The Next 48hOURS ≈ Entertainment Guide MUSIC MUSIC KIDS FUN Summer Market promises now mesmerises crowds with Jesse Clegg Live Snow Play Park meaningful and expressive Renowned South African art- Activities and rides that are at tracks, reflecting his identity ist, Jesse Clegg will be mak- once whimsical, wondrous more of everything as an Arab, Muslim and ing a debut appearance at the and wild will be taking place in Swede, to his millions of fans Brass Bell stage as part of his the transformed Centre Court, he much-anticipated Cape around the world. “I loved the Cape Town Tour. where everything will be Town Summer Market kicks music but I hated everything 15 December @ 7pm snow-sprinkled and ice-crys- off on Saturday Decem- that surrounded it, it always R100 talled, naturally. And this time ber 14 in the heritage-rich felt like something wasn’t The Brass Bell, Main Road, there’ll be a sugar-rush too, TCompany’s Garden in the heart of right.” says Maher. , Cape Town with outsized candy and lolli- the city centre and runs until De- R150 – R1000 pops providing that seasonal cember 30 (excluding Christmas 15 December NIGHTLIFE sweetshop feel. Day and Boxing Day). In its second , Cape Town Until 5 January year as the re-styled MCQP’s Space Cowboy Party R20, R50 & R70 Night Market, the market promises Summer Concerts in De Waal This is by far the most outra- , Tel: (021) 529 more vendors, lights and greater Park geous and fun event in Cape 9699 / 98 accessibility for all Capetonians. Pack a picnic, the kiddies and Town so don’t miss out. The Cape Town Summer Market even your canine, and enjoy 14 December @ 5:30pm *Hansel and Gretel also has a twin this year, namely the free live music on this city R320 – R480 Perfect holiday entertainment Langa Summer Market. centre greenway. Mayor’s , Green for the family at the Baxter “This is in celebration of this Christmas Gala Concert Point this festive season. Based on historic area and part of the City’s commitment to being an inclusive, and Champagne picnic fea- the classic tale by the Broth- Variety aplenty awaits holiday shoppers turing The Rockets and Night Beats Official Pre Party ers Grimm, this delightful mu- opportunity city,” says the City’s Saudiq Khan with The Fla- Get in the mood for some sical version by the award- Mayoral Committee Member for menco Troupe Night Beats at this official pre winning duo Fred Abrahamse Economic, Environmental and Spa- 15 December @ 3pm - party. Two parties are always and Marcel Meyer is set to tial Planning, Cllr Garreth Bloor. pany’s Garden is a national heri- forms the backbone of the Garden 7:30pm better than one is what we al- capture the imagination of all “We hope the new Langa Summer tage site, surrounded by some of and is one of the City’s great walk- FREE ways say! ages and promises to be a Market will be a catalyst for further the City’s landmark buildings and ing retreats. , Upper Orange 14 December @ 5pm treat for the young ones. economic opportunity in this area.” tourist destinations including the The Company’s Garden will be Street, , Tel: (021) SGT Pepper, 194 Long Until 11 January The Langa Summer Market runs Iziko National Art Gallery and Iziko full to the brim with market stalls, 423 4526 Street, Cape Town, Tel: (021) R70 from December 20 to 24 in the National Museum, the Planetarium, selling everything from hand- 424 5608 Flipside Stage, Baxter The- Langa Quarter just off the (next St George’s Anglican Cathedral, the crafted pieces for the home, stylish Alistair Izobell: Just Me – Net atre, Tel: (021) 685 7880 to the old Athlone ), Houses of Parliament, the Slave clothing and jewellery to tasty food So Psych Night – Night Beats just a ten minute ride from the city Museum and the Jewish Museum. delights and craft beers. Alistair Izobell’s new show, Psych Night alongside Vans is *Pimp Your Biscuit centre. Stretching almost a kilometre The market runs from 12 noon Just Me - Net So, is a heart hosting their first international Pimp Your Biscuit is place Cape Town has seen an explo- from the corner of Adderley Street until 11pm daily, and the City is warming and fantastically en- band - Seattle-based psych that lets kids bake and deco- sion of new markets in recent years, and Wale Street in the north, to investing in new lighting