If last weekend was all about design and art, this weekend is all about music and theatre. The ever-growing Music Exchange conference returns to Cape Town this Friday and Saturday for the fourth time, and this year boasts an impressive lineup of speakers, including the talented Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def! Both the Zabalaza Theatre Festival at the Baxter and the 10th birthday festival for the Kalk Bay Theatre also kick off this and next week.
In other music and theatre news, multi-Grammy-nominated artist Tamia has been announced to be performing in Joburg, Cape Town and PE in April. Eugene Yiga interviews Bianca le Grange about her role in Fugard production; Blood Brothers, and Jordan Scott interviews Goodluck ahead of their K-Day performance.
New competitions this week see you stand the chance to win two tickets to Luck of the Irish at Emperors Palace, and two tickets to next Sunday's Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concert featuring the Cape Town Folk 'n Acoustic Music Festival!
Happy weekend!
Ruth Cooper, Lifestyle Co-editor & Production Manager (@Biz_Lounge)
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It has been announced that hip hop artist Mos Def is to deliver the keynote address at Music Exchange, the music, film and entertainment programme, which is returning to Cape Town City Hall on 7 and 8 March, 2014.
Multi-Grammy-nominated artist Tamia is to perform in a three-city tour in April 2014, namely: Grand Arena, GrandWest, Cape Town on Saturday, 26 April; Big Top Arena, Carnival City, Joburg on Sunday, 27 April; and the Boardwalk Convention Centre, Port Elizabeth on 30 April.
Bianca le Grange, currently starring in the South African staging of Blood Brothers, was nominated for a Fleur du Cap Theatre Award this week. Here's what she had to say about the news.
In preparation for K-Day, KFM and MTN have been hosting live studio performances over the last few weeks. Jordan Scott was privileged to have a few minutes with Jules and Ben from Goodluck at last week's Front Row Friday, here's what they had to say. Read more >>
The Cape Town-based Balkan party band, The Nomadic Orchestra, is undertaking a campaign called #FindTheNomads. Throughout March 2014, The Nomadic Orchestra will be playing 10 free pop-up shows in the Cape Town area to promote the band's forthcoming music video launch, taking place on Friday, 11 April at The Assembly, Cape Town. Read more >>
The countdown to the annual University of Stellenbosch Woordfees has begun! The festival is a celebration of written and spoken word in a variety of contexts (including poetry, prose, debate, drama and music) and runs from 7 to 16 March, 2014. Read more >>
Kalk Bay Theatre celebrates its 10th birthday from 11 to 15 March with a week of one-off performances from some of South Africa's top artists. Read more >>
The Baxter Theatre Centre, Cape Town, will be holding the fourth annual Zabalaza Theatre Festival, which runs from 7 to 14 March, 2014, and plays across four different theatre spaces. Read more >>
Cosmopolitan is set to host its first Make Me Conference on 8 March, 2014, in Joburg, and headlining the event will be some of the fashion industry's biggest names, including fashion expert and award-winning TV presenter Gok Wan. Read more >>
On Thursday, 27 February, Corporate Games South Africa hosted the official launch of the third annual Cape Town Corporate Games. In attendance was a number of high profile, regional based corporates and governmental leaders. Read more >>
Nike has revealed the new limited edition kit for the South African national soccer team, Bafana Bafana, for their international friendly against Brazil on 5 March in Johannesburg. Read more >>
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