The Cape of Good Festivals ...

Cape Town Festival

Festivals, car­ni­vals and fun times are on offer in Cape Town this March. There is so much to do I’m find­ing it dif­fi­cult to find a spare minute in my social cal­en­dar. So I thought I would share some of the fun and excit­ing events that are tak­ing place in and around the Mother City this month so you can fill your diar­ies as well ...

... Cape Town Carnival
The Cape Town Carnival starts everything off from 18–20 March. What is this car­ni­val you might be ask­ing, it’s not just another place to eat some food and wander around it is a fest­ival with the primary object­ive of bring­ing the diverse people who make up the City of Cape Town together. How can this be done, the answer is simple through the uni­ver­sal lan­guage of music, dance and cre­ativ­ity. If you have ever been to Cape Town you will know that there is an abund­ance of all three of these.

Cape Town Carnival

The Cape Town Carnival kicks off with a fash­ion show on Thursday 18 March at The Lookout at the V&A Waterfront, with many local mod­els and some of South Africa’s lead­ing fash­ion design­ers. Make sure you find your­self a good view­ing spot on Long Street on Saturday 20 March for the Carnival Parade. Picture the Rio Carnival but Cape Town style, with over 2000 dan­cers, cos­tumes, musi­cians and sing­ers who will be per­form­ing 6 new Cape Town songs, in uni­son, with large screens to ensure you exper­i­ence it all. Get to the Green Market Square early to wit­ness the start of the fest­iv­it­ies at 18h00 and make you way to Long Street by 20h00 for the parade. (see more at http://www.capetowncarnival.com/)

... Cape Town Festival
The Cape Town Festival from 19–22 March takes place in the Company Gardens, a large pub­lic park which is set in the heart of Cape Town. Some of the artists you will see per­form­ing are the soul­ful Chad Saaiman, reg­gae band The Rudimentals, 2009 Idols win­ner Sasha-Lee Davids, the Cape Town Jazz Orchestra, The Rockets, Emily Bruce and pop­u­lar local artists Alistair Izobel and Emo Adams. So you can be sure you’re in for a treat.

Cape Town Festival

If you’d like to plan when the best time to visit the fest­ival is, keep the fol­low­ing in mind. The pro­gramme on Friday 19 March will fea­ture a whole host of musical styles and artists, Saturday’s pro­gramme will lean toward the youth, Sunday’s pro­gramme will be pre­dom­in­antly jazz while Monday’s pro­gramme will show­case the pop­u­lar Community Vibrations Concert. For more inform­a­tion you can tele­phone the fest­ival offices on +27 (0)21 465‑9042 (or see the web­site at http://www.capetownfestival.co.za/)

... Freewheeling Festival
If you’re look­ing for an oppor­tun­ity to let go and set your spirit free then the Freewheeling Festival is the one for you, it offers you the free­dom to explore one­self intel­lec­tu­ally, emo­tion­ally and spir­itu­ally in a unique envir­on­ment. Taking place from 19–22 March in Stanford there is a wide focus of events and work­shops, demon­stra­tions and inter­act­ive dia­logues, music and theatre as well as children’s activ­it­ies to keep you busy and stim­u­lated for the entire fest­ival. For more inform­a­tion you can tele­phone Marian on +27 (0)82 971‑2578.

Out The Box Festival

... Out The Box Festival
The annual Out The Box Festival from 20–28 March 2010 is a feast of pup­petry and visual per­form­ance tak­ing place at the Baxter Theatre, the UCT Hidding Campus is Gardens and the Labia Cinema on Orange Street. With the artistic dir­ect­or­ship of Janni Younge and Jaqueline Dommisse you are in for work­shops, live talks, exhib­i­tions, films drama and dance that will stretch your ima­gin­a­tion. This is a fam­ily fest­ival with spe­cific shows aimed at chil­dren, teens and young adults. All book­ings can be made through Computicket and for more inform­a­tion you can tele­phone +27 (0)21 462‑5811.

Wow, Cape Town cer­tainly has its hands full with fun and excit­ing fest­ivals this month. Get your diar­ies out now and fill in the blanks, and I hope to see you out there enjoy­ing Cape Town at its best!

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