Check out JazziDisciples, FKA Mash, Rita Mukebo and more as Joburg celebrates First Thursdays

A hot date on the city’s monthly event calendar, First Thursdays are free-to-attend public events. The events see art galleries, boutique stores, niche bars and cultural events stay open until 9pm or later on the first Thursday of every month.

The events are widely loved by Joburgers as they allow anyone to explore the city on foot and experience the plethora of cultural activities Joburg has to offer – the catch is that there is no tour, schedule, or guided walk, the whole experience is up to you and wherever your curiosity takes you.

However, for those who will be operating on a blank slate, we’ve decided to scour all that First Thursdays has on offer tonight, 6 June. We’ve got everything from the hottest exhibitions, pop-ups, shows and musical events on show tonight.

Top five things to do on First Thursdays:

Conversations Ancestrale by Rita Mukebo

Multidisciplinary artist Rita Mukebo’s latest body of work, Conversations Ancestrale, opens at The Point of Order (TPO) on 6 June. It is the culmination of a three-week residency (9–31 May), held as part of an ongoing collaboration between the Wits History of Art and Heritage Management Department and Waza Art Centre. It is the second residency to have come out of this collaboration.  Starting from 1pm until late, this day of curated events will include talks, a film screening and more.

Live performance by JazziDisciples, FKA Mash, Punk Mbedzi, Ms Jones and Ronald Adlai

It’s getting hot at Dassler’s Courtyard this winter as one of Joburg’s most sizzling acts JazziDisciples, will be exploding with their unique Amapiano style and dance beats from FKA Mash, Punk Mbedzi, Ms Jones and Ronald Adlai. Get there. Doors open at 6.30pm. Register at www.pumaselect.co.za  to secure your space.

First Thursdays at 99 Juta

99 Juta will be hosting some special guests from Hlabisa KwaZulu-Natal this week. Master weavers Beauty Ngxongo and Ma Ntuli together with two young weavers will be working with Houtlander and Mashtdesignstudio at 99 Juta. Check out the space to meet the ladies, see their process and browse their products for sale.

No RSVP: First Thursdays

Come along to Kitcheners and dance. Visuals and decor curated by born out of boredom + friends. The line-up includes X14, Mx Blouse, RILEY.PG, $HAKES, SOCIALLUBRICANT, Insertcoin$ and more. R30 before 12pm R50 after.

Massive Nerve Corpus by Mikhael Subotzky

‘Massive Nerve Corpus’ continues Mikhael Subotzky’s look inwards at his relationship to white masculinity through provocative new paintings and works on paper. The exhibition builds on Subotzky’s fictional film installation ‘WYE’ (2016) in which the white male psyche is the terrain of anthropological curiosity. Check out the Goodman Gallery for this amazing exhibition.