MMiNO is heading back to Cape Town. On 8 January 2026, South African selector DESIREE brings her fast-growing party series to The Alley, joined by Cape Town favourite Queezy and Brazilian cultural curator Omoloko.
Now in its third year, MMiNO remains rooted in South Africa, even as it expands globally. The series began in Johannesburg’s underground in 2023 and has since travelled to London, Ibiza and Kenya. Cape Town has become one of its most anticipated stops.
MMiNO is known for its no-phones, no-flash policy. The rule is simple: be present. The result is a dance floor shaped by intention rather than spectacle. In Cape Town, where underground culture moves to its own rhythm, the ethos feels at home.
Queezy brings a multidisciplinary approach to the night. Drawing from drag, club culture and performance, their sets blend music with theatre and bold queer expression. It is world-building as much as it is DJing.
Omoloko joins from Belo Horizonte, one of the key cities shaping Brazil’s current underground. Through parties like 101Ø and the Afro-inspired Mathosa series, he has helped build inclusive, genre-fluid spaces. His sound moves between disco, house, techno, broken beat, kwaito and Afro-diasporic influences.
“Cape Town has its own heartbeat,” DESIREE says. “MMiNO is about community and presence, and this city understands that deeply. Every year we return, the energy grows.”
Johannesburg hosted the first part of MMiNO’s homecoming in November. Cape Town closes the chapter in January.
