As the working year gathers momentum and sunny holiday memories become distant, upcoming worthwhile entertainment events are greatly needed to make the 9-5 humdrum existence more tolerable. Luckily, there is always a variety of top class entertainment options to break the monotony. UTC 2013 is imminent and if you have yet to purchase a ticket, why not
enter our comp and stand the chance to win one full weekend pass. The
Ramfest line-up in CT, JHB, DBN and PE has been announced and looks to be a monstrous beast of a fest, while the second
Cape Town Electronic Music Festival to be held in mid-Feb is turning up the volume on EDM.
If seriously feeling the post-holiday blues then why not start planning the next holiday break. Travel contributor Will Smith (not that Will Smith, obvs) explains the benefits of planning a trip with a
travel concierge. A concierge would also greatly assist with some of the more unusual requests that travellers might have; fortune tellers, lullabies and goats are just some of the above norm requests made by guests of the
Protea Hospitality Group seen over 2012.
Daniel Dercksen recommends blockbuster of the season, the tragic musical
Les Misèrables as a must see, while Eugene Yiga reviews the silly yet fun theatre adaption of all seven Harry Potter books in two man production,
Potted Potter.
Two tickets to this Sunday's
Old Mutual Kirstenbosch concert featuring Toya Delazy and Lindiwe Suttle are up for grabs!
Ruth Cooper, production manager (@biz_lounge)
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Cape Town's V&A Waterfront will once again play host to The Hunter's eXtreme Ultimate X 2013 Festival, which takes place at the Gateway Canal at the V&A Waterfront on 16 February, 2013. The festival will showcase the best that extreme sports has to offer from national and international BMX, FMX, skate- and wake-boarding champions. 
Most hotel staff could write books about the strange side of human nature they see at work, but since discretion is the watchword none of those experiences are ever likely to see the light of day - except on the Protea Hospitality Group's annual list of weird and wonderful guest requests submitted anonymously by staff from their 125 properties all over Africa! 
Following the announcement that the Holi One Colour Festival will be launching in South Africa in Cape Town on 2 March, 2013, the organisers have announced the date of the first Joburg festival, which will be on Saturday, 6 April at Emmarentia Dam, from 12 noon to 8pm. 
It has been confirmed that special guest Dutch DJ duo, NO_ID, will be joining all of the shows in the Swedish House Mafia OneLastTour in SA. 
Three international bands are to headline at Ramfest, the South African alternative music festival. They are: Rise Against (US , British metalcore band Bring Me The Horizon, as well as Paul Harding and Ben Verse from Pendulum (Australia and England).Ramfest 2013 will be touring Cape Town, Joburg, PE and Durban. 
The Cape Town Electronic Music Festival, to be held from 12 to 17 February, 2013, at the V&A Waterfront will once again feature a series of development workshops and satellite events in a core three-day festival looking into the multi facets of South Africa's electronic music scene. 
This year is the tenth birthday of the Suidoosterfees and will be a celebration of the Cape lifestyle, of its own people and unique, colourful heritage - in short, a celebration of the cultural diversity and inclusivity of the Mother City. 
DUBAI, UAE: Iconic cruise ship Queen Elizabeth 2 will be upgraded into a luxury floating hotel with 500 rooms and will be moored in an Asian harbour, its Dubai owners said in a statement on Thursday (17 January). 
