OH GO ON

Your guide to the month’s most interesting events in SA and abroad

1-2/12 CHRISTMAS CAROLS & MARKET, Walter Sisulu Botanical Garden

— Sing along with the Welsh Male Voice Choir, plus food, drink, and craft stalls.

3/11-31/1 WINTER FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS, Niagara Falls, Canada

– Ontario’s annual Festival of Lights is a neon extravaganza for the holidays.

28/11 STELLENBOSCH STREET SOIRÉE

— Drostdy Street clears out the cars in favour of food-and-wine lovers. With food vendors and wine farms serving up their wares.

29/11-3/12 RAVENNA FESTIVAL, Italy

— This city on Italy’s east coast holds an annual feast of opera, this year presenting Verdi.

30/11-2/12 PLAYTOPIA, Cape Town

Indie gaming & interactive arts festival with music, talks & shows. Speakers include Lauren Beukes.

25/11 MONKEY BUFFET FESTIVAL, Lopburi, Thailand

— 3,000 longtailed macaques are fed from massive banquet tables in the middle of their own “monkey city”.