The Johannesburg Top 202026
The twenty rooms we would send someone to in Johannesburg this year, in order.
How this list was built
Ordered by NOX editorial score, weighted with Instagram freshness, room impact, scene importance and longevity. An editor can lock any position. See /about for the full method.
The full method01
Kitcheners Carvery Bar
A 1902 pub that became the room where Johannesburg’s modern scene grew up. Cheap, loud and completely unbothered by fashion.
BraamfonteinSweatbox$House, AmapianoNo Instagram signal yet
DiveInstitution
02
And Club
BraamfonteinSweatbox$$Techno, House, AmapianoNo Instagram signal yet
Basement
03
Untitled Basement
NewtownSweatbox$$House, Amapiano, GqomNo Instagram signal yet
BasementAll night
04
The Living Room
MabonengTerrace$HouseNo Instagram signal yet
RooftopGarden
05
Great Dane
BraamfonteinSweatbox$House, AmapianoNo Instagram signal yet