Woordfees

The City of Oaks hosts the annual nine-day art and literary festival with poetry, stories, live music performances, art exhibitions and more. The programme is packed with interesting activities set to entertain the public and educate the masses. The festival includes the Writer’s Festival with thinkers and writers participating in talks and discussions; music including Carnival music, The Pops concert and the Coetzenburg concerts; The Sanlam Musiekfees with rock, opera, blues, gospel and kwêla […]

Changemakers Dine Around Design Indaba

Every six weeks, Dutch Consul General Bonnie Horbach hosts a Changemakers Dinner at her home: an informal, intimate dinner, for which she invites a small and select group of people. Invitees are young local innovators who make their mark through engaging in their community in new and inspiring ways. To her “changemakers” are thinkers and doers who challenge the norm and break the mould to facilitate change for a better […]

Ultra BRAAI

Every year during UltraSA, the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Cape Town organizes an informal ULTRA BRAAI to welcome Dutch DJs to Cape Town and introduce them to the South African DJs. Besides welcoming the Dutch DJs with a typical South African experience, we also want this to be an opportunity to establish connections between the South African music industry, cultural sector and creative industries, and […]