Cape Town is the centre of the world – if you’re in it or passing through it, that is. It is the place where all who love expression congregate to celebrate a city that breathes art, history and culture. When The Loerie Awards comes to town from 1 – 3 October 2010 to commemorate the year’s greatest talent in the brand communication industry, Capetonians need not be left to sit on the sidelines but are invited to take part in the first ever Creative Week Cape Town. 

Creative Cape Town has joined forces with the Loeries to boost this prestigious event and too involve the City’s creative community in Creative Week Cape Town, 24 September – 3 October 2010. Christened after its godfather, New York Creative Week, this brainchild is a weeklong explosion of innovation right in the heart of the Mother City. 

Whether your talents lie in film, design, words, music, architecture, live performance, crafts or even a passion for making quilted socks, we want to help you broaden your fan base. For ten days, creatives can host events, demonstrations and presentations served to enthral, enlighten and ignite interest around their work and the creative community at large.

Creative Week Cape Town has been initiated as a legacy event for Cape Town’s bid for World Design Capital 2014, and invites individuals and organisations involved in all aspects of Cape Town’s creative life – education, arts, design, advertising, music and service organisations – to participate. 

Events can be staged anywhere in the City – and with Creative Week Cape Town culminating in the Loeries Festival Weekend (1 – 3 October), there is plenty of opportunity for hosts to exploit their creative talent to the thousands of Loeries attendees nestling in the city for the awards ceremony.

You are invited to get in first, to get the party started and fill Cape Town with your colours, thoughts, motions and notions. Yes that’s right, it’s time to show off.

How to participate
So, you’ve got an idea and you want to show the rest of the world. Creative Week Cape Town is a user-generated event, which means that events are independently organised by participants. Creative Cape Town does not offer funding for your event.

Creative Week Cape Town, together with these events, will be “self” promoted on the website, in the mainstream media, niche publications and sites, including those of Creative Cape Town and its partners.

How to register your event:
All it takes is three simple steps to register on the website. Plan and post your events now! Go to Creative Week CT and click on events.

Step 1: Tell us about yourself
Don’t worry, we don’t expect an essay. Just your name, contact information and a few other details and you’re on your way.

Step 2: Tell us about your event
Again, just need the basics. Where it will be. When it will take place. What it will cost (if any) and a short description of the event. Please just make sure to supply the details of a contact person.

Step 3: Tell everyone else about it
Now all you have to do is let everyone know about your event. Tell your network about it, post it to your favourite blogs and contact your local media. Create a Facebook event and link to Creative Cape Town (use the @ symbol). Creative Week Cape Town will make extensive use of the Creative Cape Town Facebook fanpage –which has more than 4 500 fans and counting.

What’s happening?
Check out what we’ve got planned during Creative Week Cape Town, so you can choose the best time and place for your event.

24-27 September: My Cape Town in the Company Gardens programme - during the Heritage Weekend all museums are free.  Plus there is a programme of activities including a competition entitled “Diss the Art” – speak your mind on the art you hate!

24 Sept-3 Oct:   Screenings of 2009 Loerie winners

Labia on Orange Street 13h00-13h40

Labia on Kloof Street 18h00-18h40

28 September-2 October:  Pan African Space Station cross-cultural & cyber-spatial explosion
Diverse pan-African sounds from ancient grooves to future hip-hop:

Congolese Kabako’s More More Future Band, afro-futurist Punk Opera (28 September, Cape Town City Hall);

Legendary guitarist Philip Tabane (30 September, St Georges Cathedral);

US Hip Hop artists Georgia Anne Muldrow and Declaime (30 September, Albert

Hall Woodstock and 2 Oct, Guga S’thebe).

1 October 2010: Loeries registration at the Grand Daddy Hotel, Long Street;

Discussion by Design Editors at new Free World Coating HQ headquarter organised by Cape Town Design Network (corner Buitengracht & Waterkant Streets);

The launch of Sound Space Design by Don Albert and Partners, a new architectural book, at the Book Lounge;

Mayor’s Welcome Function – starts at 17h30, for Loerie VIP ticketholders (and by invitation) only.  Mingle with the Mayor and industry elite;

Battle of the Bands at 20h00 – a chance for agency bands to battle it out on stage.  Entry is free for all Loerie ticketholders. 

Enter your band by emailing bands@theloerieawards.co.za – 5 shortlisted bands will perform on the evening;

Chairman’s Party at 22h00 – party with the Loeries chairman late into the night – entry is free for Loerie ticketholders.

2 Oct:Loeries registration at the Grand Daddy Hotel, Long Street;

Student portfolio morning at the South African Slave Church Museum – a chance for students to display their best work to top industry creatives;

Camps Bay – the strip comes alive with agency lunches, media lunch and the industry’s most sought-after parties.  Restaurants along Camps Bay have been pre-booked for Loerie delegates – book your spot by emailing lunch@theloerieawards.co.za (a list of venues is available on the Loeries website);

The 32^nd Annual Loerie Awards at the Good Hope Centre – pre-drinks open at 17h30 and last entry is at 19h30. The first night of awards includes Communication Design, Print media and Student awards. Tickets available from Computicket.

After-Parties – Long Street lights up with the Loeries after-party centred round the Long Street Café, plus agencies parties to keep the street rocking all night.

3 Oct: Golf at Erinvale Golf Club, Somerset West – tee-offs in the morning have been reserved for Loerie delegates.  Email golf@theloerieawards.co.za before Friday 3 Sept to reserve a tee-off time (first-come, first-served basis);

The 32^nd Annual Loerie Awards at the Good Hope Centre – pre-drinks open at 17h30 and last entry is at 19h30. The second night includes all electronic media, as well as the inaugural Ubuntu Award for social and environmental contributions. Tickets available from Computicket.

After-Parties – Once again, Long Street lights up with the Loeries after-party centred round the Long Street Café, plus agencies parties to keep the street rocking all night.

4-7 Oct Screenings of 2010 Loerie winners

Labia on Orange Street 13h00-13h40

Labia on Kloof Street 18h00-18h40

Creative Cape Town and The Loerie Awards aim to strengthen the creative and knowledge economy in the Central City of Cape Town by providing a platform to showcase local creative industries. 

Tickets, accommodation and specially reduced flights are all available for booking for The 2010 Loerie Awards.