It’s no coincidence that the most prolific section on Cairo 360 is the restaurants page. You see, although the term foodie is usually reserved for those of a more refined palette, Egypt has a unique taste and appreciation for food – be it the local foul and falafel hole-in-the-wall, or the latest gourmet street food eatery.

It’s this appreciation that has led Magda Gomaa and her team of food enthusiasts to put together what is set to be the biggest food event Egypt has ever witnessed. The delightfully named Cairo Bites will bring together food and beverage outlets from across Cairo all under one roof on Saturday the 26th of April at Baron Palace in Heliopolis.

But Cairo Bites is more than just a fiesta of food.

“We are trying to encourage food entrepreneurship,” Gomaa explains. “We’ve witnessed a trend of something opening at every street corner with endless cuisines, concepts and whatnot. And they’re doing it well.”

The festival will give gastronomic entrepreneurs the opportunity to showcase their goods, from a range of different cuisines and food philosophies – a reflection of Cairo’s increasingly kaleidoscopic dining scene.

“Owners have greeted the event well. We have a diversified line-up of food establishments – restaurants, bakeries, fruit and salad bars, etc. As for the cuisines, we promise that people will taste the flavours of the world on that day. And that’s no exaggeration!”

Beyond the endless food options, Cairo Bites has a whole host of activities, from live demonstrations, to live music and even some special activities for the little ones.

Such a grand event needs a grand venue and Gomaa had no hesitation when it came to Baron Palace.

“It’s an architectural beauty – an intriguing venue standing abandoned in the middle of one of the busiest streets of Cairo. We could’ve gone to other venues, that are less costly, but this is the one location that perfectly complements Egypt’s biggest food festival.”

With mouths firmly salivating, we discussed the possibility of Cairo Bites becoming a regular fixture.

“The chances are very high, for as long as Egyptians continue to love food as much as they do. We want to turn this into an annual festival for our community where people socialise in an environment of food and fun.”

Find more info on the Cairo Bites Facebook page and ticket information on here. For restaurateurs and other venue owners who are keen to book a spot at the showcase, call 01097900044 / 01003913911 or email info@cairobites.com or see cairo360.com/article/restaurants/6869/cairo-bites-egypts-biggest-food-showcase for more info.

Bon appétit!

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Butterfly Culture brings you a series of musical genius from both our land and beyond, designed to tickle your delights and inspire your imagination.

We are the butterfly revolution and have been waiting for you. Forget everything you ever thought you knew about what felt good.

Bringing to the stage the pulsing sounds of international performers who’s will strum at your heart strings. With the latest generation Funktion One Sound System, event production from Kilowatt AV, and sets from international headliners, transformation is afoot.

If you are looking for something different, then we are it. Come play in the Butterfly Culture of life.

Expect sick Deep House and Techno beats from our Line-up:

Filterheadz

Betoko

Minimal Lounge

DJ Anthea

Danalog

Anju Ana

Tickets will be available soon!

Cape Town

 Dates & Times

11 April – 12 April

Starts at 14:00 · Ends at 04:00

Casablanca Waterfront

Cape Town, Western Cape

 Johannesburg

12 April – 13 April

Starts at 14:00 · Ends at 04:00

Studio Studio

308 Fox Street, 2001 Johannesburg, Gauteng

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Once again, the little coastal village of Ponta Malongane in southern Mozambique will be host to the Fellowship of Rock & Roll’s main festival from September 3 to 7 2014. During the day, people will be able to scuba dive, enjoy a scenic excursion on the ocean, explore the area by 4×4, do shebeen-crawling, or just chill on the beach. In the afternoons and evenings bands will entertain the crowd.

More than 20 acts will perform during the festival, playing on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Impromptu shebeen gigs are known to happen on the Sunday afternoon.

Ticket information will be made available soon.

Should you require more information about the event please feel free to contact Legend Frans (082-926-3602) or Karen De Waal (082-885-3304) or email us at info@forr.co.za.

 Dates & Times

3 September – 7 September

Starts at 08:00 · Ends at 17:00

Ponta Malongane Mozambique

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Big Concerts confirmed today that smash hit American rock band The Fray have confirmed 2 South African tour dates performing live in Johannesburg on 19th September 2014 at the Coca-Cola Dome and 20th September 2014 at the Grand Arena, GrandWest Cape Town. Presented by 94.7 Highveld Stereo and M-Net.

Tickets go on sale for Johannesburg and Cape Town on Friday 28th March 2014 from bigconcerts.co.za and Computicket.

