Saturday 15th December Durban’s jazz lounge, The Jazzy Rainbow, in association with Concerts SA, launched its first straight jazz programme on the eve of Heritage Day in September 2016 and continues to follow up with the same concept. “#JazzyStraightAhead is about introducing regular, live, straight jazz concerts to our city in order to help keep [...]
Featuring Sibusiso Mash Mashiloane Saturday 22 December iSupport Music Business in partnership with Concerts SA presents the Real Cats End of the Year Session at Jazz Xpression House in Glenmore, Durban at 10 am on Saturday 22 December. Two pianists will feature large- Sibusiso Mash Mashiloane and Sanele Phakathi. Sibusiso Mash Mashiloane is a prolific [...]
uMhlanga Summer Festival, 2018 Charity Evening Granada Square, Thursday 20 December 2018 from 6pm Always a crowd favourite, the annual al-fresco uMhlanga Carols under the Stars, takes place at the Granada Square in uMhlanga Rocks on Thursday 20 December from 6pm in the courtyard of the favourite shopping and dining destinations on the uMhlanga Strip. [...]
Durban Art Gallery: 10 Dec 2018 – 15 Feb 2019 Proclamation 73, a new exhibition, comes forth out of a project initiated by Zara Julius and Chandra Frank that explores the family archives of people racialized as coloured and indian in Durban under the 1950 Group Areas Act and comes to the Durban Art Gallery [...]
Madala Kunene Tribute at Kwantu Village – 15 & 16 December In association with Concerts SA and Kwantu Village, revered veteran Zulu folk guitarist Madala Kunene headlines the Folk & Griot Festival (FAGF) in Utrecht with a special tribute programme on the long weekend of 15th and 16th December 2018. “Bafo”, as Madala Kunene is [...]
Give Thanks Ensemble @ Utrecht Town Park 21 December and @ Kwantu Village, 22/23 December In association with Concerts SA and Kwantu Village, afro-jazz collective Give Thanks Ensemble activates Utrecht on a full weekend of live music activities. Led by composer Bongani Sibanyoni on piano, the Pretoria-based core band of the Give Thanks Ensemble includes [...]
The Chairman: Saturday 22 December @10pm In association with Concerts SA and Akum Agency, post-folk band Urban Village will embarking in December on their first tour across southern Africa. For this tour, Urban Village will be joined on tour by Mozambican band Cantinho das Cores. Honouring this collaboration, the tour has been named Village das [...]
Argentinean-born, Johannesburg-based duo Ariel & Juana, consisting of double bass and vocals, is touring KwaZulu-Natal, in association with Concerts SA. Comprised by renowned double-bassist Ariel Zamonsky and vocalist Juana Pires Rafael, this acoustic duet generates a sense of intimacy with the listener through the exploration of the vast possibilities of dynamic and emotional range. The [...]
In association with Concerts SA, The Us are embarked on their breakout national tour called Welcome to The Us. Having started in November, the tour will have performances in Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town and KwaZulu-Natal during December. As seen on SABC 1’s new show ‘The Remix SA’, The Us is a multi-talented alternative music [...]
4th annual Durban Comedy Festival 2018 Whose Line? Gateway Hotel: Sat 22 Dec Wrapping up the fourth annual Durban Comedy Festival, On Fire Comedy presents Whose Line? At the Gateway Hotel on Saturday 22 December. Durban biggest comedy fest is back, with the side-splitting comedy feast is similar to the popular US TV show, Whose [...]
Innovate Durban Maritime Youth Innovation Challenge After an inspiring, exciting and gruelling six-month challenge, innovators Smartipants were awarded first place in the Maritime Youth Innovation Challenge at the prize-giving awards ceremony held this weekend. This is the fourth Youth Innovation Challenge, the flagship programme of Durban ideas and strategy incubator, Innovate Durban, with the 2018 [...]
6 December 2018 @ 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm Free Garde takes his Neo-Drum sound around the country In partnership with Concerts SA, neo-drum composer, singer, songwriter and producer, Siphesihle Siswana aka Garde, is embarked on The Appreciation Tour, coming now to Johannesburg and Durban. The Appreciation Tour is a concert tour of intimate live [...]
