Founded in 1996, the annual Spier Arts Summer Season has grown to become one of the most popular fixtures in Stellenbosch's summer calendar. Including...
Themes:
Dance
, Art & Literature
, Theatre & Film
, Music
The Cape Town International Comedy Festival (CTICF) takes its place proudly alongside the world's major comedy festivals. Bringing top acts from around...
The Kite Festival is an annual fundraiser and awareness event organised by the Cape Mental Health, a registered NPO that offers free community based services...
The Cape Town World Cinema Festival showcases a range of feature films, shorts and documentaries from all over the world but with a particular emphasis...
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Exhibitions
, Spectacle
, Business
, Entertainment
, Theatre & Film
Falling under the umbrella of the Cape Town World Cinema Festival, the Children's Festival is an innovative programme tailored especially for children....
Themes:
Exhibitions
, Kids' Stuff
, Theatre & Film
Visitors can watch the spectacle of the annual International Dragon Boat Races as teams from all over the world battle it out in timed races at the V&A...
Out In Africa (OIA) is the biggest and most successful lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) film festival in South Africa as well as the whole...
Themes:
Theatre & Film
, Entertainment
, Spectacle
, Gay & Lesbian
The Sithengi Film & TV Market is the business component of the Cape Town World Cinema Festival (CTWCF). It provides broadcasters, producers, distributors,...
Growing in stature year on year, Soccerex is now a four-day event that opens with a one-day football extravaganza then continues with an exhibition, conference...
Themes:
Exhibitions
, Kids' Stuff
, Sport
, Business
Proudly claiming to be one of the toughest foot races in South Africa, the Three Peaks Challenge in Cape Town in not for the fainthearted. Participants...
A real treat for whisky connoisseurs and anyone working in the industry, the annual Whisky Live Festival brings together approximately 160 different whisky...
Themes:
Food & Drink
, Exhibitions
, Business
, Home & Fashion
Out In Africa (OIA) is the biggest and most successful lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) film festival in the country. During the festival...
Themes:
Gay & Lesbian
, Theatre & Film
, Spectacle
, Entertainment
First held in 1903, the Cape Times FNB Big Walk consists of eight different stages all beginning on a different part of the Cape Peninsula and all finishing...
A great way to spend a lazy Sunday evening, visitors to the Summer Sunset Concerts at the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens can enjoy a range of musical...
Themes:
Food & Drink
, Spectacle
, Dance
, Entertainment
, Music
Borne out of a much smaller event that was held back in 1994, the annual Mother City Queer Project Festival (MCQPF) is one of biggest gay and lesbian...
Themes:
Spectacle
, Entertainment
, Dance
, Food & Drink
, Gay & Lesbian
, Music
This popular one-day festival in the famously Bohemian suburb of Observatory attracts thousands of visitors each year. The event's laidback charm and...
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Entertainment
, Food & Drink
, Kids' Stuff
, Dance
, Spectacle
, Music
, Comedy
Under South Africa's apartheid segregation system, 16 December was known as "Day of the Vow", harking back to the vow the Voortrekkers made to God before...
See in the New Year with a bang at Cape Town's V&A Waterfront at the ever popular New Year's Eve Bash. With a programme of live music, street performers...
Each January, Cape Town's Victoria & Alfred Waterfront welcomes locals and visitors alike to enjoy the delights of its free, four-day jazz festival....
Themes:
Spectacle
, Exhibitions
, Dance
, Entertainment
, Music
, Other
One of the biggest horse racing meetings in the city and one of the highlights of Cape Town's social calendar, the J&B Met is a glamorous event that...
Themes:
Food & Drink
, Entertainment
, Spectacle
, Sport
Inspired by the annual Shakespeare productions in London's Regent's Park, each summer since 1956 Cape Town has been hosting its Shakespeare at Maynardville...
Themes:
Spectacle
, Entertainment
, Theatre & Film
An incredibly colourful spectacle, the annual Kaapse Klopse (Cape Minstrels' Carnival) is a traditional New Year's celebration which originally marked...
Themes:
Food & Drink
, Dance
, Entertainment
, Spectacle
, Culture
, Music
On the day after New Year's Day, South Africans celebrate Tweede Nuwe-Jaar or the "Second New Year". Entire communities turn out to take part in the celebrations...
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Spectacle
, Culture
, Entertainment
, Dance
, Music
The popular Cape Town Community Chest Carnival takes over the city's southern suburbs for four days of family fun and entertainment. Events includes live...
Themes:
Culture
, Food & Drink
, Entertainment
, Dance
, Kids' Stuff
, Music
First held in 1989, the annual Dance Umbrella at Wits Theatre in Johannesburg presents an eclectic programme of contemporary dance choreography. Performances...
This five-day expo brings together designers from all over the world who come to exhibit, share and discuss their ideas for the revolutionary products,...
Themes:
Exhibitions
, Art & Literature
, Music
, Home & Fashion
, Business
, Theatre & Film
Sixteen tons of prickly pears are processed for the festival. Products made of the fruit and leaves of the prickly pear include preserves, bread, prickly...
Founded in 1996, the annual Spier Arts Summer Season has grown to become one of the most popular fixtures in Stellenbosch's summer calendar. Including...
Themes:
Dance
, Art & Literature
, Theatre & Film
, Music
The Cape Argus Pick 'n Pay Cycle Tour is one of the city's great sporting spectacles and attracts thousands of cyclists who come to compete in what is...
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