The Main Event 2024 – Suits & Sneakers

After a seven year hiatus, the Suits & Sneakers Main Event is finally making its much anticipated return. The date is set, the speaker line-up is confirmed, and we will be making our way back to the very first venue we ever hosted at nine years ago… Here is everything you need to know about the big day!

The Suits & Sneakers Main Event will be hosted on 13 November 2024 at the Mosaiek Teatro in Randburg. There are a total of 2,800 seats available but a large chunk of tickets have already been sold to people who joined our waiting list.

Traditionally, the Suits & Sneakers Main Event used to be hosted in the evening but we’ve decided to change things up for the 2024 edition. The event will be divided into two segments with the first starting at around 12h30 during the day and will be focused entirely on business content. There will then be a break for networking and then we will close the evening off with the second segment which features more a broader content theme.

Below is our first Main Event 2024 vlog and it showcases the venue we will be returning to after a nine year break:

Our second vlog below showcases the kinds of causes we’re able to support as a result of people who buy tickets to this event. LIV Lanseria is an orphanage and school in Gauteng dedicated to creating healthy families, empowered communities, and future leaders for South Africa.

Mteto Nyati

Chairperson, CEO, and Investor

Eskom / BSG

Mteto Nyati is an accomplished business leader and investor with over 25 years of experience in the telecommunications, technology, and media sectors.

Ard Matthews

Singer, songwriter, and entertainer

South African rocker Ard Matthews has been active in the SA music industry since the 1990’s as frontman of rock band Just Jinjer. Although the band is still active, Matthews launched a successful solo career, blending his creative songwriting and deep vocals to produce two solo albums.

Lira

Singer, songwriter and entertainer

Singer, songwriter and entertainer LIRA, whose music career spans 18 years and includes 6 studio albums, 4 live DVD’s, an autobiography and a feature movie; has established herself as the foremost female artist in South Africa and a formidable presence on the global music scene.

GG Alcock

Marketer, author, speaker, and entrepreneur

KasiNomic Events

GG has been at times a shebeen owner, political activist, community worker and African adventurer. Fluent in Zulu and conversant in most South African ethnic languages, he was the founder of Minanawe Marketing, a leading activations business in the kasi sector.

Gilan Gork

Author, speaker, and entrepreneur

Influence Institute

Gilan is a global authority on influential leadership.

Natasha Sideris

Founder & CEO

Tashas Group

Natasha Sideris is the Founder and CEO of Tashas Group and the maverick of the casual dining scene in South Africa and now in the UAE.

Theo Baloyi

Founder & CEO

Bathu Sneakers

Theo Baloyi is a South African Entrepreneur and founder of Africa's premium sneaker brand, Bathu where he currently serves a s Group CEO.

Vusi Thembekwayo

Author, Entrepreneur, & Speaker

Vusi has come to carry many titles through his work building and transforming hundreds of businesses across Africa and the world.

Bruce Whitfield

Speaker, journalist, author

Bruce Whitfield is a business speaker, journalist, and author who interprets the noise at the intersection where business, politics and society collide.

Mark Sham

Entreprenuer, speaker, author

The Tryst / Suits & Sneakers / Like a Tourist

Mark Sham is the founder of Suits & Sneakers, The Tryst, Like a Tourist, and a few other businesses that mean the world to him.

Agenda for the day

Early Bird Premium In-Person Ticket

R1495

The “premium ticket” includes in-person access to the full event, reserved seating, food, opportunity to network, ability to access recordings, and access to our online attendee portal which includes a bunch of content uploaded weekly and ability to connect with other delegates.

If you're purchasing tickets as a company, you can email mark@thetryst.co.za and we can invoice your company for tickets so you can claim the VAT back and avoid paying Quicket platform fees.

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Early Bird Standard In-Person Ticket

R350

The standard ticket includes access to the in-person event but doesn’t include all the other features/benefits of the premium ticket. Please note, there are only 400 standard tickets available. The first 100 are priced at R350 ex. VAT and then increase by R50 every 100 tickets.

If you're purchasing tickets as a company, you can email mark@thetryst.co.za and we can invoice your company for tickets so you can claim the VAT back and avoid paying Quicket platform fees.

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Early Bird Online Ticket

R150

The online / livestreaming ticket is for those who can’t attend in-person and/or don’t live in Joburg. The early bird launch price will be R250 ex. VAT each and will increase by R50 each month (from 1 October the price is R300 ex. VAT and from 1 November the price is R350 ex. VAT).

If you're purchasing tickets as a company, you can email mark@thetryst.co.za and we can invoice your company for tickets so you can claim the VAT back and avoid paying Quicket platform fees.

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