Marley Bloo will be performing in the U The Space live music programme from 1 pm on June 17 at U The Space (old fire station), 146 Minnaar Street, Pretoria. Entrance is free. Continue reading
Music
Herbie Tsoaeli’s Afrikan Time at The Orbit
Herbie Tsoaeli presents Afrikan Time at The Orbit from 8.30 pm on June 17. Tickets R150. Continue reading
Locnville to release new album, ‘Taste the Weekend’, on June 17
Multi-platinum South African electro-hop duo, Locnville, will release their third studio album, and their first for Warner Music, Taste The Weekend, on June 17. Continue reading
Ellipsis, Nerissa Pillay and Zama Zwane to perform at Music in the Hills
HILTON’S Music in the Hills venue plays host to Ellipsis, Nerissa Pillay and Zama Zwane from 7 pm on Wednesday, June 15.
Entry is R20 and food and soft drinks available.BYOB. Visit http://www.mith.co.za for more details and directions to The Knoll Guesthouse and Backpackers in Knoll Drive, Hilton. Continue reading
Durban FilmMart partners with Sonoton Music Library
Sonoton’s Barbara Hintermeier
THIS year’s edition of the Durban FilmMart, which runs from June 17 – 20, includes a new partnership with Sonoton, the largest independent production music library in the world.
As part of the partnership with DFM, Sonoton’s Barbara Hintermeier will be hosting an online music search workshop for filmmakers, while the company will also be sponsoring the SONOfind contest in which entrants can win an Apple iPad and other great prizes. Continue reading
Celebrate Father’s Day at the Barnyard Theatre
THE Barnyard Theatre at Gateway will be celebrating Father’s Day on Sunday, June 19, with their Sunday matinee performance of 1 Hit Wonders. The show is a tribute to recording artists who only had one hit song and then disappeared into obscurity, never to be heard of again… that is until now! Continue reading
Home-grown talent at the Maritzburg Musicians’ Club
THE Maritzburg Musicians’ Club (MMC) at La Casa in Quarry Road, Pietermaritzburg, is hosting some home-grown talent on Tuesday, June 14. Headlining the evening will be Hilton-born Josh Wantie, who has been making South Africa proud with his very quick rise to international fame. Continue reading
Head to the ‘Berg for the Smoking Dragon Adrenalin Festival
Nomisupasta to perform at Smoking Dragon Adrenalin Festival
THE Smoking Dragon Adrenalin Festival will take place at the Amphitheatre Backpackers’ Lodge, in the foothills of the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park in KwaZulu-Natal from June 16 to 18.
The three-day unique event combines adrenalin-packed festivities with great music in the bo-ho backpackers’ lodge overlooking the magnificent Northern Drakensberg mountain range. Continue reading
Enjoy a special fundraising performance of ‘This is the Seventies’ at the Hexagon
THERE will be a special fundraising performance of This is the Seventies at the Hexagon Dive Theatre on Wednesday, June 15 at 7pm for 7.30 pm. Money raised from the event will be used to help fund the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s entry into the student festival at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown. Continue reading
Amandla Freedom Ensemble to mark the 40th anniversary of the June 1976 Soweto Uprising
Afrika Mkhize. Photo: Suzy Bernstein
2016 will mark the 40th anniversary of the historic June ‘76 uprisings that set to change the course of South African history; and on June 15 the Amandla Freedom Ensemble,The Resonance String Quartet together and critically acclaimed pianist and arranger Afrika Mkhize will observe a musical night vigil in honor of the momentous acts of the Youth of ’76 in fighting the repressive system of Apartheid and laying the foundations for a free and democratic society.
#TheMusicShallGovern will be staged at Joburg’s premier jazz venue, the Orbit, from 8 pm. Tickets cost R150.
With an abundant wealth of talent and creativity that exists. #TheMusicShallGovern offering will offer a unique assemblage of a string quartet, harp and four horn jazz combo of some of Johannesburg’s fiercest young jazz and classical exponents.
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