The Fray is Isaac Slade, Joe King (guitar and vocals), Dave Welsh (guitar) and Ben Wysocki (drums). The Denver based foursome formed in 2002 after high school friends Slade and King bumped into each other at the local guitar shop. The band achieved national success with their first single ‘Over My Head’, which became a top ten hit in the U.S but the release of their second single ‘How To Save A Life’ brought them into the worldwide spotlight going double platinum and earning a 2010 Grammy nomination for their self titled release.

The recently released fourth album ‘Helios’, was produced by Stuart Price (The Killers, Madonna, Keane) and Ryan Tedder (Adele and One Republic). The latest single ‘Love Don’t Die’, received critical acclaim from Billboard Magazine and is currently on the KIA Top 40 on 94.7 Highveld Stereo and 94.5 KFM.

Helios follows the band’s 2012 release ‘Scars and Stories’ which garnered widespread praise and was produced by Brenden O’Brian who has worked with the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam and Rage Against the Machine.

This will be the first time The Fray has performed in South Africa and fans will be treated to a concert of all their hits and more.

thefray.com

TOUR ITINERARY

Johannesburg

Friday 19th September 2014

Coca-Cola Dome

Ticket Price: R310 – R510

Tickets go on sale Friday 28th March 2014 at 9am

Cape Town

Saturday 20th September 2014

Grand Arena, GrandWest

Ticket Price: R310 – R510

Tickets go on sale Friday 28th March 2014 at 9am

Tickets from bigconcerts.co.za and Computicket

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Truth presents KUTSKI (UK), BAS AMRO (NL) & Special guests. Truth proudly presents the new saviour of rave and master of the harder styles, KUTSKI in the BASEMENT.

ABOUT KUTSKI

It’s very rare in this day and age to find new pioneers who work hard day in day out to constantly push the boundaries of harder music. The new saviour of rave and master of the harder styles, Kutski aptly fits this title and is without a doubt the most exciting crossover talent to emerge from the UK in the past decade!

With his infamous technical ability and incredible musical versatility it’s not difficult to see why he has earned the tag ‘The People’s Favorite’, voted the UK’s No.1 Hard Dance DJ in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll and scooping up awards for ‘Best UK Hard DJ’ for 3 years running in the Hard Dance Awards as well as best Hard Dance DJ and podcast/radio show in the Hardcore Heaven Awards!

His ‘Keeping The Rave Alive’ podcast and radio show has become one of the leading forces in the harder styles, which has grown to become the UK’s leading hard-edged brand. Kutski is also the ambassador of all things hard for BBC Radio One representing the station to cover the harder styles for over 10 years now!

Line-up Coming Soon!

ENTRANCE

R80 presale at Webtickets

R100 door

TRUTH

Corner of Old Pretoria Main Road and James Crescent, Midrand

NO U18

• Truth on BBM: 28D33496
• Truth on Twitter @Truthnightclub
• truthjhb.com
• Comments? Questions?
• Mail us: pr@truthjhb.com

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Candy Never goes out of Style! With a 14% market increase last year in the sweet and snack industry, The Sweet Candy and Snack Fair® is set to be the ideal platform for this entire industry to showcase, connect, network, learn, discuss, develop, introduce and to unwrap future business opportunities, under one roof for three days at the Coca-Cola Dome in Johannesburg from 11-13 April 2014.

Our aim is to promote entrepreneurship and greater market growth on a yearly basis by listening to consumer trends and demographics.

We invite everyone from manufacturer to consumer to participate at this Sweeeeet Fair of delicious, mouth-watering delights! Sugar Sculpture Competitions! Live Entertainment! TWO Theatres, elementary and Advance sweet demonstrations, informative talks, Introductions of new gadgets and Tools to mention but a few highlights

Times: Friday, 11 April: Trade Only 9am–3pm

Friday,11 April: 3pm-6pm All Welcome

Saturday,12 April: 9am – 6pm All Welcome

Sunday,13 April:10am-5pm All Welcome

Event Type: Trade and Consumer Exhibition

Price: R80 (tickets at the door or avoid queuing and buy tickets on line www.thesweetcandyfair.co.za

Pensioners R50

Kids under 10 Free

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Goldfish Submerged Sunday – Say Goodbye to Summer. Advance ticket purchase have
direct access – avoid the queues! Times: 1pm-3am.

Limited tickets available at the door, once online sales are finished.
No under 18’s

Shimmy Beach Club, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
DATE: 4th May 2014
TIME: 1300
COST: R100 – R250

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Greetings dustlings and other members of the great unwashed. Also sophisticated far flung friends of the tunes. Time to gather your most princely possessions and your ferns. And if you own princes you can bring them as well. Contrary to most people’s expectations, including the family’s own, we have survived 20 years.

