Durban’s 2005/6 Summer Season will host the fifth annual Summer Beach Festival at Durban’s North Beach with an action-packed programme running from December 23 to January 2. Maximum entertainment is offered through an entertainment platform which will cover a broad range of activities from comedy; poetry; fashion shows; beauty pageants to a battle of the DJs; SA’s best kwaito stars; a talent search for future stars and a cultural dance expo.

Heading down south there’s the Amanzimtoti Summer Festival which will be hosted on Toti Main Beach and Hutchison Park from December 16 to 31. A host of activities for the whole family includes everything from Carols by Candlelight and Sharon Katz and the Peace Train to shebeen tours and a New Years Eve Bash.

Heading North from Durban there’s the Umhlanga Summer Carnival Week which takes place on the resort’s main beach from December 18 to 23.