Johannesburg, South Africa
First established in 1886, when gold was discovered in the region, Johannesburg generated a population explosion and quickly became the largest city in South Africa. Johannes Meyer and Johannes Rissik, who both surveyed and mapped the area, are thought to have named the city - combining their common first name and adding “burg,” the Afrikaans word for “fortified city.” Today, Johannesburg is a dynamic cultural and financial center, the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Soccer-South African Tourism
january
- New Year’s Day
february
- Chinese New Year
- FNB Dance Umbrella (through March)
march
- Chocolate Festival & Expo
- Hobby-X
- Human Rights Day
april
- Freedom Day
- Joburg Easter Festival (through May)
- Nelson Mandela Square Easter Monday celebrations
may
- Grand Designs Live
june
- Encounters
- Extreme Auto Show
- The Wine Show
july
- Blacks Only Comedy Show
- International Creative Arts Worship Conference
- Nissan Trailseeker
- Rotary Art Festival
- Top 100 SA Wines Consumer Festival
august
- Decorex
- SA Innovation Summit (through September)
- The Standard Bank Joy of Jazz
- The Wine Show Jo’burg
september
- Arts Alive By the Numbers
- Dome2Dome Cycling Spectacular
- Good Food and Wine Show
- Joburg Art Fair
- New Dance Festival
- Pinotage on Tap
- rAge (through October)
- Robertson Wine Valley Festival
october
- African Fashion International (AFI)
- Avon Justine iThemba Walkathon
- Japaneese Film Festival
- Johannesburg Pride
- Newtown Diwali Festival
- Out In Africa South African Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- Spar Women's 5/10km Challenge
november
- FNB Whisky Live Festival
- Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge
- The TOPS Beer Essentials Event
december
- Christmas Day
- Day of Goodwill
- Day of Reconciliation
- Gerard Sekoto Youth Festival
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