HEADLINING PRIDE DOPE ST JUDE

Dope Saint Jude is an electro-hip hop artist from Cape Town. She began her career as a drag king, soon moving to producing and performing her own music.

In 2016 she released her first EP, Reimagine. Her second, Resilient, was released in 2018 with the lead single Grrl Like being featured in Dreamworks, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, a Renault commercial, McDonald’s commercial and an Apple TV commercial. Her third EP, Higher Self, released in 2022, has had music featured on two Netflix shows and a MAC ad.

After touring extensively throughout Europe and the US, performing at festivals such as Terre Du Son (France), Dour Festival (Belgium), Esparanzah (Belgium), Boreal (Spain), Shambala (UK), Dope St Jude is back in her home town and will be performing at Pride 2023.

She is an outspoken advocate for the queer community and has spoken on panels around the world about her experience as a queer, black African woman. Dope Saint Jude has been involved in campaigns for H&M, Ballantines, Levis, Kurt Geiger, Adidas and Nandos.

She currently sits on the board as an advisory member for Bridges For Music, an NGO based in Cape Town.

After 4 years touring and living abroad, artist Dope Saint Jude is back in her home town and will perform her first show in South Africa since 2019.

This show is especially significant to her, as Cape Town Pride was her first exposure to the queer community as a teenager. “I started attending Pride at the age of 16, I snuck into town without telling my parents, because I wanted to be around my people”. Having started her career as a drag king in Cape Town, she had one of her first opportunities performing on a mini pride stage at the age of 19.

As one of the headline acts on the Pride stage get ready to be blown away by this remarkably talented performer when she steps on to the stage at Pride 2023.