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What to do in Johannesburg in October 2026

87 events from Saturday, October 17 to Saturday, October 31, 2026. Free: 3. Busiest venues: Theatre on the Square, The Market Theatre, Joburg Theatre.

Saturday, October 17, 2026

Visual arts
until Oct 24

What We Do Not See

Gulshan Khan · Jabulani Dhlamini · Jo Ractliffe · Jodi Bieber · Lindokuhle Sobekwa · Madoda Mkhobeni · Mark…

Wits Art Museum · Braamfontein
- Visual arts
Tickets
Visual arts
until Oct 31

A Johannesburg Landscape (or Thirteen Tons Settled to Brick)

Mikhael Subotzky

Goodman Gallery Johannesburg · Parkwood
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Nov 30

John Kani: A Living Legend

Apartheid Museum · Ormonde (Johannesburg South)
- Visual arts
R240 Tickets
Visual arts
until Nov 19

Karel Nel: Translucent Worlds

Karel Nel

Everard Read Johannesburg · Rosebank
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Oct 31

Lucinda Mudge: Collectors

Lucinda Mudge

Everard Read Johannesburg · Rosebank
- Visual arts
Free
Music
until Oct 18

Karen Zoid: Zoid Spawn

Karen Zoid

Pieter Toerien Theatre and Studio at Montecasino · Fourways
- Music
- Theatre
Comedy
until Oct 18

Stuck in Dubai with Dalin Oliver

Dalin Oliver

Pieter Toerien Theatre and Studio at Montecasino · Fourways
- Comedy
Theatre
until Nov 8

Shockwave

The Market Theatre · Newtown
- Theatre
Tickets
Theatre
until Oct 25

The Breasts of Tiresias

The Market Theatre · Newtown
- Theatre
Tickets
Theatre
until Oct 18

Unokhwezi

Joburg Theatre · Braamfontein
- Theatre
Music
until Nov 22

Mamma Mia! The Musical

The Teatro at Montecasino · Fourways
- Music
- Theatre
R250–R580
Music
5 PM

Arno Carstens Live: Immortal Blooms Music & Art Event

The Whirlwind Theatre · Victory Park
- Music
Tickets
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Theatre
5 PM

LADIES OF LAVARE

Theatre on the Square · Sandton
- Theatre
R180–R220 Tickets
Music
5 PM

NOISE COMPLAINT

Smoking Kills · Melville
- Music
- Experimental
Tickets
Music
6 PM

Legacy Concert: University of Johannesburg Choir Quava Vocal Group

UJ Arts Centre · Auckland Park
- Music
- Choir
Tickets
Music
6 PM

The Legacy Series Presents Amadodana Are Wesile

Untitled Basement · Braamfontein
- Music
Tickets
Nights out
9 PM

NO MANORS - 1 Year of Curated Moments

Bad Manors · Newtown
- Nights out
Tickets

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Literature
10 AM

12th African Women Writers Symposium

Soweto Theatre · Jabulani, Soweto
- Literature
Tickets
Music
1 PM

DynamiQ Live at Poppy's Cresta

Poppy's Restaurant Cresta · Cresta
- Music
Tickets
Music
1:30 PM

In Conversation with Laurent Bizot: The Nø Førmat Story

The Living Archive · Melville
- Music
Tickets
Music
5 PM

Untitled Basement Presents: Ndabezinhle Mntungwa — Ubude Abuphangwa

Untitled Basement · Braamfontein
- Music
Tickets

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Theatre
7:30 PM

THE AGENTS

Theatre on the Square · Sandton
- Theatre
R180–R220 Tickets

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Music
6 PM

The Local Jol

Under Bar · Craighall Park
- Music
Tickets
Theatre
7:30 PM

THE AGENTS

Theatre on the Square · Sandton
- Theatre
R180–R220 Tickets
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Comedy
Time not announced

Evita Bezuidenhout

Pieter-Dirk Uys

The Market Theatre · Newtown
- Comedy
- Cabaret
Tickets
Music
until Oct 25

Market Theatre Queer Festival

The Market Theatre · Newtown
- Music
- Theatre

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Cinema
5:30 PM

Film Screening: Passage to Sweden

Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre · Forest Town
- Cinema
Music
6 PM

