Markets
Windermere Antiques Fair: (today) A wide selection of antiques, vintage and collectibles with interesting treasures of yesteryear at prices to suit all pockets. Lower level of Windermere Centre from 8.30am to 2pm. Call Helen Clementz at 084 241 0241.
Shongweni Farmers and Craft Market: (today) Fun and safe family outing in the country from 6.30am to 12.30pm. Full Covid-19 protocols. Fresh produce, crafts, ready-made foods, decor items, furniture, pet products, outdoor goods, nursery and jewellery. Call 031 777 4686.
Musgrave Market: (today) Under the trees at Berea Park for food, music and stalls selling arts and crafts, clothing, accessories, confectionery, baked goods, books, toys, plants, good quality second-hand items and more. From 9am to 2pm.
Golden Hours Market: (tomorrow) Family friendly market under the mango trees at Golden Hours School from 10am to 2pm. Live music and food stalls. All Covid-19 protocols in place. Call Lyn at 083 262 3693.
Rotary Uvongo Flea Market: (today and tomorrow) Stalls offering a wide assortment of crafts, handcrafted toys, beadwork, wire work, clothing and food every Saturday, 8.30am to 1pm and Sunday, 9am to 2pm opposite Douglas Mitchell Sports Grounds. Call Brian on 082 829 0059.
uMhlanga Farmers Market: Autumn Drive, Prestondale, every Wednesday from 8am to noon. Call Ethel at 060 303 3957.
Shows
Rhumbelow Northlands: (today) It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll ‒ A Tribute to the music of The Rolling Stones stars Grant Halliday (drums), Neil Ford (bass guitar), Aaron Saunders (guitar and vocals), Ross Tapson (guitar and vocals) and Evan Cullum (keyboards and vocals). At 7pm. Also March 18-20 at Durban. Tickets R180/ R150 for Northlands Bowling Club members. Book at Computicket.
Barnyard Theatre: (today and tomorrow) Nite Fever, some of the greatest music of our time from the ’70s, from the Bee Gees, John Paul Young, The Village People, Rod Stewart, Boney M, Stevie Wonder, Donna Summer. Until May 22. Tickets at barnyardtheatre.co.za.
Seabrooke's Theatre: (today and tomorrow) Go Big! starring Aaron Mcilroy and Lisa Bobbert. Today at 7pm, tomorrow at 3pm. Until March 13. Tickets R180 at Webtickets.
Rhumbelow, Durban: (tomorrow) The classic cinema screen takes in Michael Ball and Alfie Boe in Back Together. At 2pm. Tickets R100 from Computicket or call 082 499 8636 or email [email protected].
Rhumbelow, Durban: Yester-me, Yester-you, Yesterday stars international saxophonist Andrew Young in collaboration with his long-standing friend, multi-instrumentalist Paul Williams. A nostalgic look at the Motown era of the 1970s. March 12 at 7pm, March 13 at 2pm. Tickets R200 from Computicket or call 082 499 8636 or email [email protected].
Rhumbelow, Pietermaritzburg: The Reals bring you Rock Guitar Legends II paying tribute to some of the greatest guitarists of all time. March 13 at 2pm. Tickets R180 from Computicket or call 082 499 8636 or email [email protected].
Playhouse Loft: Free Fall is a multiple protagonist, mixed-genre production, part action drama, part ghost story. March 17-19 at 7.30pm. Tickets R50 from webtickets.
Comedy
Backstage@266: After two years of lockdown, Mark Banks blazes back with a helter-skelter booster shot of an all new comedy variant, Mask About Face. March 16 at 7.30pm. Tickets R200 on Quicket.
Music
Playhouse Opera: The third concert in the KZNPO Summer Season on March 10 features conductor Lykele Temmingh in a family affair conducting his late brother Roelof Temmingh’s Piano Concerto, with the composer’s son, also Roelof, on the piano. Starts 7pm. Tickets from Quicket.
Northwood Crusaders Sports Club: (tomorrow) Soul Sundays on March 6 feature Angus, The Gentry, Black Wiskey and more. Free entry ‒ doors open at 10pm, music starts at noon.
Luma Sunsets Bistro, Umgeni Business Park: International superstar producer Black Coffee returns to his homeland to celebrate five years of Wine Wednesdays and his own birthday. March 9 from 4pm. Tickets R250-R550 from Webtickets.
Barnyard Theatre: Dan Patlansky returns to South Africa for the launch of his 10th studio album, Shelter of Bones. March 10 at 7pm. Tickets R200 from barnyardtheatre.co.za.
Kings Park Outer Fields: Fact Durban Rocks Picnic on March 20 from 11am features international DJ/producer Hyenah plus artists like DJ Tira, Zakes Bantwini, and Big NUZ. Until 11pm. Tickets R350 general or from R950 VIP from Webtickets.
Angels Way Farm, Eston: The New Seaweed Festival features three days of top musical gigs in the country from April 1-3. Tickets from Quicket can either be for the entire festival or per day. See https://www.facebook.com/CWeedFests/ for details.
UKZN Centre for Jazz and Popular Music: Renowned South African trumpeter Feya Faku brings his two new albums to local audiences. Featuring Faku on trumpet/flugelhorn, Bokani Dyer piano, Shane Cooper bass, Riley Giandhari drums and Leon Sharnick alto sax. March 25 at 6.30pm. Tickets R60 on Quicket.
Art
KZNSA Gallery: Opening this week of Fishers’ Tales, an arts-based storytelling project that collects the tales that fishers enjoy telling about their ocean adventures. This project explores fishers’ connections and emotional bonds to the ocean using a visual storytelling approach. Each story is accompanied by a unique artwork. Until April 3.
Durban Art Gallery: #OverMyDeadBody Artist Andrea Walters presents a multimedia exhibition honouring the women murdered by their partners. Until the end of May.
The Green Gallery: (today) A large selection of sculptures by Owen Llewellyn Davies and Sarah Richards. Also indigenous floral paintings, wildlife and contemporary art by well known artists. Flanders Mall, Mount Edgecombe. Call 031 502 2757.
The Gallery, Ballito: Collaboration with the African Arts Centre to bring an array of visual arts featuring new and established artists from KZN. Call 072 245 8691.
Tamasa Gallery: Exhibition by Hendrik Stroebel titled Interweave, mingling Near Eastern antiquity and the adornment of later Islamic mausoleums and mosques. Until March 25. Call 031 207 1223.
Outdoors
Amblers Hiking Club: (tomorrow) At 2pm hike the old whaling station from Bluff military base. Big steps and beach hike. Booking essential. Call David at 072 615 0559.
Cycle Club: Meet every Tuesday at the Mini Town car park on North Beach at 9am for a cycle on the promenade. Call Ian at 083 675 2125.
Mountain Biking Rides: Every Saturday at 6am meeting at Dura Cycles in Uvongo. Call Siya Mpofana at 039 315 7359.
Events
UKZN Centre for Creative Arts: More than 100 writers have been assembled for the Time of the Writer festival presented online from March 14 to 21. The theme is Beyond Words: Memory, Imagination and Conscience. Writer, academic and broadcaster Dr Nokuthula Mazibuko Msimang will deliver the keynote address. The festival is live-streamed at www.facebook.com/timeofthewriter or www.youtube.com/centreforcreativearts.
The Independent on Saturday