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Power duo: Coco and J’Something host the festival that blends
culinary artistry with soul culture. Photo: Supplied

Gig Guide: Ben Rodrigues releases Hazel Eyes, Coco & J’Something’s ‘Lovers Rock’ returns this Valentine’s Day and catch The Rise by Kgethang Konese this Easter

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Revellers: A sea of festival goers at the Kaytranada Milk + Cookies Joburg show. Photo: Supplied by Milk + Cookies

Gig Guide: Scorpion Kings to perform at Piano People SA debut, Made In Jozi NYE Festival with Shekinah & DJ Kent, WAV Festival redefining R&B and Soul, Gunna & Majid Jordan back in SA for Milk + Cookies Festival

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From left: Founders Kevin Reese, Chase Freeman and Gregory K Burton Jr. Photo: Supplied by Milk + Cookies.

More Than A Festival: Inside the Milk + Cookies Music Week Mission

Milk + Cookies Music Week returns to South Africa, thus cementing its status as more than a festival through its commitment to local talent and economic support.

The Luxurious Marble Circus

Festivals: When celebration becomes a catalyst for change

Events such as the Luxurious Marble Circus is backed by sponsorship that brings people together, creates jobs and is a driver for social and environmental change

Juicy: Musician Apples drops Magic this Women’s Month.

Diary:  Kamyar Bineshtarigh’s Group Show to open at  Southern Guild this August, Don Toliver part of 2025 DStv Delicious line up and Apples releases Magic

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CALL FOR ENTRIES: SOUTH AFRICAN FILMMAKERS INVITED TO SHOWCASE THEIR WORK AT THE 2025 AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL

Submissions Now Open – Entry Fee Waived for South African Filmmakers. South African filmmakers, storytellers, and creatives are invited to submit their work for the 29th Annual…

Sara Buijskes: Joburg’s first woman commercial photographer.

Diary: Sara Buijskes at Heritage Foundation, Queertopia.za returns, Joe Kay brings Soulection to Jozi

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The track blends smooth jazz influences with upbeat deep house rhythms.

Diary: Crump and Edsoul unite, Young, Famous & African season three, Hey Neighbour festival

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On 5 January, festival-goers were sent into a dance frenzy as Kaytranada took to the stage for the Cape Town show. (Photo supplied by Milk and Cookies)

Kaytranada headlines first Milk and Cookies Festival in South Africa

The DJ-producer had Cape Town in a dance frenzy and on Saturday it’s Johannesburg’s turn

True story: Malcolm Jiyane will be performing in Joburg on 19 July.

Diary: Redhill Arts Festival, Food Indaba in Cape Town and Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O at Untitled Basement

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Stellenbosch Wine Harvest Parade. Photo: Supplied

Take part in the Stellenbosch Wine Harvest Parade

This year’s event coincides with the celebrations for the 364th year since wine was first made in South Africa

The best of jazz is back at the North Sea festival

After a two-year break, jazz aficionados are gathering in Rotterdam in the Netherlands for a three-day musical feast

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DStv Delicious International Food and Music Festival back with a bang!

The festival is making a grand return after two years of absence due to the pandemic

Koleka Putuma in ‘Hullo, Bu-bye, Koko, Come In’. Photos: Paul Botes & Nurith Wagner-Strauss

Art imitates life at the National Arts Festival

This year’s National Arts Festival in Makhanda – the first live one since the pandemic – tackles unemployment, the Marikana Massacre and the manner in which black women in…

Book Review: ‘Now You Know How Mapetla Died’

Historian and author Zikhona Valela unravels the life and death of Black Consciousness activist Mapetla Mohapi, who died in detention in 1976

‘Soweto’: Musician and Black Consciousness member Molefe Pheto and other group members were received by Nigerian officials as “heroes from the frontline”. (George Hallet)

From festival to John Vorster: Molefe Pheto on attending Festac ’77 uninvited

The musician and activist relives the political import of Festac ’77

Arts Alive highlights power of creativity in democracy

This year’s Arts Alive programme has a strong focus on theatre and reinforces the important role art plays in improving the quality of lives.

Art fair or just opportunist?

Galleries may thrive but will the planned Art Week, FNB Joburg Art Fair and Arts Alive festivities have any greater social or cultural ramifications?

The Masekela, Willis and Gismonti southern connection

Johannesburg came alive on Saturday evening when jazz greats took to the stage for "South Meets South — An Evening With The Masters".

Sadhus or holy men run into the Sangham

Millions wash away sins at Kumbh festival

The Kumbh Mela, celebrated every 12 years, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad, drew massive crowds of devotees, ascetics and foreign tourists.