Looking ahead
Fun in the Sun, an outdoor music festival, will take place at Hazelmere Dam on October 1 from 6am. More than 100 South African acts and DJs Timo ODV, Chunda Munki, Zinc, Chris Taylor are included in the line-up. Booking at Computicket.
Durban Comedy Week! features Mark Banks, Marc Lottering, Tats Nkonzo & more throughout Durban from Wednesday to October 2. Bookings: 032 946 2121/ info@onfirecomedy.co.za For more info on the line-ups, see www.onfirecomedy.co.za
The 5km Colour Run takes place at Durban North College on October 9 at 9am and in Pietermaritzburg on October 2 at Epworth High School. Tickets available online: http://thecolorrun.co.za.
Alliance Francaise: musician Rene Tshiakanyi and friends will host a one-off sun-downer Hope Concert on Thursday as a fund raiser for Lifeline Durban. Tickets cost R100. Call 031 312 9582 or buy tickets at the door.
Durban entertainer and comedian Mervyn Pillay presents his one man show Me, Myself & I, The Best Of Mervyn Pillay. Some of his best work from his past shows and a sprinkle of some new material on September 30 and October 1 at iZulu Theatre, Sibaya Casino, 8pm. Tickets R100 and R120 at Computicket.
The Phoenix North Coast (PNC) Cancer Support Group, a fully registered NPO, invites organisations to join them in an Open Health Day at the Mount Edgecombe Conference Centre on October 9. Call Roy Sukdhev at 0836310814
The Rhodesia Association of South Africa hosts John Edmond, the song writer and singer from the old days of Rhodesia on October 2 at 11.30 for noon for a fun filled afternoon of music at the Natal Mounted Rifles Dixie Adams Hall, corner, opposite Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. Bring your own picnic basket. Bar facilities will be available at reasonable prices. R100pp/R75 for pensioners. Seating is limited and booking is essential. Call Jill de Beer 083-449-8422/039-976-1028
Friends of Music’s next recital is at the Durban Jewish Centre, 44 KE Masinga (formerly Old Fort) Road, at 7.30pm on Tuesday. Visit: www.friendsofmusic.co.za
Buddhist Retreat Centre: Dorian Haarhoff leads “Zen pen : a writing-being Zen retreat” at the Buddhist Retreat Centre, Ixopo, from September 30 October 2, and October 2 to 5. For bookings: 0878091687.