10–11 October · both days planned, with times, prices and tickets
Researched live by an agent that reads what is actually on. Updated 2026-10-06.
Saturday 10 October
20th hip-hop festival; Slum Village, Ab-Soul, Blu & Exile, Cassper Nyovest, Emtee. Gates 12:00, Mary Fitzgerald Square, Newtown. Tickets R200-R1000.
Book / tickets →Saturday artisan food & craft market, Braamfontein, 9:00-15:00, free entry.
Heritage museum & memorial complex (apartheid prison, Constitutional Court), Braamfontein. Tickets via Webtickets or Visitor Centre.
Book / tickets →Fire-grill modern South African fine dining by David Higgs, Keyes Art Mile, Rosebank. Dinner.
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📍 Liliesleaf Farm — The safe house where the ANC's underground leadership was arrested in 1963.
🎨 Keyes Art Mile — Galleries, design shops and a long lunch in Rosebank.
Sunday 11 October
Sunday rooftop market at Rosebank Mall, 140+ traders, food and craft, free entry.
Book / tickets →South African premiere of Suzie Miller's one-woman play, Barney Simon Theatre, Newtown. Sunday 15:00. R140-R220, 85 min, 14+.
Book / tickets →Traditional township ('kasi') cuisine restaurant, 6980 Vilakazi St, Orlando West, Soweto.
Book / tickets →Museum on apartheid and the struggle for democracy. Open Tue-Sun 9:00-17:00 (open Sunday). Book online.
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🌿 Walter Sisulu Botanical Garden — A waterfall with a pair of black eagles nesting on the cliff beside it.
📍 Maboneng precinct — Street art, rooftop bars and weekend markets in converted warehouses.
A day out of town this weekend
Big Five inside an extinct volcanic crater, a couple of hours from the city.
Book / tickets →Every Thursday morning — the weekend plan for Johannesburg in your inbox: what is on, where to go, what it costs. Friday is for booking.
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