Friday 30 and Saturday 31 March will see ‘Africa’s Grandest Gathering’ of jazz talent at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival in the CTICC. Attracting a mere six thousand music lovers in 2000, it has grown to become the defining music event on the African continent. Attracting 34,000 people last year, it is now voted [...]
Jane Swartz has been at Cape Grace since it opened fifteen years ago and her job is to look after the furniture, fabrics, artefacts and antiques – making sure everything is in immaculate condition. She knows off by heart what’s in every one of the 120 rooms and can recall every work of art and [...]
1. Sting (27 – 28 March) Sting performs at the Grand Arena, Grand West. Celebrating 25 years as a solo artist this is his Back to Base tour; all the hits, stripped down, as they haven’t been played in years. Book tickets now. 2. Sleeping Beauty (10 March) Sleeping Beauty showing at the Fugard Theatre [...]
If you happen to notice some strange, artsy things happening all over Cape Town from today until 10 March, you could be witnessing Infecting the City Public Arts Festival. Infecting the City encourages spectators to see, hear, smell the extraordinary and take a fresh look at the Mother City and the people who live in [...]
We have over 40 swimming spots around the Cape Peninsula, but here are our Top 5 less frequented places to escape to and enjoy a refreshing dip: – Zandvlei: Bet you never thought of swimming in this lovely estuary that starts at Muizenberg and creates the Zandvlei Nature Reserve? Its water is tested monthly and [...]
Signal Restaurant entices diners with a new and exciting summer menu! It’s a journey through cultures and customs that have paved the way for the cuisines and time-honoured cooking methods we see today. With ingredients encompassing responsible and sustainable food practices and dishes crossing worldwide borders, we invite you to plot a course with us [...]
Afternoon tea with delectable sandwiches, petit fours, macaroons and scones with cream and jam served on a dainty stack has to be about the best meal of the day. It’s not often we treat ourselves to such an indulgence but why not? At only R80 for the Cape Grace Afternoon Tea in Cape Town’s picturesque [...]
Do you always mean to go to great sounding events but they’ve come and gone before you know it? To prevent that from happening this month, here’s the heads up on some fun things to do in Cape Town this October to pre-book or put in the diary: 15 October: Dragon Boat Festival at Zandvlei [...]
Eid is a powerful time for the avowal of the Muslim faith, as it signifies the end of the month of fasting for Ramadan. Although it means fasting during the daylight hours of most of August, true fasting means abstaining from anything that could be considered an indulgence or weakness. At the same time it [...]
Hello Yellow! If you want to show the judges of the World Design Capital 2014 just how proud you are of your city – wear yellow this week. The judges are in town for a short time only from 24-26 July and we need to impress them. That’s why Table Mountain is glowing gold under [...]