In association with Concerts SA, young world music band The Sun Xa Experiment will be delivering a musical engagement with Durban’s artistic community through their innovative tour called the Jam 4 For Peace Tour. Produced by Digging Thoughts, this Durban tour will run from the 29th October until 7th November, covering venues like Jazzy Rainbow [...]
Press Release - For Immediate Release Johannesburg, 25th October 2016 Live music is good for you and good for cities, research says If you listen to or play live music, you are likely to be happier and healthier! That’s one of the research findings showcased in the latest report on South African [...]
Press Release - For Immediate Release Johannesburg, 21st October 2016 Music Mobility Fund selects 21 new music tours Concerts SA supports national and SADC regional touring The SAMRO Foundation is proud to announce the results of the October 2016 round of the Concerts SA Music Mobility Fund. Initiated in 2013, this fund offers opportunities [...]
Point Yacht Club Hobie 16 Nationals LDYC, Gauteng: 21 - 24 October Durban’s Hobie heroes, Garth Loudon and Robbie Edouard-Betsy raced magnificently in the recent Hobie 16 Nationals held at Lake Deneys Yacht Club in Gauteng from Friday 22 to Sunday 24 October. After 14 races, the duo placed proudly in podium position with well-deserved silver [...]
Jonsson Cup Pursuit Race Harbour: Saturday 5 November Point Yacht Club’s dinghy season will officially get underway with the first major sailing event held in the bay on Guy Fawkes Day on Saturday 5 November. The format for the race is set as a pursuit race; this means that the start line is a buzz [...]
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: 9 – 13 November 2016 Ian von Memerty makes a welcome return, returns to the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre with his latest musical-comedy offering, Keyboard Killers, for five performances only, from 9 – 13 November. Take South Africa`s ‘King of the Keyboard’, von Memerty and put him together with eight of the greatest [...]
Cool Runnings, 28 October In association with Concerts SA, iSupport and Fifi the Rai Blaster present the national tour of Sky Arch, a musical exploration on how oral traditions and “indigenous” mythology and astronomy affect and shape our collective consciousness. Using today’s digital tools alongside live instruments, the performance fuses music and rhyme-driven storytelling combined [...]
An Open Letter to Dr. Survé By Illa Thompson Dear Dr. Survé, Change is inevitable and potentially exciting, although transition itself is often hard and unsettling. We all know that the mainstream media landscape is in the process of major transformation as globally consumers rely increasingly on electronic devices for information which compromises the future [...]
Harbour: Saturday 17 September The Bashboard from the third Bart’s Bash has been tallied and Point Yacht Club featured prominently on the log with Rear Commodore for Dinghies, Myles White and his partner Jeremy Kriek registered as the top South African sailors. Hailed as a resounding success, this year’s Bart’s Bash had 58 countries participating [...]
Centre for Fine Art, Animation and Design Old Durban Airport – Fri 28 October 2016, from 5.30pm Durban’s most innovative art school, CFAD (Centre for Fine Art Animation and Design) will hold their annual Graduation Dinner, Fashion Extravaganza and TLTL Awards Ceremony at the Old Durban Airport on Friday 28 October starting at 5.30pm for [...]
KwaMuhle Museum: now on South African Voices: Towards a Museum of HIV Memory and Learning is a collection of artefacts, artistic, historic and photographic items that pay tribute to those who suffered and succumbed, and those who live with HIV every day in South Africa. South African Voices is a partnership project between eThekwini Municipality, Avacarehealth and [...]
KZNSA Gallery: 18 Nov – 15 Jan 2017 Durban’s biggest local independent Christmas fair, KZNSA’s Buzzart, which runs at the KZNSA Gallery from 18 November until 15 January 2017, is looking for artists, crafters and designers (in various media) to participate in their annual year-end KZNSA Buzzart exhibition and show. “We are looking for interesting, [...]
The Last Affair – MKDA 20th Anniversary Celebration Sibaya: 22 & 23 October The Melanie Kisten Dance Academy’s smash hit Kambakht Ishq is back with its signature scintillating, mesmerizing, scorching and vibrant dances – comes to the iZulu Theatre at Sibaya Casino on 22 and 23 October. Conceived, produced and choreographed by the Melanie Kisten, Kambakht Ishq 3 (loosely translated [...]
Music in The Shed, Hillcrest: Fri 21 October In association with Concerts SA, Durban's Soul Folk singer-songwriter-guitarist Rowan Stuart will be performing at Music In The Shed, Hillcrest, on Friday 21 October, as part of his Spring Tour, joined by Andy Turrell on bass guitar. Rowan has created an inimitable brand of Soul Folk music, [...]
UKZN Centre for Jazz and Popular Music: Fri 14 October The 11th Annual African Cultural Calabash will be hosted by third year African Music Outreach: Community Development students under the theme Soul of Africa in One Voice. The headliner is Maskandi Bahubhe from uMzinto Jolvet who is reputed to be one of the best dancers/singers/storytellers [...]