What’s on in February
JOBURG - A list of events taking place in Joburg during the month of February.
Markets
Markets open Thursday to Sunday
The Sheds@1Fox and Greenside markets, which trade during the week, are also open on weekends.
Markets open on Saturday
Bryanston Organic Market
Neighbourgoods Market
Fordsburg Market
Markets open on Sunday
Rosebank Sunday Market
Market on Main
Fourways Farmers Market
Lifestyle
Movies in the Park JHB
13 February
Lay out your blanket, unroll your butcher paper, unwrap your spread and enjoy a few Movies in the Park!
Included in your ticket is your must have popcorn, parking and a total of four films.
Details: Movies in the Park JHB on Facebook
Fit Night Out
6 February
Grab your girlfriends, your co-workers, your sister and your mom – and get ready to dance, meditate, box and blast your way through summer sweat sessions with the country’s top trainers DJs at our biggest event of the year – Fit Night Out!
Details: womenshealthsa.co.za
Music
Queen – It’s a Kinda Magic
14 January to 7 February
Queen – It’s a Kinda Magic, is the theatrical creation of the very best of Queen live in concert, which has captured the imagination of Queen fans everywhere.
Details: www.joburgtheatre.com
Bye, Bye Baby
10 to 28 February
Bye, Bye Baby takes you back in time on a musical journey through the career of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, whose songs graced such films as The Deer Hunter, Dirty Dancing and Grease. The combination of world-class vocals and harmonies, as Jamie Led with scales the falsetto heights of Frankie Valli, along with snappy choreography and a vast catalogue of hits makes for a memorable and unforgettable night of nostalgia.
Details: www.joburgtheatre.com
On Stage
Singin’ in the Rain
15 January to 13 March
Set in 1927, Singin’ in the Rain tells the story, made famous by Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, in the iconic 1952 MGM first Hollywood musical when the silver screen found its voice and left the silent movies and some of its stars behind.
Details: www.montecasino.co.za
Festival
Dance Umbrella
25 February to 6 March
Dance Umbrella was established to offer a free and open platform to any form of dance as long as it was a new contemporary work.
Dance Umbrella 2016 is the 28th edition of the cultural extravaganza that brings together the works of dancers, dance writers, choreographers and everyone in between.
Details: www.danceforumsouthafrica.co.za
Exhibitions
Minnette Vári: Of Darkness and of Light
27 January to 26 March
The Standard Bank Gallery is pleased to present a comprehensive survey of the work of Minnette Vári, for the past 20 years one of South Africa’s leading visual artists. The title, Of Darkness and of Light, is a reflection of conceptual, emotional and visual threads that run through her body of work.
Details: www.standardbank.co.za
On the Trail of Qing and Orpen
27 January to 26 March
The exhibition aims to extend the work of the Qing-Orpen Project beyond the textual mode, and beyond the confines of the academy. It is an opportunity for the project members to give prominence to other elements in the story of Qing and Orpen.
Details: www.standardbank.co.za
