SPECIAL EVENTS
Indulge yourself in exceptional wines during the Cape
Winemakers Guild Auction Showcase in Cape Town on 12 August [more]
The inaugural festival by Flamedrop Productions opens on 29
July at The Labia Theatre. [more]
The 9th annual Stellenbosch Wine festival offers wine and soccer
enthusiasts from around the globe a jovial feast of wine and food from 1 –
5 July [more]
After a year abroad, Madame Zingara has arrived back in Cape Town and is
ready to welcome guests back for her 2010 Love Magic Tour. [more]
Nine wine farms in the Durbanville Wine Valley host the
second Soup, Sip and Bread winter event on Sunday June 6th [more]
All 64 World Cup matches will be screened on an enormous 74 sqm
screen, first used by FIFA during the German World Cup. [more]
World Cup fever is rapidly spreading and the hosting of some
of the games in Cape Town, has inspired the Artscape Indigenous Arts
Department to establish a Cultural Village in Langa [more]
More than twenty heritage institutions
will take part in the expo, including the Izikio and District Six museums.
[more]
Sultry singer Lu Chase has joined Vaudeville as its foxy new
leading lady, turning up the heat with her sensual and exotic delivery [more]
The National Arts Festival Fringe is
traditionally a feast of the arts but this year South African performers
have gone overboard [more]
In this comedy and music extravaganza, Loyiso will be
supported by two of South Africa’s hottest music acts [more]
The Poetry X-Change once again hosts four international
poets in collaboration with a range of local poets and multi-disciplinary
artists [more]
Don your festive feathers and head out to the Stellenbosch
Winelands for an all-day family feast [more]
Hemingway’s Library is an exciting once-off sale
for book, movie and music-lovers and collectors [more]
The Purple Turtle and Mumz The Word presents Funny Bones – regular
Tuesday night comedy. [more]
Old Mutual has partnered with Kirstenbosch to ensure it can send its
35th exhibit to the Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show [more]
This year, SA Cheese Festival fans are invited to taste,
eat, drink and play as they discover a world of tastes in one place. [more]
Together with the annual fusion of classical, contemporary
and African music, Starlight Classics will feature the all-consuming theme
of the FIFA 2010 World Cup. [more]
The largest of its kind in South Africa, the festival is a
celebration of olives, food, wine and art in a relaxing country
atmosphere. [more]
One of Cape Town’s iconic family events, the Community Chest
Carnival opens its gates for the 59th time this year [more].
Harvesting the bounty of the vineyards is one of the most important
moments in the making of good wine. [more]
Haul out your buckets and spades and head down to Hout Bay
beach for the annual Sandcastle Competition [more]
The Festival promises to transform Cape
Town into a vast and contagious cultural happening that infects the
squares, pavements, nooks and crannies of the inner city [more]
The Cape Town Carnival, set to bring together the city’s
diverse communities in an exciting and creative annual event, is scheduled
for 18 –20 March [more]
The Franschhoek Literary Festival: Fourth Edition will hit
the streets on Friday 14 May, with another gathering of writers, editors,
publishers, readers and assorted book fans [more]
Mr Hell’s Kitchen himself, Gordon Ramsay, will be joining the line-up
at The Good Food & Wine Show. [more]
Every excited bride-to-be can use a little help
when it comes to planning her dream wedding [more]
Southern Ink Xposure, the biggest tattoo event in
the southern hemisphere returns to Cape Town in January 2010! [more]
This year sees the 7th Suidooster Festival, filled
to the brim with audience favourites [more]
Looking for a New Year's Eve Party to go to? Look no
further... [more]
The market will showcase some of South Africa’s top
up and coming fashion, jewelry and interior designers [more]
Avoid the manic mall rush and kick off your festive
season shopping at Drostdy-Hof’s annual Christmas Market and Country Day [more]
The Cape Quarter will open with a programme of events designed to whet
your appetite for lifestyle shopping, fashion attitude, food extravaganzas
