TONIGHT
l The Radium Jazz Trio at The Radium Beer Hall, 282 Louis Botha Ave, Orange Grove. 8.45pm. Freee. Tel: 011 728 3866 or Andy: 083 542 1044.
l DJs Zuby, Avesh, Presto, G9 and Vinosh in Arabian Nights at Vacca Matta, Montecasino, cnr William Nicol Drive and Witkoppen Rd, Fourways. Ladies free before 10pm and couples R150 until 11pm. Tel: 011 511 0511
l Derek Gripper music dining evening at Moyo Zoo Lake, 1 Prince of Wales Drive, Saxonwold. 8pm. Admission TBA. Tel: 011 646 0058.
l Mlungisi Gegana (acoustic bass), Lwanda Gogwana (trumpet, flugelhorn), Wandile Molefe (piano) and Ndumiso Madonsela (drums) at The Orbit Jazz Club, 81 De Korte St, Braamfontein. 8.30pm. R120. Tel: 011 339 6645.
l Queens Of Comedy at The Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City Casino, 14 Shaft St, Selby Ext 19, Joburg. The sketch will feature the likes of Krijay Govender, Kaseran Pillay and Leeandra Reddy. R150 at Computicket. 8pm. Tel: 011 248 5168.
l Winter Jazz Festival at Carnival City’s Big Top Arena, intersection of the N17 toll road, Snake Rd (Heidelberg Rd or R23) and Elsburg Rd (R554), Brakpan. 8pm. Admission TBA. Tel: 011 898 7000.
TOMORROW
l Evening with William Blackrose at Speak Easy Lounge, Stonecradle, 72 Game Reserve Drive, Doornkloof, Irene (Rietvleidam). Theatre opens 6pm and show starts 8pm. R85. Inclues free welcome drink. Tel: 073 266 2555.
l The El Cantante Trio, featuring Wonderboom vocalist and guitarist, Celio, with Martin Scholfield (guitar) and Riaan van Rensburg (drums) perform Spanish favourites at The Radium Beer Hall, 282 Louis Botha Ave, Orange Grove. 9pm. R80. Tel: 011 728 3866 or Andy: 083 542 1044.
l Bheki Khoza (guitar and vocals), Sphiwe Shiburi (drums), Mandla Zikalala (bass) and Denzyl Weale (piano) at The Orbit Jazz Club, 81 De Korte St, Braamfontein. 8.30pm. R120. Tel: 011 339 6645.
l Capital Craft Beer Festival at Voortrekker Monument Heritage Site, Eeufees Rd, Groenkloof. Exciting music acts and a variety of local micro-manufactured brews. 10.30am. R110 to R120 from www.capitalcraft.co.za.
SUNDAY
l Mr Cat and the Jackal at Tings an’ Times, Shop No 36, Waterglen Centre, cnr January Masilela (General Louis Botha) and Garsfontein rds, Waterglen. Free, table reservations essential. Tel: 012 993 0234.
l Kwaito in the House featuring DJ Wilson at Speak Easy Lounge, Stonecradle, 72 Game Reserve Drive, Doornkloof, Irene (Rietvleidam). From 5pm. R30pp. Tel: 073 266 2555.
l DJs T-Bose, Billy and Laspa at HaMoloi, cnr Monument and Kempton rds, Kempton Park. 3pm. Admission TBA. Tel: 083 956 9486.
MONDAY
l Youth Day Celebrations with OkmalumKoolkat, Steelo Magolide, Sanele, DJs Hunose, Tyga, Tastey, Ado, Jackson, Vernon, Bengues, Bman and Lash T at Blue Room, cnr Festival and Arcadia sts, Hatfield. Tel: Tumelo at 072 436 5949.
TUESDAY
l Youth Day Celebrations with Riky Rick, Thebe Lenyora, Ismail Abrahams, Bambo Johnson, Comfort, TZee and Moz D. Party-goers are urged to dress to the “back to school”theme. Noon at Lethabong Lawn, Morula Casino, Molefe Makinta (Lucas Mangope) Highway, Mabopane. R80 (pre-booking advised). Tel: 012 799 0000.
l Solti DJ, GBF, Solidchild, KBM, Presto, Milez and Phats at La Casmar Pub and Grill, 118 Main St, Rossetenville. Free until 4pm and R20 gets you in thereafter. Tel: 082 752 3344 or [email protected].
WEDNESDAY
l Open Mic Night at Speak Easy Lounge, Stonecradle, 72 Game Reserve Drive, Doornkloof, Irene (Rietvleidam). 7.30pm. R30. Tel: 073 266 2555.
THURSDAY
l Speak Easy Goes Italian at Speak Easy Lounge, Stonecradle, 72 Game Reserve Drive, Doornkloof, Irene (Rietvleidam). 7.30pm. R200. Tel: 073 266 2555.
l Be at TJ’s Acoustic Club, Mark’s Park, Judith Rd, Emmarentia, for an ensemble of old and contemporary live music including some bluesy ballads, some ragtime, some rock. We have a back-up generator and inverter. 8pm. R25. Tel: 079 729 0294.
l E-mail gig details, subject ‘gig guide’ to munyaradzi.vomo@inl. co.za by Wednesday afternoon.
GIG OF THE WEEK
Basha Uhuru Festival
Constitutional Hill, Johannesburg
(Friday from 6pm, Saturday from 9am and Sunday from 10am)
Although things seem to have quietened down with regards to the xenophobic violence, more needs to be done to educate people on the subject. Investigation needs to be done on what causes it and how to curb it.
These are some of the discussions that will be heard at the Basha Uhuru Festival this weekend which follows the Youth Dialogue on Xenophobia event that took place yesterday.
As a loveLife initiative, the project seeks to start a dialogue on a series of topics around how the youth are affected by xenophobia.
“Although the upsurge of condemnation that happened after the violent attacks was very welcome and good for our country, it is time to hear young people’s voices on the matter,” said loveLife CEO, Grace Matlhape.
“loveLife runs a youth leadership exchange programme with three other African countries at the moment: Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia, and have established loveLife’s groundBREAKER programme in Tanzania and Zambia,” she added.
The festival, which begins today, will be held at Constitutional Hill (1 Kotze St, Joburg) and will address various human rights aspects between artists’ performances.
Some of the acts to look out for include Rasty Knaylez, who has some of the best graffitti artwork around Gauteng. He will be making new works related to the subject throughout the weekend.
Several musicians and poets will perform material related to the subject. It is, after all, the Youth Month, and there is no better time to talk about this. – Munya Vomo