Bolly stars, bands and big laughs
BOLLYWOOD superstar Govinda will perform live in concert on August 22 at the Durban ICC.
Joining him on stage will be playback singers Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik. Govinda has received 12 Filmfare Awards nominations, won a Filmfare Special Award and Filmfare Award for Best Comedian, and received four Zee Cine awards.
Bookings through Computicket.
THE Zakifo Muzik Festival will take place at Durban City Hall on June 11 and the Rivertown Beer Hall on June 12-13.
The festival will feature-music acts from France, Reunion, Mozambique, India, Brazil, Madagascar, Rwanda and South Africa.
For more information visit www.zakifo.com or e-mail info@zakifo.com.
THE Spar Women’s Race on Sunday will conclude with a live music festival. The two acts performing are afro/funk/rock band Nje and Indiefolk star Majozi.
Women also stand to win prizes to the value of R65 000.
For more info visit www.sparwomensrace.co.za. A TWO-DAY music festival, Enchanted Playground, is set to take place at the Moses Mabhida People’s Park East on June 13-14 and will feature local musicians and a funfair with about 20 rides.
Freshlyground, Gangs of Ballet and Watershed, followed by top house DJs Roger Goode and Pascal and Pearce, are in the entertainment lineup. Bookings through Computicket.
Highly- acclaimed Shrek the Musical is on at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre at UKZN.
The production is directed by awardwinning Steven Stead and is an adaptation of the movie Shrek.
Family ticket packages are available. Age restriction is 6. For bookings contact Computicket.
ROSHAN Singh is looking for 50 dancers to participate in the Bombay Dreams Zee Night in Durban, alongside Zee star Ankit Gera. For auditions contact Singh on 073 372 5956 or else e-mail roshan.singh@gmail.com.
SLEEPING Beauty, the children’s classic, will be performed at the Catalina Theatre at Wilson’s Wharf from June 30 until July 18 daily at 11am. Bookings through Computicket. E-mail dingalingsproductions@gmail.com.
GEAR up for a night with stars Ramesh Hassan, Jani Punjab and Rajiv Mothie at the Royal Agricultural Show this Saturday.
This will end in a Lotus FM bhangra. For further information contact Pinky Mothie on 083 327 4666.
KAROU Charous will host Concert For Nepal at the Rajput Hall on June 13.
All proceeds raised from the music, comedy and dance show will be donated to the Gift of the Givers Foundation, which sent medical and relief teams to Nepal recently after the country was struck by two earthquakes.
For more information, call 083 660 1424, or alternatively e-mail: info@boxofficesa.com.
THE comedy show Charous and Bruin-ous will take place at the Bat Centre at Wilson’s Wharf on Saturday at 8pm. It features local comedians Mervyn Pillay, Calvin Stoffel and Neil Green among others. Bookings through Computicket.
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