to make tertaining celebration of his rockers, Night Beats will be rate their own home style bis- but none can boast the setting and the entrance to the Mount Nel- sure vendors and visitors are safe life’s journey, and an extraor- bringing their onslaught of re- cuits from readymade cookie convenient location of the City’s son Hotel in Orange Street at the as night unfolds and the partying dinary performance career verb-soaked, fuzzed out Ga- dough for the kiddies. flagship summer market. The Com- mountain end, Government Avenue begins. that began when he was just rage Rock ‘n Roll to South Af- Every Wednesday – Satur- five years old and has seen rica. days @ 9:30am – 6pm him receive a Sir Laurence 14 December @ 9pm Stand 37, V&A Market on The Olivier Award – British the- R100, R140, R160 & R180 Wharf, Tel: 071 617 7290 atre’s most sought after The Assembly, 61 Harrington The presents award and considered a mark Street, Cape Town Discover a unique Two Oceans of theatrical greatness - and Aquarium in the Waterfront promises to be the ideal com- LoveAll Break Point: A Party for One of the top tourist attrac- Marc Lottering as plement to your planned fes- Reconciliation Day tions in Cape Town and over tivities this year. It’s time to get in the true 3000 living sea animals, in- 21 December @ 8pm Mzanzi vibe and unite as a cluding sharks, fishes, turtles R120 – R170 nation and what better way and penguins can be seen Grand Arena, Grand West, than to embody the true spirit this spectacular underwater Tel: 083 9158000 of this great nation than with a nature reserve. tennis themed party?! Open: Daily @ 9:30am – 6pm Jazz on the Vlei 3: Jazz Festival 15 December (incl. Public Holidays) Richard Ceasar and his Band @ 9pm Two Ocean Aquarium Cape A Christmas Carol tops the bill with their unique R60 Town, V&A Waterfront, Cape In Lara Foot’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’s sound and supreme skill. The Assembly, 61 Harrington Town, Tel: (021) 418 3823 There will be Jazz singer Zel- Street, Cape Town Shaleen Surtie-Richards da Benjamin backed by Trev- Ice Skating in Cape Town or Ray Parket Band belting Haezer EP Launch Come rain or shine - ice skat- Andrew Buckland out hits. Join the master of trashy elec- ing is a must! Whether you 14 December tro as he performs his newest want to organise a party or Christo Davids R80 beats from the ‘ Gold Plated just want to go skating with Jolly Carp Organic Market, 38 Frequencies’ EP, along with one or two friends, the ice rink Nur Abrahams Sasmeer Road, Retreat his first ever live visual show; is a whole lot of fun. not to be missed. Grandwest, Tel: (021) 535 Poseletso Sejosingoe Jelly Fish and the Mermaid Pro- 18 December 2260 duction R80, R100, R120 A sub-aquatic adventure that The Side Show, 11 Mechau Atlantic Rail Steam Train will make Jacques Crusoe Street, Cape Town Vintage fun for the whole fam- shout “Sacrebleu!” ily. Buxom, beautiful and still 14 December @ 9pm KIDS FUN hard at work at the ripe age of R30 63, Jenny hasn’t let the wrin- Carnival Court, 255 Long Fun For Kids @ Grandwest kles of time mar her life’s mis- Street, Cape Town Children will encounter face sion. painting, magic shows, Christ- Cape Town to Simon’s Town Zebra & Giraffe & Gangs of Bal- mas arts and crafts, juggling, and back one to three Sun- let drumming, stilt-walking, story- days a month. 14 December @ 4pm telling, balloon twisting, break R110 – R220 Café Roux, Noordhoek Farm dancers, a ballerina, sand art, Cape Town Train Lodge Ho- Village, 270 Chapmans Peak a cartoonist, a hula hoop tel, Tel: (021) 558 5805 Drive, Noordhoek, Tel: (021) dancer, Christmas beads, BAXTER THEATRE 789 2538 cookie decoration, clown Beautiful Butterfly World face-painting and of course Visit this Winelands paradise Bands on the Banks – Gerald the highlight of the season, and be privileged to see rest- Clark visits by Father Christmas in ing butterflies, exotic spiders 15 December @ 2pm the week leading up to Christ- and scary scorpions up close. 4 DEC 2013 - 25 JAN 2014 FREE mas Day. @ 9am – 5pm Spier Estate, R310 Baden 12 December – 11 January Route 44, Klapmuts, Cape Book now at Powell Road, Stellenbosch, Grandwest Winelands, Tel: (021) 875 Tel: (021) 809 1100 5628

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