Entertainment licence ?

charleshaupt

Hi all,please advise... Have been gigging for few weeks at a local pub in town.Suddenly the Town authorities threaten to take "LEGAL action" against the pub owner if he does not obtain an entertainment licence? He has a valid liquorlicence. I offered to even gig at half the volume or even unplugged,they are adamant..The owner should get an entertainment licence. What is the way forward in this ? Our gig times were on a Friday\Saterday night from 20:00 to 24:00.The current pub owner took over the pub about 3 monyhs ago,is any previous entertainment licence transferrable ? Thank you.

AlanRatcliffe

Yeah, having entertainment means they need an entertainment licence, but so do a lot of other things, like having more than two gaming machines. It's not expensive though (R25 in Cape Town, probably similar up there). It won't be transferable as it's keyed to the owner's ID.

Here's the one for Cape Town, which includes the relevant info on the Business Act 71 of 1991:
http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/CityHealth/EnviroHealth/FoodQualityandSafety/Pages/LicencingandCertification.aspx