Shout-Africa Southern Africa Desk – Saturday 11 June The Bassline presents the next in the Start Smart series of workshops to be hosted at the venue. This month’s workshop will be focussed on marketing and the specific challenges artists and management face in South Africa when marketing music, as well as the tools and ideas you need to successfully market music. The workshop will kick off at 2pm on the 11th and is presented by author and speaker David Chislett. Chislett brings his wealth of experience in marketing and PR to the fore in this workshop, sharing tips and tricks... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, June 1st 2011 |
By Novell Zwange – Johannesburg – A memorial service for the late Zim Ngqawana (25 December 1959 – 10 May 2011[1]) is set for this Friday, June 3 · 2:00pm – 5:00pm at the Bassline, in Newtown, Johannesburg. Zim died in the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital after suffering a stroke, he had been rehearsing at his home in Troyeville for a show at Wits on that weekend when he had the stroke. the late Zim Ngqawana Later known as Zimology, was one of South African leading flautist and saxophonist. The youngest of five children, Ngqawana started playing flute at the age of 21. He dropped... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, June 1st 2011 |
By Novell Zwange – Fireworks are expected at this year’s second edition of Crossings, an international artistic workshop geared towards choreographers, composers, dancers & lighting designers, as twenty eight South African and international participants will get together under the artistic direction of established artists including two choreographers: Vincent Mantsoe (South Africa) and Michel Kelemenis (France), one dancer: Sifiso E. Kweyama (South Africa), two composers: James Webb (South Africa) and Eva Königer (Austria) and one lighting designer: Floriaan Ganzevoort (Holland). The Dance Factory, the Dance Forum, Moving into Dance Mophatong and Vuyani Dance Theatre with the support of the National Arts Council, the French Institute of South Africa, Institut Francais and the British Council have announced... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, June 1st 2011 |
GUGULETHU, CAPE TOWN, 30 MAY 2011 – The debut TOPS Gugulethu Wine Festivalwas the shining star in Cape Town over the 27th and 28th May weekend. It is being hailed as a major success by the 2050 visitors, 37 exhibitors and over 120 media that attended over the two evenings on the rooftop of the Gugulethu Square Mall. The festival was officially opened by Cape Town Premier Helen Zille, who commented that you can no longer say Cape Town is not a wonderfully integrated city as one looked over the sea of people that packed the wine tasting marquee on Friday. She... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, May 30th 2011 |
NEWTOWN PARK, NEWTOWN Johannesburg, South Africa FREE CONCERT — PROFESSOR (SA) NKULI DUBE (SA) OLUFEMI (NIGERIA) HABIB KIOTE (SENEGAL) BAABA MAAL (SENEGAL) UJU (SA) TUMI & THE VOLUME (SA)
Publish Date: Saturday, May 28th 2011 |
