Count Down at Fountains Valley
The City of Tshwane's annual New Year's Eve crossover party returns to Fountains Valley Resort on 31 December 2025, running into the early hours of 1 January 2026. The city-backed event was revived after several years of quieter festivities, and Executive Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya announced it via social media after visiting the venue to inspect preparations. Five fully programmed stages carry the night, with genres spanning house, amapiano and mainstream party music. Confirmed headliners include Black Motion, performing live Afro-house, and Makhadzi, with further acts to be announced. Fireworks and a public countdown anchor the crossover itself.
Plan Your Journey In and Out
The programme is built for a crowd, and the city has arranged park-and-ride facilities to reduce congestion around the resort. Attendees are encouraged to leave their cars behind and use the shuttles rather than driving in. Arrive early enough to find your stage before the headline sets, and treat the countdown as the fixed point the rest of the evening is arranged around.
- Venue: Fountains Valley Resort, Pretoria — a spacious outdoor setting.
- Date: 31 December 2025 into the early hours of 1 January 2026.
- Getting there: use the park-and-ride; leave the car at home.
- What to expect: five stages, fireworks, a public countdown.
What You'll Hear Across the Five Stages
The line-up is deliberately broad, so you can move between stages as the night shifts. Black Motion bring live Afro-house; Makhadzi heads the bill alongside them. Between the headliners, DJs and artists cover house, amapiano and mainstream party music — enough range to keep a group with different tastes together, or to split up and meet again at the fireworks.
Build the Rest of Your Night Around It
The crossover party is the anchor of Pretoria's New Year's Eve, and the city frames it as accessible public entertainment and a return to shared city traditions. Because the event runs past midnight, plan your evening backwards from the countdown: settle your transport first, then decide how early you want to be inside the resort before the headline sets begin. Further acts are still to be announced, so check the City of Tshwane's channels closer to the date for the final line-up.
Start with the two things you can lock in now: your park-and-ride plan and your group's meeting point at Fountains Valley. Watch for the remaining artist announcements, keep an eye on the city's social media for updates, and you'll arrive on 31 December ready for the countdown rather than still working out the logistics.