Book lovers, rejoice

Books

Kingsmead Book Fair

At the 12th Kingsmead Book Fair there will be in-depth discussions, heated debates, and good food and drink, with participants such as Caster Semenya, Kobby Ben Ben, Shubnum Khan, and Darrel Bristow-Bovey.

Date: 25 May

Venue: 132 Oxford Road, Melrose, Joburg

Tickets: R100 a session, kingsmead.co.za

Franschhoek Literary Festival

Wanted’s Michele Magwood and Dr Wamuwi Mbao will be among the discussants at this year’s Franschhoek Literary Festival. The three-day schedule features a host of great authors, including Patrick Radden Keefe, Qaanitah Hunter, Pieter-Dirk Uys and Adekeye Adebajo.

Dates: 17-19 May

Venues: Across Franschhoek

Tickets: R100 a session, flf.co.za

Don’t miss

Fumani Maluleke’s “Tsalwa lerintswa” exhibition at Everard Read Joburg, until 25 May  

“Sutha ke Fete” (on Basotho blankets) at Sanlam Art Gallery until 14 June

Theatre

2Lovers

 Billed as a tragi-comedy about love, Captain America, and the texture on the inside of a tap, 2lovers won a Standard Bank Ovation Award at the 2023 National Arts Festival. It stars Tessa Jubber and Ter Hollmann, and is directed by Craig Morris.

Dates: 29 May – 15 June

Venue: Theatre on the Square, Sandton, Joburg

Tickets: R150-R180, computicket.com

Music

St. Francis Music Festival

The much-anticipated festival consists of the following concerts: The Chanticleer Singers’ Timeless Words, which compares settings of similar texts by composers from different periods; Winterreise, Franz Schubert Opus 89; Carlos V: Music of the Emperor, an Apple Green Orchestra performance of lesser-known works; Barcarolle, a Saturday-afternoon concert with Zanta Hofmeyr, Olive Sandilands, Ilze van Staden, and Christiaan Snyman; a sung Eucharist by the Johannesburg Bach Choir at St. Francis of Assisi Church; and a choral evensong & organ recital.

Dates: 7-12 May

Venue: St. Francis of Assisi Church, Parkview, Joburg, applegreenmusic.com/st-francis-music-festival-2022/