Major international performers at past festivals have included Maynard Ferguson, Toots Thielemans, Billy Cobham Culture Mix, Mike Mainieri, Victor Bailey, Chico & the Gypsies, Soweto Kinch, Alex Wilson, and Nikki Yeoh, among others.
Soweto | Soweto Kinch | Soweto uprising | Soweto Uprising | Soweto String Quartet | Surfing Soweto | Soweto Gospel Choir | David Kinch |
Eastside Educational Trust's celebrity patrons include but are not limited to: Denys Baptiste, Quentin Blake, Samantha Bond, Patti Boulaye, Katie Derham, Jenny Eclair, Frederick Forsyth, Henry Goodman, Richard E Grant, David Harewood, Anish Kapoor, Martha Kearney, Soweto Kinch, Mark Lawson, Adrian Lester, Sharman Macdonald, Curtis Walker, Zoë Wanamaker, Sir Arnold Wesker, Samuel West and Gary Wilmot.