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A Cape Town artist has drawn the poster for next year’s Montreux Jazz Festival Franschhoek, and the toads of False Bay now have an AI watching their tunnel.
There’s also a free swing night at the Waterfront
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Cape Town artist Michael Beckurts, 26, has designed the official poster for next year's Montreux Jazz Festival Franschhoek, only the second South African to get the job after Sam Nhlengethwa. Michael is known for drawing live at jazz gigs, projecting his iPad onto a wall above the band as he sketches. The festival runs from 19 to 21 March 2027. Not bad for a man who started at a wine bar's weekly jazz night.
Twenty-three volunteers spent last weekend in the Langeberg pulling out 5,334 invasive pine trees from Boosmansbos Wilderness Area. Some were four decades old, and all of them burn like kindling. The clear-out protects the water supply for about 15,000 people downstream.
Cameras in the toad tunnels under Peninsula Road in the False Bay Nature Reserve took more than 1.1 million pictures this season, and an AI model is now doing the looking. Only 384 of them show an endangered Western Leopard Toad, which adds up to about 130 toad visits. The tool was built by Joshua Salako at AIMS South Africa with Nature Connect, and a person still confirms every match. Fewer than one picture in a thousand has a toad in it, so it's a lot of empty floor.
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Silo Concerts: This Thing Called Swing
The 18-piece Swing All Stars Big Band plays 1930s, 40s and 50s favourites at Silo District. A free swing dance class comes first, so bring your dancing shoes. Entry is free.
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THIRST
A day-to-night social at Infusion in Rondebosch from LocalsOnlyCPT. Expect deep, soulful, jazzy and groove-led sounds, good drinks and good company.
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HOGWASH
Cape Town's alternative scene squeezes into Harrington Street for punk and alt rock. Caturra, Karriers, Pink & Yellow and NANI?! play from 20:00. No under 18s.
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AJABU Cocktail & Spirits Festival
A week of cocktails from 14 to 22 November, with 30-plus bars, guest bartenders, free masterclasses and R86 martinis on one pass. It opens with a tasting day in Woodstock. No under 18s.
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Thirteen Ice Cream on Woodlands Road in Woodstock makes small-batch ice cream and sorbet, with flavours like Halva, Lime & Ginger and Biscoff. It is open Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 16:00, so a mid-week cone is entirely legal.
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Bliss Foodtruck serves specialty coffee and homemade treats from Van Riebeeck Park, with Table Mountain and Devil's Peak as the view. It is open daily from 07:30 to 17:30, and wagging tails get fresh water and treats.
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Barristers Grill & Cafe in Newlands runs a buy one, get one free dinner on Mondays, and it takes walk-ins that night. The menu covers everything from schnitzel and beef masala curry to ribs, fillet and espetada, and the malva pudding gets a rave.
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Fact of the day
Did you know?
Scotland's national animal is the unicorn, which William I put on the Scottish royal coat of arms in the 12th century.
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