The Lock Stock is hosting its first night market at one of Cape Town's premier design hotspots, The Woodstock Exchange, tonight from 5-10pm. The event will have more than 40 design traders, food, beer, wine, gift wrapping station and live music by Samuel Miller, and shops and restaurants will be staying open till late. Woodstock Exchange is at 68 Albert Road. Info: Tina Hepburn 072 649 5055 or [email protected]
Cape Dance Company's (CDC) Cadence runs at Artscape until Saturday, with shows at 7.30pm, and also 3pm Saturday. Tickets from R120 to R140 through Computicket or Artscape Dial-A-Seat 021 4217695. For more information, go to www.capedancecompany.co.za
Carols by Candlelight will be held at the Helderberg High School, corner of Helderberg College and Annandale roads, Somerset West tomorrow at 7pm. Entrance is free. Info: 076 3084492 or [email protected]
Mr Marshall’s Sunglasses At Night party is at The Shack (De Villiers Street, Zonnebloem) on Saturday from 9pm. This event features music from the 1950s through to - maybe just - the early 1990s, accompanied by their videos. It’s a dance along, sing along fun night out. This special edition of what has been up to now a rather erratic party depending on Mr Marshall’s mood, is a prequel to the firm once a month residency in the downstairs Mercury Lounge next door from January.
Joshua Grierson, Ashton Gardner, Ryan Kidwell (The Little Kings), Nick Groves, DSO, Muziek Sensation, Thee End
freestyle poetry and a marimba band will be performing at The Big Day Out, Constantia Garden (17 Silvertree Avenue, off Pear Lane) on Saturday from 12-7pm. Tickets are R100 for adults, R50 for children at /www.quicket.co.za/events/3125-music-co-op-presents-big-day-out/ or at the gate on the day. Limited to 200 people.
The Marina da Gama Crafters will hold a Christmas craft market on Saturday from 9am-2pm at the Eastlake Island Square, off Prince George Drive. The last craft market of the year will be a night market on Friday, December 13 from 6-9pm. Baked goodies, candles, food, fibre art, pewter art, jewellery, cards and many more hand-made items will be available, and you can have supper (or a drink) at one of the restaurants on the square. For more information or directions call Amelia on 021 788 8717 or 083 209 0422.
The Friends of Plumstead Library are holding a Christmas book and cake sale at Plumstead Library (Village Square, Yudelman's Lane, off Main Rd) on Saturday 9am-12pm. Call 021 7977240 for more details.
Long established and a firm favourite with locals and visitors to Cape Town, the V&A Waterfront free summer sunset concerts take place in the outdoor amphitheatre every weekend during December. Tucan Tucan play on Saturday at 6pm. Joshua Grierson plays on Sunday at 6pm, followed by Wendy Oldfield at 6.45pm.
The Bo-Kaap Market at the Stars Hall (64 Rose Stree) on Saturday from 10am-2pm will be offering all things traditional Cape Malay - foods like roti and curry, koesisters, hertzoggies, samoosas, and pies - and handmade crafts like embroidered tablecloths, beaded evening handbags, scarves, and handmade soaps. More info from Nazlia on 0218236632 or go to www.bokaap.org
Marc Lottering's Comedy Roadshow returns to the GrandWest Grand Arena on Saturday at 8pm, featuring Lottering, international comedy sensation 'The Boy with Tape on his Face', Sam Wills, master ventriloquist Conrad Koch and his partner Chester Missing. Johannesburg funny man Ndumiso Lindi, KG and Irshaad Mohamed complete the line-up. Tickets from Computicket between R150 and R195.
MacStanley present an intimate, semi-unplugged set of their best-known songs and more at The Hope @ Paul Cluver Amphitheatre - one of the Cape's most awe inspiring performance venues just 45mins outside of Cape Town - on Saturday at 7pm. Tickets R220 from Computicket. Seats are unreserved - first come, first served. Guests may bring their own picnics to all events. No own alcohol is allowed but Paul Cluver wines will be on sale as well as artisanal beers and some select food vendors.
The Bootleggers Blues Band consists of six semi-professional musicians with decades of recording and performing experience between them. They’ll be playing at the Brass Bell in Kalk Bay on Saturday from 7-10pm, cover charge R40.
Reputable dealers will be in attendance to sell, buy, evaluate and advise on all aspects of philately, including stamps, envelopes, covers, correspondences, postal history, post cards, revenues, documents and non-fiction books of a historical nature at the stamp fair at the public library hall in Durbanville on Saturday (corner of Koeberg and Oxford roads) from 9.30m-12.30pm. Viewing is until 10.30am, followed by the live auction at 10.40am. Free entrance, free parking, refreshments available. To view the auction catalogue and images online go to http://www.philatelicfriends.co.za/auctions.php
The Masque Theatre in Muizenberg is in dire need of funds for a new roof and repairs to the air-conditioning. There will be a Christmas Market on Sunday 10am-2pm at the Masque Theatre, 37 Main Road, with more than 20 stalls with a wonderful range of goodies - from beaded jewellery and homemade preserves to watercolours, CDs and DVDs. There will be a child care service, so you can browse at your leisure. The market is to raise funds for a new roof and repairs to the air-conditioning.