Don’t miss this: December 19 – 22

EAST LONDON

• Catch Stimela, Oliver Mtukudzi, Trompies, Uhuru, Mafikizolo, The Soil, Papa Wemba, DJs Tira and Ganyani and other artists at the annual Buyel’Ekhaya Pan African Music Festival. It will also feature a tribute to superstar Brenda Fassie with a line-up led by Swazi Dlamini, Zahara and Berita. The festival, which began in 2009, has grown to become an established event and cultural mecca in the Eastern Cape. WHEN December 21. WHERE Buffalo Cricket Stadium in East London. COST Tickets cost R180 from Computicket and ?Shoprite Checkers. INFO Cooler boxes and picnic baskets are R50 a person. For VIP and hospitality ticket sales and inquiries, contact [email protected]

DURBAN

• Concerts South Africa and Hansa Pilsner present Rainbow Restaurant’s 33rd birthday concert featuring the Madala Kunene band and special guests Mabi Thobejane, Zamo Mbutho and Lu Dlamini.? Kunene has a history that goes back to the turbulent 1980s and the band Zanusi. He travelled to New York in October as part of Carnegie Hall’s Ubuntu: Music and Arts of South Africa and brings the same band to the Rainbow: Bernard Mndaweni on bass, Paki Peloeole on drums, Vincent Mthethwa on keyboards and Mdu Magwaza on sax and pennywhistle. WHEN December 21 at 1pm. WHERE Rainbow Restaurant. COST Tickets cost R80 from the Rainbow, Pick n Pay or webtickets.co.za

JOHANNESBURG

• Standard Bank Jazz Artist winner Nduduzo Makhathini, piano master Andile Yenana, international percussionist Thebe Lipere, Tumi Mogorosi and more will perform at the jazz, poetry and market festival Beyond the Mind of the Oppressed. There will be street art, children’s paintings and a market fair. WHEN December 20 from 12 noon for the market. The concert kicks off at 7pm. WHERE Soweto Theatre. COST Tickets cost R50 and are available from sowetotheatre.com and at the Afrikan Freedom Station. 

PLETTENBERG BAY

• Artists will create music and art on site at the art event themed Flow. There will also be live model drawing groups, buskers and book signings. Local art, published works and musicians’ CDs will be on sale. WHEN Until December 23 and from January 6 to 11. WHERE The Whitehouse Venue and Theatre. INFO Visit whitehousevenue.co.za

PRETORIA

• Catch two-time Grammy-nominated Hugh Masekela in concert, a performance that forms part of the Mzansi Fela Festival. WHEN December 19 at 8pm. WHERE State Theatre’s Opera Theatre. COST Tickets range from R80 to R200 and are available from computicket.com