Cape Town's nightlife has traditionally been a little sleepy compared with Johannesburg's, but this is changing. Things have become much more open and cosmopolitan in recent years, spiced up by thousands of African and European visitors and immigrants. A general loosening up of the city's staid personality has made Cape Town a diverse and exciting place to go out in.

Pubs and clubs
The city is passionate about music. Mainstream house is very popular, but there are also strong followings for drum'n'bass, trance, hip-hop, dub and Latin grooves, as well as kwaito , the dance style of young black Jo'burg. Much more laid-back...
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Theatre and live performance
Despite scarce resources (state funds have been redirected to more pressing areas), theatre and live performance in South Africa is making a valiant attempt to lift itself out of its post-democracy doldrums. Political protest theatre, a fertile genre in...
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Cinema
Despite the fact that Cape Town is booming as a film-production centre, local feature films are scarce. Mainstream Hollywood releases are shown at several commercial cinemas, all of which advertise daily in the Cape Times and ...
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