and the most sophisticated place to spend your evenings. [more]
Red wine tastings will be a focus of the festivities, with limited offers,
special tastings and unusual food pairings showcasing award-winning blends
and single-cultivar wines. [more]
Capetonians can once again experience Germany’s best-known beer
festival, “Oktoberfest”, from 16 October to 01 November 2009 at Paulaner
Bräuhaus [more]
If you’re yearning to exchange the mad rush of the city for the
peaceful country life - even just for one day - then the From the Earth
Expo is just the ticket! [more]
This annual occasion marks the grand finale to the busy year and the
beginning of the festive summer celebrations. [more]
Don your Dolce and slip on your Jimmy Choos as one of the hottest style
events on the South African glamour calendar is about to debut in the
Mother City. [more]
Rare and exclusive wines representing the pinnacle of South African
winemaking will be on offer at the 25th annual Nedbank Cape Winemakers
Guild Auction [more]
With enough nervous energy to power a small city, comedia Marin Davis can
warm up the chilliest rooms and turn the stoniest punters into putty in
his hands [more]
Dragons and scuba divers are just some of the kiting
creations that will fill the sky above Muizenberg at the fifteenth Cape
Town International Kite Festival [more]
Farms in the Durbanville Wine Valley will be hosting the inaugural
Soup, Sip & Bread this year on Sunday, 21st June 2009 [more]
The Darkroom Collective presents the visual works of photographer Sara
Gouveia on a platform where a group of musicians improvise to a slide
show. [more]
Pigalle will be travelling back in time and re-creating decadent Paris
in the 1940`s and 1950`s for a once in a lifetime experience of the Moulin
Rouge. [more]
The 23rd June 2009 will mark the premier of a series of exclusive wine
tasting evenings at Pigalle Green Point, including a four to six course
meal, accompanied by wines from local estates [more]
DECOREX promises to be a celebration of Cape Town’s most delicate and
daring spaces by talented style shapers, trend makers and décor creators.
[more]
Southern Africa’s premier food, wine and lifestyle show, The
Good Food & Wine Show® will open in Cape Town at the CTICC from 28-31 May
[more]
Spend a stimulating weekend in the breathtaking Franschhoek valley with
world-renowned international and South African writers for the third
Franschhoek Literary Festival. [more]
As a Cape Town first, the Iziko Planetarium, in conjunction with Sky-Skan,
is offering an unique opportunity to experience firsthand a full dome
planetarium show [more]
At this year’s SA Cheese Festival, the most ever new small cheeseries will
entice visitors with a multitude of handcrafted and innovative cheeses. [more]
Sencity is a multi-sensory, multi-faceted event conceived for the deaf,
hearing and hearing impaired, six years ago. [more]
The opportunity has yet again risen for blissfully engaged couples to
arouse their bridal senses at one of Cape Town’s most admired and
prestigious bridal fairs. [more]
This year's Carnival will feature some of Cape Town’s newest up and
coming entertainers, all giving of their time and talent for this great
cause. [more]
Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, its Davy Dragon, the Planetarium’s
famous space explorer! [more]
SixLove Events and Tattoos.com, in association with SL Magazine and
Levi's Original Music, are proud to present Cape
Town's first-ever International tattoo festival [more]
This year’s concert will feature celebrities including
Peter-Dirk Uys, Soli Philander and the debut of the New Apostolic Cape
Symphony Orchestra [more]
Experience a day celebrating love, life and summer with an
eclectic array of treats to tantalize your senses [more]
The 2008 Summer Sun Festival will be taking place at the Diaz Strand Hotel
in Mossel Bay from 8 December 2008 to 8 January 2009. [more]
Jou Ma se Comedy Club is a Comedy evening that runs
every Thursday at the Albert Hall in Woodstock, where you can join Join
Kurt Schoonraad and his buddies for an evening filled with laughter. [more]
TheatreSports, Cape Town’s longest running live
theatre show, is getting a new name. ImproVision. [more]
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