The Mail & Guardian’s weekly round-up of the country’s hot-ticket events in Cape Town.
Pravda Gypsy Swing DJ band are performing at the Bootleggers Electro Swing Party on Saturday. Expect everything from electro swing to vintage big band, jazz and swing, Fifties rock ‘n roll, rockabilly, nu swing, ghetto funk, Balkan, gypsy swing and more from DJs JP SiLVER and Django.
WHEN: August 23.
WHERE: Players Restaurant at the River Club, Corner Liesbeek Parkway and Station Road, Observatory, Cape Town.
INFO: Tickets R40 pre-sale. R60 at the door. Contact nacct@mailbox.co.za
Groot Geraak is the latest solo exhibition by photographer and filmmaker Gordon Clark. Groot Geraak (Grew up) examines the life of Quentino, a young boy growing up in Elsies River on the Cape Flats, an area that has been plagued by endemic gang violence. Quentino and his peers are photographed at various stages over a three-year period in an attempt to locate defining moments in their lives.
WHEN Exhibition ends September 10.
WHERE: COMMUNE.1, 64 Wale Street Cape Town.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 5pm, and Saturday, 10am to 2pm.
INFO: 021 423 5600, or visit
