Out the Box Festival of Puppetry and Visual Performance 20 – 28 March 2010. The Out The Box Festival of Puppetry & Visual  Performance is directed by Janni Younge and artistic director Jaqueline  Dommisse. It is a visual feast of drama and dance performances, workshops, talks, exhibitions and films that caters for adults and children alike.

Cape Town Carnival 2010 18 March – 20 March 2010. The theme for the first Cape Town Carnival is “Rhythm, Roots & Boots”, celebrating Cape Town’s talent in all things cultural and artistic, as well as paying tribute to our rich heritage.

Cape Town Festival 2010 19 March – 22 March 2010. Billed as an “incomparable” culture and heritage event, the Cape Town Festival sets out to present a diverse arts, culture and heritage event that caters for all cultural groups and ages, Mother City residents and visitors alike.

Taste of Cape Town 2010 24 – 28 March 2010. Each year Taste of Cape Town brings together the city’s most acclaimed restaurants and carefully selected exhibitors to attract 20 000 of Cape Town’s most dedicated and sophisticated foodies. This year the festival will again be held at Rhodes High School, Montreal Avenue, Mowbray.

Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards 21 March 2010. Equivalent to the Tony Awards in New York, the Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards is an evening of glitz and glamour that attracts the cream of the country’s theatre talent and entertainers.

Grease, The Musical 6 March – 11 April 2010. The musical features an outstanding all-South African cast. The production is packed with raw energy and moves at a fast, furious and thrilling pace with an irresistible mix of adolescent angst, vibrant physicality and 1950s pop culture that resonates with audiences throughout the world.

K-Day Music Festival 20 March 2010. K-day is an open air music festival featuring some of South Africa’s hottest musical talent.

Cape Winelands Film Festival 17 – 27 March 2010.The 2010 Cape Winelands Film Festival (CWFF) are proud to present an unparalleled window on quality films from around the globe. The rich selection of world cinema includes features, documentaries and shorts, all which have won over 300 international awards.

Broken Arrow at Kalk Bay Modern 24 February – 31 March 2010. An exhibition of paintings, sculptures, lino prints and beaded embroideries representing San communities from South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.

Spier Contemporary Exhibition 2010 14 March – 14 May 2010. The Exhibition comprises 132 artworks from 101 artists. Distilled from over 2,700 national submissions, it is a visual and aural barometer of South Africa in 2010.

BP EXPRESS and Cape Town Carnival have collaborated to bring you Carnival Couture, a star-studded fashion extravaganza! The lucky few able to secure limited tickets will see 12 of Cape Town’s top designers’ one of a kind couture collections.

The fashion show, taking place at the V&A Waterfront on the 18th March, will mark the inauguration of the carnival weekend – congregating the who’s who of South Africa’s fashion industry to watch models take to the runway in one-off creations.

Each designer will showcase their interpretation of the Cape Town Carnival’s 2010 theme: Rhythm Roots and Boots, with 8 over-the-top Carnival Couture garments.

High profile names involved in the event include Kobus Dippenaar, C-Squared, Carducci Women, Hip Hop, Paul van Zyl Couture, Malick, Elbeth Gillis, Craig Port, Zinzi Couture in conjunction with Uwe Koetter Jewellers, Hendrik Vermeulen Couture, House of Monatic and Rosenwerth.

Tickets cost R120 per person. The show will take place at The Lookout, V&A Waterfront (on the roof of Aston Martin) 7.30pm on Thursday 18th March.

For booking information call 021 405 4473 or email angie@capetowncarnival.com