The Mail & Guardian’s round up this week’s hot-ticket events in Cape Town.
MUSIC
Straight No Chaser, 79 Buitenkant Street, Cape Town 8001. January 23: Brydon Bolton Trio (including Frank Mallows on vibraphone and Simon Annett on drums), 8.30pm. Tickets are R80 a set and R140 for both. INFO: fb
The Assembly, 61 Harrington Street, Cape Town 8001. January 28: The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya and Johan Hugo) perform with Baaba Maal. The show includes a DJ set by Mumford and Sons guitarist Winston Marshall and Cape Town acts The Aztec Sapphire, The Liminals, Oracles and Maxime Alexander. Doors open at 9pm. Early-bird tickets are R80. INFO: visit
FINE ART
Stevenson Cape Town, 160 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock, Cape Town 7925. Comrades, Meleko Mokgosi’s solo exhibition consisting of new figurative and text-based paintings, runs until February 27. INFO: visit
BALLET
Maynardville Open-Air Theatre, Wolfe St, Wynberg, Cape Town 7800. Cole Porter’s music is given a new twist in the dance production Night & Day: A Cole Porter Ballet. The show is directed by Robin van Wyk and features dancers from the Cape Town City Ballet. From January 24 to February 21. Tickets cost between R130 and R150. INFO: visit
Via Mail & Guardian
