“Look forward to one of my favourite events in this city – the Joburg Art Fair. Now in its third year the Fair has done for Joburg what the Design Indaba has done for Cape Town – made the city the capital of edgy contemporary hip-ness for a few glorious days. Last week I got a chance to talk to its founder, Ross Douglas of ArtLogic at his office/home — a real urban fashion statement in Milpark overlooking the huge circular tower of Egoli Gas”.
The third annual Joburg Art Fair, presented by FNB, will once again bring the best African art, photography and design to the city. 23 art galleries from SA and Africa will present the best of each of their artist portfolios. If you’re looking to invest in big names make sure to pay attention to galleries like the Goodman Gallery, Everard Read and Gallery MOMO for example. If you’re more interested in up-and-coming young artists, photographer and photographers then look out for whatftheworld and The Rooke amongst others. Or just browse the aisles for a round up of the very best SA and the continent have to offer.
Check out the list of Art Fair galleries below:
26th to the 28th of March 2010 at the Sandton Convention Centre.
R100 for a one-day pass and R200 for a three-day pass.
Every September Johannesburg hosts a most amazing international arts and cultural festival. Here at Jobusy, we’re proud to put it in our calendar as one of the most prominent annual events in the city. Expect anything from spoken word theatre in small intimate venues to international DJs playing in the city’s biggest nightclubs. Come September, the best thing to do is check out their official site and read what’s coming. Their programming is usually good and well placed throughout the month as well as being diverse enough to appeal to most scenes.
Highlights include the 969 festival hosted by The Wits Theatre.
2009 saw the return of the massively successful Joburg Burning festival. Pictured above is my crumpled program for the night, as I went galavanting around the city, watching some of my favourite bands perform.
The concept is simple, get all the best underground and headlining bands to play in the city on one night, and have a free shuttle to take you to and from all the venues. For the price of a single ticket get 30 odd bands take to their respective stages at various intimate melville bars and clubs. Its like a miniature Live 8, but obviously without Bob Geldof and any kind of satellite link. The concept was first attempted for an Arts Alive festival a few years back, and the first Joburg Burning was launched in 2008 to much success.
It is 969 km from Johannesburg to Grahamstown. So for those that can’t make the trip to the annual Grahamstown Arts festival, The 969 Festival offers to bring a selection up to Johannesburg for you. The festival takes place at the Wits Theatre Complex during the month of September every year. It forms part of the Arts Alive Festival.
The market runs from 9am till 2pm. It might just be the fanciest of markets in the city, so don’t go expecting the “flea market” vibe. All the stuff is great quality food, that will not go unnoticed that night at the dinner party.
We have long since seen Emmerentia Dam as the Central Park of Johannesburg. And now apart from it being a great dog park, and place to kiss a loved one in the shade of a tree, its also become a great live performance venue. Building the permanent thatch stage might have been the park’s most successful endeavor to date! The programming of the events are so diverse.
Shows take place on the first weekend of every month. The 2009 program was incredibly successful. So we eagerly await whats in store for us in 2010. Already it seems that the Joburg leg of Ram Fest will be held here.
Its a great place to stock up on all sorts of shit you really don’t need but find yourself loving. Find anything from cheap Market Street style sunglasses, to sweet vinyls and artifacts from a childhood growing up in the early nineties. It turns out to be great day when combined with a cold beer any where on the Greenside strip. First Saturday of the month are junk sales where they’re filled out to the pavement with all kinds of hustle and bustle.
They now have this reallly cool blog, so you can get excited about all their stock before coming.
Find them on Greenways Rd. Greenside. Just around the corner from the main Greenside strip
On the first wednesday of every month, the studio holds a film screening of a feature significant in the local/ african cinema scene. The studio is also available as a venue for hire, the most notable of which were the infamous Lucky Strike secret parties in the early 2000’s.
The meal costs a pretty standard R59, but in most buffet situations, you fill up pretty quickly as you always attempt to eat your money’s worth. The food’s great, and the activity is endorsed by our fellow chinese citizens which is a dead give away of how authentic any chinese cuisine is!
The idea is simple. In order to truly love something, you first have to understand it. Johannesburg is no different in this regard.
Connect with the real city through those who live and play here. The result? A catalogue of Johannesburg like no other.
