Cape Town International Jazz Festival: 3 & 4 April 2009

The 10th Annual Festival festures more than 40 international and local artists to perform over two days on five stages. It has earned the status of being the most prestigious event on the African continent.

Barleycorn Annual Music Festival

Artists include Boulevard Blues, Louise Day Band, Little Kings, Albireo, Julia Jakobsen Band, Wayne Pauli, Ripcord, Broken Back Blues Band and Bill Knight & Julia Conradie. The Barleycorn Music Club offers a stage for local musicians to perform original compostions every Monday night at the Reygersdal Sports Club

Classicfeel and Bravo

The Western Cape is being spoilt with two new local publications about the theatre and culture. Classicfeel has been available in Gauteng and has now gone national. It is a beautiful magazine which covers all aspects of culture with the majority of articles about South African artists - what a pleasure. Bravo is an Afrikaans magazine that will be published quarterly. This issue focusses on the ABSA KKNK festival that was recently held in Oudtshoorn - featuring the different Afrikaans actors. I am sure that the next will feature the National Arts Festival at Grahamstown.

Both are great reads and give lovely background information into our vibrant arts scene - a definite must have.
Angela