OPPIKOPPI: 1994 -2014 – Just think about that. Not bad for an opening statement. Against the police, for the police, amongst the policeless (mostly), creating police and permutations of policii not easily captured in the English lexicon. In the small bar. With one or both or all eyes closed tightly. Arms around a moving body (Hold me fast). Diving forth. And we lived.

And all of you friendly Soft Africans with a hooligan party disposition, has built the story with us. Then a friend of ours said there were equally descriptive journeys in the past (Although he did admit that there were no double-decker buses driving over the knees of well-endowed Mediterranean demi-gods 3000 years ago. Athena thought it short sighted), But the themes sounded similar:

The entire Trojan campaign lasted 10 years, thereafter Odysseus/Ulysses travelled another 10 more until he was reunited with Penelope on his home island Ithaca.

10 + 10 = 20

OppiKoppi (without sheep) = Odyssey (with sheep)

Even if you are not mathematically inclined, the connections sounded too good to be true. So, with that, please rise and give a really warm clapping of the hands, for here we have miss OppiKoppi 2014: THE ODYSSEY.

So there it is. And sits. May the gods bless you. Verily. More info to follow, but brush up on your Greek mythology and Greeks in general.  Good night

The OK Family

• Note 1: Have a look at the dates for the festival. You may have to take a day off, so start faking a disease almost immediately.
• Note 2: The Odyssey concept was crafted by the AAA school of Advertising (CPT). Really nifty gimmicks.
• Note 3: The images for the campaign was designed by Louis Minnaar.
• Note 4: Early bird tix will go on sales presently. Please have a look at the facebook page for more info on ticketing.

OppiKoppi The Odyssey

7 – 9 August, 2014 (unfortunately the public holiday now falls on a Saturday so you’ll need to take a day’s leave from work)

Tickets:

Kreesmas Tickets – SOLD OUT

• Early bird tickets: R650 per person – Limited offer. Includes the event t-shirt, collected at the festival, and camping. Available on plankton.mobi ONLY

• General tickets: R700 per person. Includes the event t-shirt and camping for the weekend. Available on the OppiKoppi Facebook page or on plankton.mobi.

Stay up to date with all things Greek by joining the online platforms:

• Official website: oppikoppi.co.za
• Facebook: facebook.com/oppikoppifestival
• Twitter: twitter.com/oppikoppifest
• Instagram: instagram/com/oppikoppi

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Sunday Funk @ Oasis Lonehill Lodge, Daytime pool party, 12pm to 10pm 6th April, FREE ENTRY before 2PM R40 there after, starts at 12PM. Come join us as we bid farewell to summer POOL SIDE right in your hood!

Trust in Sunday Funk Quality… Full line up for our POOL PARTY – 6 April:

• Ryan Dent
• Craig Massiv
• Nick Essential
• Keren Onay
• Jae-D

For Table bookings: Use BBM: 2A185C1E alternatively mail: keren@sundayfunk.co.za

Come join us POOL SIDE on Sunday 6th April.

Come relax and chill out with us at a beautiful new venue right in your hood

Our NEW VENUE has:

• Beautiful unique environment
• Covered Out door Dancefloor
• Full LUNCH menu
• Classy Vibe
• Cocktail menu
• Platters and bottle service
• Sunday Funk Quality
• High Level Of Service

Sunday Funk Music Policy is important to us and we will keep you entertained by only the BEST SA DJs with the QUALITY music you have all come to expect.

Keep yourself Updated with our Sunday Funk profile, Page and group on Facebook:

• facebook.com/SundayFunk.1
• facebook.com/groups/sundayfunk/
• facebook.com/sunday.funk.7

Oasis Lonehill, 31 Malburton Rd, Lonehill, Fourways.

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Silverfox Entertainment presents Aftermath. In the haze of disillusionment…through the mist of undesirable hysteria and the vague sounds of what once was…its now time to bask in the glory of Empyre’s AFTERMATH, Featuring the Launch of REJEKTED RECORDS.

• REJEKTED RECORDS DJ’S :
• SA5H (JHB)
• PRESH (JHB)
• KEVIN BUTHO (JHB)

KZN’S FINEST :

• AMEETH SHAH
• JIT C JITZ
• CLINTON PSYCHE
• BRANDON C
• DRE
• ROMAIN
• DERRON “Crazy D”
• MONSTROSITY

Date : Sat 5th April

Time: 9pm

Dress : Funky Smart

For more info:

• email : jeremy@empyre.biz
• BBM: 2929ADFD

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