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Gauteng Events & Festivals

What's on across Gauteng — the DStv Delicious and Joy of Jazz festivals, the Rand Show at Easter, Pretoria's jacaranda season, the 947 Ride Joburg and Soweto Marathon, cricket at the Wanderers and SuperSport Park, and rugby at Loftus and Ellis Park. Dated events show soonest-first and drop off once they've passed; seasonal and annual events are listed below them. Filter by region and type.

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702 Jozi My Jozi Walk the Talk — Johannesburg CBD. A mass-participation community walk hosted by radio station 702 with several routes through inner-city Johannesburg
947 Ride Joburg — Johannesburg. South Africa's largest timed cycling event after the Cape Town Cycle Tour, with road races looping through Johannesburg
Capital Craft Beer Festival — Pretoria. One of Gauteng's biggest craft beer festivals, featuring dozens of breweries, food and live music in Pretoria
Carnival City Concerts — Big Top Arena, Carnival City, Brakpan. The Big Top Arena at Carnival City in Brakpan hosts regular local and international concerts, comedy and live shows
Cradle Festival at Maropeng — Maropeng, Cradle of Humankind. An outdoor music, food and family festival staged at the Maropeng visitor centre in the Cradle of Humankind World…
Decorex Joburg — Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg. Africa's leading decor, design and lifestyle expo, bringing hundreds of exhibitors to the Sandton Convention Centre
Delicious International Food & Music Festival — Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Midrand, Johannesburg. Formerly the DStv Delicious Festival, this Heritage-weekend event pairs gourmet food with major local and international…
Diwali Festival of Lights — Lenasia, Johannesburg. Large community Diwali celebrations with lights, food and fireworks are held annually in Lenasia and Fordsburg
DStv Delicious International Food & Music Festival — Johannesburg. Large food and live-music festival held in Johannesburg
Emperors Palace Concerts — Emperors Palace, Kempton Park. Emperors Palace near OR Tambo Airport stages frequent concerts, tribute shows and events in its theatres and arena
Fak'ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival — Braamfontein, Johannesburg. An annual festival at Wits and Braamfontein celebrating African digital art, technology, gaming and creative innovation
Festival of Motoring — Kyalami. Africa's premier motor show, held annually at Kyalami with test drives and displays
FNB Art Joburg — Johannesburg. Africa's leading contemporary art fair, held annually at Sandton
FNB Stadium Concerts — FNB Stadium, Nasrec, Johannesburg. South Africa's largest stadium regularly hosts major international and local stadium concerts and events like Global…
Jacaranda Season — Pretoria. Pretoria, the 'Jacaranda City', turns purple each spring as tens of thousands of jacaranda trees bloom across its…
Jameson Festive Market — Melrose Arch. Seasonal festive market with food, drinks, craft and entertainment held at Melrose Arch over the holidays
Joburg Carnival — Johannesburg. Colourful year-end street carnival and parade
Joburg Film Festival — Johannesburg. A leading African film festival showcasing local and international cinema across venues in Johannesburg each March
Keyes Art Night — Rosebank. Evening gallery openings and cultural gatherings along the Keyes Art Mile
Kyalami 9 Hour — Kyalami. International endurance sports-car race staged at the circuit
Motorsport & festival events at Kyalami — Midrand. Kyalami circuit hosts regular motorsport meetings and large-scale festivals through the year
Nirox Winter Sculpture Fair — Nirox Sculpture Park, Cradle of Humankind, Krugersdorp. An open-air contemporary sculpture exhibition set in the landscaped grounds of Nirox in the Cradle of Humankind
Pretoria Show — Tshwane Events Centre, Pretoria. A long-running agricultural and commercial show combining livestock, trade stalls, food and a funfair
Proteas Cricket at SuperSport Park — SuperSport Park, Centurion. SuperSport Park in Centurion is a regular venue for Proteas Test matches and white-ball internationals each summer
Proteas Cricket at the Wanderers — The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. The 'Bullring' at the Wanderers hosts Proteas Test, ODI and T20 internationals during the South African summer
Rand Show — Johannesburg Expo Centre, Nasrec, Johannesburg. Johannesburg's biggest Easter entertainment and family festival, held annually over the Easter long weekend at the…
Rocking the Vaal — Vanderbijlpark. A rock and Afrikaans music festival drawing crowds to the Vaal region with a line-up of popular South African bands
Soweto Derby & PSL Football — FNB Stadium, Soweto, Johannesburg. FNB Stadium hosts Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and the fiercely contested Soweto Derby during the Premier Soccer…
Soweto Marathon — FNB Stadium, Soweto, Johannesburg. Known as 'The People's Race', this marathon starts and finishes at FNB Stadium and winds through Soweto's historic…
Soweto Wine & Lifestyle Festival — Soweto, Johannesburg. An annual celebration of South African wines paired with food, music and lifestyle exhibitors in the heart of Soweto
Standard Bank Joy of Jazz — Sandton Convention Centre, Sandton, Johannesburg. One of Africa's premier jazz festivals, bringing local and international artists to multiple stages in Sandton each…
Starlight Classics — Roodepoort. Open-air symphonic concert held on the lawns of Walter Sisulu Botanical Garden
Sunset Concerts at Walter Sisulu Botanical Garden — Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Roodepoort. A popular summer series of open-air Sunday concerts held beneath the waterfall at the Walter Sisulu garden
Ultra South Africa (Johannesburg) — Expo Centre, Nasrec, Johannesburg. The Johannesburg leg of the global Ultra electronic dance music festival, staged the day after the Cape Town edition
Vaal Dam Sailing Regattas — Vaal Marina. Yacht clubs on the dam host regular sailing races and the annual Round-the-Island events
Vaal Kota Festival — Emerald Resort & Casino, Vanderbijlpark. A township-food festival celebrating the kota (bunny chow) with music, lifestyle stalls and family fun at Emerald Resort
Vaal River Carnival — Emfuleni, Vanderbijlpark. A community carnival along the Vaal River with boating, music, food and family entertainment in the Emfuleni area
Vodacom Bulls Rugby — Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria. The Vodacom Bulls play United Rugby Championship and Currie Cup home fixtures at the iconic Loftus Versfeld stadium