Lagos What's on
The second edition of this art exhibition at the Nike Art Gallery to display about 200 work by Nigerian artists.
The closing night includes performance art and music.
Cape Town What's on
The Darkroom Contemporary theatre company presents its new work Blueprint at City Hall. The work focuses on the link between theatre, dance, design and architecture and is one of the events in Cape To...
Nairobi What's on
Nairobi Diamond run date change
The 10-km Nairobi Diamond run has been postponed from 27 July to 17 August because it clashes with other athletic events, such as the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the Africa Senior Athletics in M...
Arusha What's on
Jambo Festival for Arts and Culture
This music, art, fashion and food festival for local and international participants takes place on the first weekend of October.
The highlight of the festival is the street carnival on the Saturday...
Cape Town What's on
Cape Town City Ballet celebrates 80 years
Three's Company celebrates Cape Town City Ballet's 80th anniversary. Cape Town City Ballet, Jazzart Dance Theatre and Cape Dance Company perform three choreographies by South Africans.
Cape Town Ci...
Accra What's on
Shakespeare's Macbeth is the fourth summer production of Accra Theatre Workshop (ATW) for young actors.
The Accra Theatre Workshop arranges training, workshops and productions for the young and org...
Cape Town What's on
Cape Town World Music festival
Music from various continents, countries and genres perform music from “the past, present and future.”
There are three stages within City Hall featuring live music from China, Colombia,...
Cape Town What's on
The annual fashion show, sponsored by Mercedes Benz and African Fashion International, for South African spring and summer collections.
The showings are for both men's and women's wear. More than 2...
Cairo What's on
Cairo Opera Theatre is organising its traditional musical events throughout Ramadan. A series of 12 evening concerts at the open air theatre includes musicians from Egypt, Sudan and Indonesia.
One...
Maputo What's on
Contemporary dance festival Maputo
Performances of this contemporary dance festival showcase the results of the two months of work with schools in and around Maputo.
The programme, which began in May, has focused on contemporary dan...
Cairo What's on
This exhibition marks the opening of the new contemporary space in Cairo, Heytan (which means “walls” in Arabic) with a long-term project on the city’s street vendors. The exhibition...
Nairobi What's on
Meet Etisalat prize top authors
Top African authors of the Etisalat prize talk about their work. NoViolet Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) author of We Need New Names, Yewande Omotoso (Nigeria/ South Africa) author of Bom Boy and Karen Jennings...
Lagos What's on
Homeland Memories
A solo exhibition of 25 new acrylic works on canvas by Nigeria’s sought-after artist Onyema Offoedu-Okeke. His last solo show was in London four years ago at arc Gallery....
Arusha What's on
The fifth edition of the Safari Marathon.
Several thousand participants will run in one of three races, the half marathon, the 10 km and the 5 km runs.
Last year the starting point is the famous...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
From the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean
Christine Coulange, one of the founders of Sisygambis, presents a multi-media documentary exhibition of five years work among communities along the coasts of Indian Ocean.
Images, sounds rhythms an...
Accra What's on
Accra’s growing street arts’ festival is back for its fourth year.
Organisers are now asking for submission and people willing to hold workshops on this year’s theme, Death: An Et...
Nairobi What's on
Between Us by Miriam Syowia Kyambi
This exhibition by Miriam Syowia Kyambi is a combination of live-art performance, installation, photography, video and workshop, which explores ideas of what is acceptable, what is private and how our...
Cape Town What's on
A new drama by writer/director Lara Foot.
The play is set “somewhere in Africa” and explores aspects of hope in a fishing village, probably on the shores of Lake Victoria.
The play&r...
Maputo What's on
Works by Mozambique artists in the collection of Alda Costa, assembled during her career as art historian, educator and museum expert.
The exhibition coincides with the publication of the book &ldq...
Nairobi What's on
Nairobi celebrates world music day at the Alliance Francaise with Peter Elungat, Ghetto Classics, Kiu, Octave and Anto Neosoul, one of Kenya’s top soul vocalists.
World Music Day was first la...
