Number one: Local music group, the Jesse Jordan Band, has reached number one on the national radio station 5fm's Hi5@5! Their song "e With You" from their latest album entitled "World Piece" was play listed on the station a month ago, and with great force managed to reach the top position. The band has also been quite busy shooting a music video to ?Be with you? with local director John Warner, whom they have worked with on numerous projects in the past. The music video is currently play listed on DSTV music channel MK (formerly known as MK89) and can be seen three times daily. ?We all believe so hard in the song and it seems to be paying off. The people are requesting it more and more, and the album sales at the live shows reflect that we might, just might have gotten us a hit song!" Check out their website, www.jessejordan.co.za, to see where they will be playing next.

Kunsuitstallings vir elke smaak
'n KUNSUITSTALLING deur Gerrit van Dijk word op 26 Julie om 18:00 by Mad about Junk in Sir Lowry's Pass gehou.

Teaterfees by Baxter gehou
VLEIS, Rys & Aartappels Teater bied eersdaags 'n feesmaal van hoogtepunte van die bekroonde Stellenbosse produk'siehuis se werk vir die eerste keer in Kaapstad van 29 Julie tot 15 Augustus by die Baxter Teater in Kaapstad.

Vicky Samson performs
VICKY SAMSON will be performing at Hanover Street at Grandwest Casino on Saturday, July 26. The doors open at 20:00 and the show is from 21:00 to 24:00.

Vier fees van Persië tot Paarl
VERRUIL die winterbloutes vir 'n purper-warm wyn-en-koservaring by die Persië tot Paarl Fees op 16 Augustus by die Nederburg wynlandgoed buite die Paarl.

Susan Danford in one-woman play
STAGE, SCREEN and television actress, Susan Danford, tackles four different characters in Kristen Thomson's one-woman play, I, Claudia, at the Baxter Sanlam Studio until July 26, following its South African premier at the National Arts Festival, Grahamstown.

Artworks are no ordinary postcards
THE new Off the Wall contemporary gallery at Lourensford Estate in Somerset West (formerly the Bell-Roberts Gallery) presents the Post Card Show until August 3.

Vermaakbrokkies
DIE befaamde Suid-Afrikaanse pianis Francois du Toit, is op die verhoog van die Universiteit Stellenbosch se Endlersaal op 19 Julie om 20:00.

Funny bones
He's back, he's funnier than ever and he wants you! Kurt Schoonraad, Cape Town's favourite delinquent, is back and full of it at On Broadway until July 26.

New show on at Lourensford
CONTINUING the tradition from last year, the Bell-Roberts Gallery at Lourensford presents "The Postcard Show II" group exhibition.

Post-matrics exhibit at Liebrecht Gallery
THE Liebrecht Gallery in Somerset West's hosts an exhibition of 62 works of 27 senior post-matric students until July 24.

Cape Town concert series kicks off
THE five-concert Cape Town Concert Series Second Season 2008 opens on Saturday, July 26, with a performance by the charismatic Hungarian pianist Libor Novacek, acclaimed as a major talent by such world-leading magazines as Gramophone for his awarding-winning CD recordings.

Warm vermaak by Dorpstraat Teater
DORPSTRAAT Restaurantteater op Stellenbosch is die ideale plek om te wees op koue wintersaande. Die teater se program vir die komende maand is vol lekker vertonings.

Hand picked cast portrays diverse cultures of Cape Town
CONTINUING to address the issues of social cohesion, job creation, skills development, pride and self confidence in the young, TAPAS is the title of Artscape's 2008 Youth Collaboration.

National Gallery celebrates 40 years
THE Friends of the South African National Gallery (FONG) mark their 40th anniversary with a celebratory exhibition of selected works of art presented to the Gallery's collections over the past four decades.

The Tempest a summer highlight
A NEW production of William Shakespeare's last play, The Tempest, a collaboration between The Baxter Theatre Centre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, is set to be a highlight of Cape Town's summer season, when it opens at the Baxter Theatre from January 15 until February 6, 2009.

Paton offers another riveting read
The overwhelming success of Cry the beloved country - possibly the best known South African novel (over 20 million copies sold and still selling in the region of 50 000 copies a year) - has overshadowed the rest of Alan Paton's fiction, including the novel that followed three years later, Too late the phalarope (1951), which critics consider the better of the two works.

Chess hits our shores
PIETER TOERIEN is presenting CHESS - The Musical, with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, formerly of ABBA, now on stage at Theatre on the Bay until July 20.

Prime Circle
Prime Circle: The rock band, Prime Circle, will be rocking Bertie's Moorings on Thursday, July 17. They are back on form with a scorching new single 'Out of this Place' that's already tearing up radio charts around the country.

Cutt Glass:
Die Boer Teaterrestaurant is bedrywig die volgende paar weke en bied die ideale geleentheid om die winterkoue te verdryf. Van 26 tot 28 Junie tree Cutt Glass daar op.

Auditions at the Playhouse
AUDITIONS for The Boy Comes Home will be held on Sunday, June 29 at 19:00 for 19:30 at The Playhouse in Lourensford Road, Somerset West. The play is a South African drama set in the 1970?s directed by Norman McFarlane.

Internasionale kamermusiekfees kom weer na Stellenbosch
DIE jaarlikse Stellenbosch Internasionale Kamermusiekfees vind plaas van 4 tot 13 Julie. Die fees bied talentvolle jong musici weer eens die geleentheid om hul kuns te verfyn in kamermusiek-ensembles onder die wakende oog van hoogs gerespekteerde internasionale leermeesters in klavier, perkussie, strykinstrumente, hout- en koperblaasinstrumente.

Artscape Youth Jazz Festival held
SINCE 2003 when Artscape initiated the Youth Jazz Festival, interest has grown by young jazz musicians eager to be included in the mentorship programme. It culminates in a Jazz Festival on Saturday, June 21 from 15:00 to 18:00 in the Artscape Theatre.

Oubaas stal by Rialto uit
OUBAAS SCHOLTZ van die Strand stal tot 30 Junie by Rialto Kunssentrum in Millsstraat in die Strand uit. Die gallery is Maandag tot Saterdag oop vir die publiek

Jazz Festival at Artscape
For the first time the Living Heritage Jazz Festival is to be held at Artscape Theatre Centre and will be presented annually during the Easter weekend. Introducing a new concept with magic components to inspire and entertain audiences, the festival this year will be staged over three days from Friday, March 21 to Sunday, March 23 in the Artscape Theatre.

Three sisters, one secret and a funeral...
Winner of an Olivier Award for Best New Comedy in 2000 and voted the UK "Play of the Year", The Memory of Water is on at the Baxter Sanlam Studio Theatre until March 6.