill

The Venue

Room for a quiet drink or a full house

  • Velvet tub chairs around a low table on the covered terrace at Zaba's

    The terrace

    Velvet seating under cover, open to the yard.

  • White leather couches facing the Food, Music, Bar backdrop at Zaba's

    The lounge

    Couch seating for a group, right by the sound.

  • Round tables and chairs with ice buckets in the main bar area at Zaba's

    The bar floor

    Tables, ice buckets and the main bar.

  • White couches and a rug in a private lounge area at Zaba's

    Private corner

    A quieter set-up off the main floor.

Behind it

The same fire, all night

Event or not, the wood fire runs and the counter stays open — you still pick your cut and it still goes straight on the coals.

A Zaba's braai master laughing behind the long brick wood-fired grill
Trays of fresh chops, wors and steak in the butchery counter at Zaba's
The stocked back bar at Zaba's — whisky, cognac, gin and vodka on orange shelves around a Monkey Shoulder display

Work with us

Bring us your event

Birthdays, big groups and private functions — we’ll sort the space, the meat and the sound.

We also collaborate. If you’re a promoter, DJ, artist or brand putting something together, we’re open to partnering on it — come talk to us about what you have in mind.

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