WEEKEND EVENTS

MUSIC

Celebrate Youth Day with a free three-act show of music and dance from 11am to 1pm at the V&A Waterfront’s Amphitheatre, featuring youngsters from The Rainbow Academy, popular headline artists and well-known busker Derek Plaatjies. Call 021 408 7600 or email info@waterfront.co.za.

Alvon Collison’s Father’s Day show is next Sunday at the Woodbridge Primary school hall from 3pm to 6pm with a tribute to George Collison. The cast includes special guest Sophia Foster and singer Renee Osborne, Shannon Lewis, Janine Pick and Faried Swartz. Tickets are R100 on 021 551 0969.

Vortex Phoenix Festival Of Fire takes place from June 24 to 26 at Circle of Dreams, Riviersonderend with entertainment by Dan Scot, Siren, Scamantrix, Psyops and Psy-Mantis. Tickets R380. Book on www. quicket.co.za. Call 082 576 8613 or email tyree. opensource@gmail.com.

Catch Loyiso Bala at Chavonnes Battery Museum, Silo District, V&A Waterfront at 7.30pm on June 29. Tickets R175. Call 021 408 7600 or email info@ waterfront.co.za. Book on www.quicket.co.za.

Tevin Campbell returns to Cape Town for a performance at GrandWest Casino at 8pm on July 22. Tickets from R295 from Computicket.

THEATRE

Cape Town’s Most Wanted dance production brings together choreographers and hip hop dancers and crews at Artscape from 2pm to 8pm today. Tickets are R80 from Computicket. Call 021 705 6202 or email capetownsmostwanted@gmail.com.

KG, Dusty Rich, Virgil Prins and Nathi Maki entertain at Cape Town Comedy Club, The Pumphouse, V&A Waterfront tomorrow. Doors open at 6pm and the show is at 8.30pm. Tickets from Computicket. Call 021 418 8880 or 079 495 3989.

Inmotion, a vibrant performance by Jazzart trainees, takes audiences through their journey of learning with sounds and movement. The production is at Artscape Theatre on June 24 and 25. Book at Computicket or Dial-a-Seat on 021 421 7695.

ART

To mark the 40th anniversary of the 1976 student uprisings, Centre for African Studies Gallery at UCT hosts 1976/360 on June 15, curated by Nkululeko Mbandla and Paul Weinberg. The exhibition launches veteran photographer Peter Magubane’s most recent book. See www.africanstudies.co.za) or email Paul.Weinberg@uct.ac.za.

OTHER

A charity book sale supporting Wola Nani is held in the Gardens Centre from Monday until July 3 and offers reading matter from popular fiction to hardto-find titles. Email mark@wellread-books.com, call 083 342 2261 or see www.wellread-books.com.

Cacophonous Colour combines music with art in the form of a painting exhibition about local musicians and a mass choir event with several choirs taking part. The event takes place from 3.30pm on July 2 at the KWV Courtyard and Gallery, Long Street in Montagu. Call 079 9688 700 or email marionmorrell@lando.co.za.

See www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus for more event listiings.