Distillery 031 Adding to their range of award -winning craft distilled gins, Distillery 031 are proud to announce their latest colourful creation, the D’Urban Scarlet Gin. The D’Urban Scarlet Gin is the world’s first gin made with cascara or coffee cherries. Cascara is the red, fleshy covering around the coffee bean which adds a subtle [...]
Feed the Mind Book Drive – donate before December 6 Understanding that it is the season for giving, a collective of caring Durbanites are urging the public to donate children’s books as part of an organised book drive for an amazing school located just outside KwaMashu called Quarry Heights Primary. “After years of teaching from [...]
This weekend (November 23/24), SPAR KZN visited various ranger camps in the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park with the Hilltop (Hluhluwe) and Imfolozi Honorary Officers to deliver 190 food hampers to the men and women working in the field. This is the 5th year that SPAR has visited the park to show appreciation for the work the rangers [...]
An Art for a Healthy Lifestyle Project Community ZA Gallery: 5 December. Speak for the Trees: Six artists with different backgrounds and experiences have been collaborating on an innovative art project using recycled and found materials for the past few weeks, culminating in an exhibition to open at Community ZA Gallery on 5 December. Mzansi [...]
In association with Concerts SA, Luthuli Museum and Artizen Lounge, iSupport Music Business presents saxophone player Thami Mahlangu at the Luthuli Museum in Groutville on Friday 7 December 2018 and at Artizen Lounge in KwaMashu on Sunday 9 December 2018. Tembisa-born Mahlangu will present a buzzing line-up. Joining him on stage will be Zibusiso Makhathini [...]
Tremendous finale WILLIAM CHARLTON-PERKINS reviews the closing Spring Season concert of the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2018 Word Symphony Series. CONDUCTOR: DANIEL BOICO SOLOIST: OLGA SCHEPS (PIANO) VENUE: DURBAN CITY HALL DATE: THURSDAY 22 NOVEMBER Daniel Boico, the KZN Philharmonic’s Associate Guest Conductor, brought the 2018 World Symphony Series to a close on a resounding high. [...]
2018 Youth Innovation Challenge The fourth Youth Innovation Challenge, Innovate Durban’s flagship programme, is wrapping up with 26 finalists grouped into 12 teams, presenting their final pitch and the four category winners being announced on 30 November. The Youth Innovation Challenge with a core focus on maritime, began in May this year with 120 keen [...]
Sunday 2 December In association with Concerts SA and Seaman’s Corner, iSupport Music Business brings you Mxolisi M at Seaman’s Corner on Sunday 2 December. The doors open at 2pm, tickets are R30 at the door. Mxolisi M is a professional saxophonist and all-round musician based in Durban. Born and raised in the Johannesburg township [...]
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: 7 Dec- 6 Jan DURBAN: This year’s Kickstart annual festive season family pantomime is a magical, brand new production of everybody’s favourite fairy tale about the kitchen maid with the heart of gold, who wins the hand of a handsome prince: Cinderella comes to the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre on UKZN campus from [...]
It’s Cool to Care The Umhlanga Summer Festival 2018 uMhlanga: 14 – 23 December The annual uMhlanga Summer Festival brings a myriad family-centred holiday activities to uMhlanga for the 2018 festive season for visitors and locals alike, from 14 – 23 December. Understanding that the season is about goodwill, family and community, the theme for [...]
Durban has many well-hidden secrets. I don't think this it is because Durbanites are narrow minded or slack; it is simply that there is so much to do and such a diverse range of activities that they simply focus on what 'floats there boats', rather than follow trends. The Alliance Francaise in Sutton Park, Windermere [...]
Thank you Daily News for using the photo so well! Hauntingly beautiful music for Tonight’s KZNPO concert KZNPO’s 2018 Spring Season Durban City Hall: 1 – 22 November This Thursday evening, Durban music lovers can enjoy one of the most hauntingly beautiful, breathtakingly melancholic pieces of music in the classical music repertoire: Samuel Barber’s Adagio [...]
Thupelo Arts Workshop and Open Day Ikomkhulu Art Space: 7 – 16 November Open Day: Sat 17 November A ten-day intensive arts making fellowship, and much anticipated regional Thupelo workshop, is currently being held at Ikomkhulu artists’ workspace situated at Ambassador House in town. This initiative of the Cape Town-based Greatmore Studios, runs until Friday [...]