Another week vanished into the mists of time. The year is already a quarter of the way done when the hell did that happen!? To combat the onset of existential ennui I have what should hopefully be a pretty good list of all the places to get your dance on if you decided not to go away this long weekend (because everyone knows the cure to existential ennui is just to dance it away).

Thursday 02 April 2015

 

Tonight Levis is helping us pay tribute to the great venues foster the great local music that South Africa is literally spewing out into the world at the moment. The Assembly in Cape Town, Arcade Empire in Pretoria, and Kitcheners are all hosting epic gigs with amazing line ups. Joburg’s one is obviously the best with the likes of Glass Swan and Gil Hockman on the line up. The best bit is that it’s all free if you have a Levi’s something on.

 

DETAILS

Thurs 02 April, 6:00pm

Kitcheners, cnr Juta and De Beer Streets, Braamfontein.

Free Entrance if wearing Levis otherwise it’s R50.

Friday 03 April  2015

 

Friday night the celebration of good music continues at the Bo. Sannie Fox is up from Cape Town promoting her latest album Serpente Masjien. Also playing are two are my favourite bands Sol Gems and Bye Beneco. It’s going to be a night of guaranteed psychedelic euphoria.

 

DETAILS:

SANNIE FOX (Cpt) BYE BENECO & SOL GEMS, The Bohemian, JHB

Fri 03 April, 8:30 pm

The Bohemian, 167 Perth Road

Entrance: R60

 

 

Saturday 04 April  2015

 

Saturday we mellow it out a little and get soulful with some jazz. Carlo Mombelli & the Stories Ensemble are performing at the Wits Great Hall. Carlo Mombelli is probably one of South Africa’s most talented jazz musicians and is really not to be missed

DETAILS:

Carlo Mombelli & the Stories Ensemble

Sat 04 April, 8:00 pm

The Wits Great Hall.

Tickets online: R80 | R60 for students and pensioners | R85 at the door.

 

Sunday 05 April 2015

 

And finally on Sunday head on down to the April Vinyl fair at Katy’s Palace bar and get something to jam to at home, because everyone knows all the best moves come out when you’re home alone, everything is turned up to eleven and you just let loose. The vinyl fair has become a bit of an institution and is the highlight of the month for every joburg based vinyl junkie.

 

DETAILS:

Vinyl Fair – 5 April 2015

Sun 05 April, 10:00am

Katy’s Palace Bar, 6 Desmond Street.

Free Entrance.

Words by Alex Bernatzky | Images from event organisers

The post Alex’s Weekender: Johannesburg appeared first on .

[Category: At Night, Cities, Culture, Drink, Eat, Events, Family, Johannesburg, At night]