FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER
Stellenbosch: The annual e’Bosch School Choir Festival will be held at the Stellenbosch Town Hall at 18:00. Admission costs R20. For more information, contact Belinda on 061 595 4085 or heritage.ebosch@gmail.com.
SATURDAY 14 & SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER
Stellenbosch: Theatrix Singers presents Much Ado About Swing at the Daisy Jones Bar on Summerhill Farm. The production is based on the Shakespeare comedic play Much Ado About Nothing. The music style chosen for this production is swing, through which the story is told following the five acts of the play with linking texts taken from the original play. The music is bespoke arranged for the Theatrix Singers. The production is set in a typical speakeasy club from the 1920s and ’30s, with the stage set being an art deco bar counter, palm trees and bar tables. A small jazz band (piano, acoustic bass and jazz drums) will accompany. The duration of the show is about 70 minutes. The original painting from which the show’s poster will be raffled after the last show on Sunday 15 September. It will be staged at 20:00 on Saturday and 13:30 and 19:00 on Sunday. Tickets are available through Quicket at R160 and R100 for under 16s. Tickets at the door will cost R170.
MONDAY 16 SEPTEMBER
Stellenbosch: The Hubert van der Spuy National Music Competition will be held at the Endler Hall, starting with the opening ceremony at 18:30. The ceremony will feature a performance by the competition’s 2023 winner, Xizhi Aiden Luo with the Stellenbosch Symphony Orchestra. The final round of the competition will comprise a concert featuring all the finalists on Friday 20 September at 18:00 for 18:30. It will be live-streamed via the competition’s YouTube channel, or music lovers can attend in person by purchasing tickets, at R80 each, online through Webtickets. For more information, visit www.hvdspuy.co.za.
Stellenbosch: Die Jeuguitreik Kinder- en Jeugsorgsentrum hou sy jaarvergadering om 16:30 by Bell House, op die hoek van Porter- en Birdstraat. Die sentrum bestuur twee kinderhuise asook twee inval-sentrums vir hulpbehoewende kinders van Stellenbosch. Die gemeenskap word genooi om geskikte mense te benoem om in die organisasie se direksie te dien. Die jaarverslag en geouditeerde state sal ook bespreek word. Belangstellendes kan hul plek bespreek en benoemings vir die direksie per e-pos na yo.stellenbosch@gmail.com stuur.
WOENSDAG 18 SEPTEMBER
Stellenbosch: Acclaimed author and journalist Pieter du Toit will launch his latest book, The Super Cadres: ANC misrule in the age of deployment, at the Markötter Sports Complex at 18:00 for 18:30. Du Toit will be in discussion with Eugene Ashton, CEO of Jonathan Ball Publishers. Reserve your seat on charlene.davids@jonathanball.co.za. or 021 469 8942.
THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER
Stellenbosch: The monthly meeting and speakathon of Stellenbosch Toastmasters will be held at Erfurthuis at 37 Ryneveldt Street at 18:30. The meeting is open to the public. For more information, contact Thamu on 076 606 0038 or stellenboschtoastmasters@gmail.com.
FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER
Stellenbosch: e’Bosch Heritage Project hosts its annual heritage lecture at the Stellenbosch University Museum at 18:00. Guest speaker Prof Johan Fourie will speak on “The Heritage of Business”. For more information, contact Belinda on 061 595 4085 or heritage.ebosch@gmail.com.
VRYDAG 27 SEPTEMBER
Stellenbosch: Die ACVV Utopia verkoop elke laaste Vrydag van die maand vars skons – gebak en verpak deur sy sjef. Die verkope begin om 10:30 by die tehuis se hoofingang by Dorpstraat 162. Kom kry ’n skon of twee en geniet die prag van die Moederkerk se argitektuur en die Kweekskool se asemrowende tuin.
SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER
Stellenbosch: The Mudita Foundation hosts its Serenity Fun Run at the Blaauwklippen Wine Estate. Participants can choose between a 6 km or 10 km run, both starting at 08:00. Late registration is available from 06:30, with fees set at R75 for adults and R55 for children under 14 for the 6 km run, and R95 for adults and R75 for under 14s for the 10 km run. The first 100 finishers will receive medals, and prizes will be awarded to the winners of each run. Additionally, spot prizes will be up for grabs. For more information, call 060 509 2098 or visit the foundation’s Facebook page.