Michaela Rabitsch & Robert Pawlik at Hugh's Jazz Club

Hugh's Jazz Club · Braamfontein
- Music
- Jazz
Tickets
Music
6 PM

THE SN PROJECT PRESENTS: AN OPEN REHEARSAL

Untitled Basement · Braamfontein
- Music
Tickets
Cinema
6 PM

TLTH - Queer Film Screening

Mamakashaka & Friends · Braamfontein
- Cinema
Tickets
Theatre
7:30 PM

THE AGENTS

Theatre on the Square · Sandton
- Theatre
R180–R220 Tickets
Music
8 PM

F#CK THE C!STEM

Smoking Kills · Melville
- Music
Tickets
Cabaret
until Oct 25

Bum Stuff: A Cheeky Cabaret with an Anal Fixation

The Market Theatre · Newtown
- Cabaret
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

The Johannesburg Queer Chorus

The Market Theatre · Newtown
- Music
Tickets

Friday, October 23, 2026

Theatre
1 PM

AFRO-FOLK & SOUL with TANKISO MAMABOLO

Theatre on the Square · Sandton
- Theatre
Visual arts
4 PM

Live Painting By Khotso Motsoeneng

The Art Quarter · Sandown
- Visual arts
Tickets
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Music
6 PM

Michaela Rabitsch & Robert Pawlik

Sankayi · Morningside
- Music
Tickets
Music
6 PM

Punk It Up

Rumours Lounge · Strydompark
- Music
- Punk
Tickets
Music
6 PM

Untitled Basement presents: The SN Project — By Popular Demand

Untitled Basement · Braamfontein
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

Chris Chameleon - Hartloop

The Whirlwind Theatre · Victory Park
- Music
Tickets
Other
7:30 PM

Isibane Soweto Tour

Soweto Theatre · Jabulani, Soweto
Tickets
Theatre
7:30 PM

THE AGENTS

Theatre on the Square · Sandton
- Theatre
R180–R220 Tickets
Music
until Dec 20

The Rocky Horror Show

Pieter Toerien Theatre and Studio at Montecasino · Fourways
- Music
- Theatre
R200–R495

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Theatre
10:30 AM

How England Stole My Head

Joburg Theatre · Braamfontein
- Theatre
Visual arts
11 AM

Zolile Petshane Open Studio

The Art Quarter · Sandown
- Visual arts
Tickets
Other
3 PM

Zaza: Blowing the Horn of Chronicle

Soweto Theatre · Jabulani, Soweto
Tickets
Theatre
5 PM

THE AGENTS

Theatre on the Square · Sandton
- Theatre
R180–R220 Tickets
Music
6 PM

Untitled Basement presents: Zawadi Yamungu — Live at the Basement

Untitled Basement · Braamfontein
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

THE LUYANDA MADOPE TRIO – A JOURNEY IN JAZZ

The Whirlwind Theatre · Victory Park
- Music
- Jazz
Tickets
Music
8 PM

N Episode with Drake

Mamakashaka & Friends · Braamfontein
- Music
Tickets
Nights out
10 PM

FLUID

Bad Manors · Newtown
- Nights out
Tickets
Theatre
Time not announced

Girls of the Golden West

The Market Theatre · Newtown
- Theatre
Tickets
Theatre
until Oct 25

Justice

Joburg Theatre · Braamfontein
- Theatre
Literature
Time not announced

Vuyelwa Maluleke: The Blue Album

Vuyelwa Maluleke

The Market Theatre · Newtown
- Literature
Tickets

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Music
1 PM

Swinging into Summer with Adrian & Emma-Jean

The Whirlwind Theatre · Victory Park
- Music
Tickets
Music
3 PM

Catherine Smith (violin), Gilah Kellner (violin) & Chanda Lupambo (piano)

Northwards House · Parktown
- Music
- Classical
Tickets
Theatre
3 PM

THE AGENTS

Theatre on the Square · Sandton
- Theatre
R180–R220 Tickets
Dance
3 PM

Vincent Mantsoe - Mpeyane's Dream

UJ Arts Centre · Auckland Park
- Dance
Tickets
Music
3 PM

Vivaldi Gloria & Gjeilo Sunrise Mass

Linder Auditorium · Parktown
- Music
Tickets

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Literature
5:30 PM

(Double) Poetry Book Launch with uHlanga Press and TNG Publishing

Pieter Madibuseng Odendaal

Love Books · Melville
- Literature

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