The Soweto Festival Expo kicks off this weekend
The festival kicks off this Saturday at the historic Vilakazi Street's Sakhumzi Restaurant where the guests will be entertained with the best of Soweto's finest entertainers.
The lockdown rules have been relaxed to level 1 and The Soweto Festival Expo (SFE) is cashing in on the opportunity by re-launching the 37th festival around Soweto’s top venues, with emphasis on Gender-based violence awareness in a fun-filled string of festivities lined up between the 14th of November and the 5th of December 2020.
The festival kicks off this Saturday at the historic Vilakazi Street’s Sakhumzi Restaurant where the guests will be entertained with the best of Soweto’s finest entertainers. Each event will showcase different activities to keep the crowds entertained at their best festival pick.
Some of the greatest events to look forward to including the Soweto International Film Festival (SIFF) taking place at Ster Kinekor at the famous Maponya Mall with a posh red carpet event. On November 22 revelers can look forward to locally produced films and meet the directors and producers. There will be a series of Soweto movies, documentaries based on Gender-Based Violence, African movies, stage plays as well as Nollywood sessions presented by John Chuka.
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Music and sports lovers can all enjoy the same event; The battle of the giants happening on November 28 at Sharp Jabavu Stadium. Sowetans will be spoiled to a Top 8 soccer challenge and Maskandi vs Jazz music performances by various award-winning artists.
On November 29, the monthly 7 colours festival will make a comeback at the Soweto Theatre, the original home of the event. On this day food and drinks will be the order of the day, mixed with some good locally brewed music.
Maponya Mall frequents will be spoiled to 4 days of nothing but fun-filled entertainment at the Soweto Food and Bev Festival every day from 09: 00 am from December 1. Other events include a Soweto Golf Challenge, Soweto Awards, and the main event.
The Soweto Family day is scheduled to take place on December 5 at the Nasrec Expo Centre, to wrap up the festival with various artists’ performances amongst other entertainment activities scheduled for the day.
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