Theatre, comedy, jazz, dance, and live performance — from Joburg stages to Macufe, CT Jazz Festival, and touring productions.
Themba Mkhize's isicathamiya musical Ingoma-busuku / Nightsong ends its State Theatre run on 1 November. He spent years building it from his research.
Mafikizolo will co-headline WAV Festival's Cape Town date on 2 January 2027, as Lordkez, Lusanda and Xowie join the line-ups for Cape Town and Pretoria.
Grammy winner Olivia Dean will headline Milk + Cookies 2027 at Sandringham Farm on 29 January and Nasrec on 31 January. Pre-sale tickets open 28 October.
The Market Theatre's first Queer Festival runs from 21 to 25 October, with Evita @ 91, two new plays, a queer chorus, dance, cabaret and new writing.
Pieter-Dirk Uys's satirical character returns for a single Market Theatre appearance on 21 October during the venue's 50th-anniversary year.
Graham Hopkins brings Albie Sachs soft vengeance story to the Baxter Studio for a 13-31 October Cape Town season.
Swiss poet Valerio Moser won the 2026 World Poetry Slam Championship at Poetry Africa’s 30th festival in Durban; Kenya’s Dennis Mwangi Gachie took second.
WAV returns 2–3 January 2027: Green Point Track in Cape Town, then SunBet Arena in Pretoria, with Ty Dolla $ign and KWN as the first international names.
The 27th Standard Bank Joy of Jazz wrapped its two-day Sandton run after bringing more than 50 musicians from over 10 countries across a programme built around African jazz, collaboration and legacy.
Beyond Music stages its first African live event on 22 September at Untitled Basement in Braamfontein, with an indigenous-sounds masterclass and open jam.
Free the Jazz brings emerging musicians, DJs and experimental sounds to the Sandton City Rooftop for a free Heritage Day programme ahead of Joy of Jazz.
More than 74,000 fans packed FNB Stadium as DJ Maphorisa and Kabza De Small turned Scorpion Kings Live into a stadium-scale celebration of amapiano and South African music.