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A World of Tastes at the 2010 SA Cheese Festival
Taste, eat, drink and play to your heart’s desire at the SA Cheese Festival, taking place from Saturday 24 until Tuesday 27 April at Bien Donné on the R45 between Paarl and Franschhoek. This fabulous foodie event sets the scene for an intimate yet festive get-together between cheesemakers, food artisans and those who simply adore [...]
Money for JAM
Seven-time Dusi Marathon winner and Spur Adventure ambassador Martin Dreyer is participating in the Spur Adventure Charity Challenge over the months of April and May. Dreyer is encouraging everyone to join him as all proceeds from the challenge go to Joint Aid Management (JAM), a non-profit humanitarian relief and development organisation that currently assists more [...]
The Constantia Valley Association presents Crush on Constantia
THE CONSTANTIA VALLEY ASSOCIATION PRESENTS CRUSH ON CONSTANTIA 18TH APRIL 2010 11.30AM TO 6.30PM THE CRICKET OVAL, CONSTANTIA UITSIG WINE ESTATE If spending a Sunday afternoon in the company of good friends, sipping fine wine and sampling dishes prepared by Constantia’s highly acclaimed Chefs’ then The Crush on Constantia is definitely an event for you! Now in its third year, this [...]
Oyster, Wine & Food Festival in Jozi
24 000 Fresh succulent oysters must be eaten at South Africa’s 2nd largest oyster festival! Fresh juicy oysters, fine wines and a variety of mouthwatering oyster dishes await visitors to this year’s Oyster, Wine & Food Festival. This delicious celebration of food will take place at The Brightwater Commons (Johannesburg, South Africa) on Saturday 1st [...]
Taste of Cape Town - Sexier and more delicious than ever!
Having tantalised tastebuds in Cape Town for the past two years, the Taste of Cape Town festival is back from the 24 - 28 March at Rhodes High School, Mowbray (follow signs from Liesbeek Parkway into Durban Road). This stylish event will once again bring together the city’s most acclaimed restaurants and carefully selected exhibitors [...]
It’s all happening in Knysna this July!
Knysna, February 25, 2010 - The popular Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival will take place as usual this July (2-11), despite the 2010 World Cup. That’s the message from the festival team which is already working to put together a bumper programme for visitors to the 10-day event. “It’s business as usual for [...]
Looking for Adventure? Enter the Spur Adventure Charity Challenge
If your idea of fun is navigating your way through nature on foot and bicycle and getting wet in the process, then make sure you enter the Spur Adventure Charity Challenge that takes place in Gauteng, the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal during March and April 2010. The Adventure Challenge consists of a 20km mountain [...]
Splashy Fen announces smoking hot line-up
Supported by Tourism KwaZulu-Natal, Splashy Fen will mark its coming of age this Easter from 1-5 April with its most exciting line-up yet, rumours of which have been causing a stir around the country for the last couple of months. Many of the faces who have helped to make Splashy a world-class festival will [...]
Win a 3 Night Garden Route Big Game Getaway
Seen on the SA-Venues.com Travel News Blog: WIN a 3 night stay at the biggest game reserve in the Southern Cape – Plettenberg Bay Game Reserve – and discover an “Out of Africa” experience just a few minutes drive from the seaside town of Plettenberg Bay on the Cape’s magnificent Garden Route. The prize includes: 3 consecutive [...]
Stanford Earth Hour Picnic on the Green and mini Jazz Fest
Earth Hour Romantico - Famous SA Author inspired - Stanford’s 2010 Earth Hour Picnic on the Village Green and mini Jazz Festival. Stanford is an hour and a half up from Cape Town, it lies on the beautiful Kleinrivier just past Hermanus For a truly special non-commercial country experience, you have just got to make it [...]
Durbanville Wine Valley Feast of the Grape
Durbanville Wine Valley Feast of the Grape on Sunday, 21 March 2010: Harvesting the bounty of the vineyards is one of the most important moments in the making of good wine. The Durbanville Wine Valley celebrates ‘Feast of the Grape’, its annual Harvest Festival on Sunday, 21 March, signaling the end of the grape [...]
Spier Contemporary 2010 Exhibition Finalists Chosen
100 artists have been selected for The Africa Centre’s art biennale, the Spier Contemporary 2010, which opens at The Cape Town City Hall on 14 March 2010. The mammoth task of selecting the finalists from over 2 700 entries at selection centres across the country was undertaken by the five member curatorial team. Mwenya Kabwe, [...]
Splashy Fen comes of age
Splashy Fen celebrates its 21st festival this Easter and with the coming of age, comes greater awareness and responsibility. With this in mind, the organisers of South Africa’s longest-running annual music festival have joined forces with The Green Depot and the Corner Café in Durban to create an eco village that will give festival-goers [...]
Wellington Harvest Festival
This coming Harvest Festival, Wellington cannot wait to treat you to all the delicacies on offer at its 26-member compact wine route which is a mere 45 minutes from Cape Town, and within spitting distance of Stellenbosch and Franschoek. Come and celebrate the harvest with remarkable and award-winning wines, wine walks, mountain biking, wholesome family [...]
Win 3 Nights at Euphoria Golf Estate & Hydro
WIN a 3 night stay at Euphoria Golf Estate & Hydro, located in the beautiful Waterberg mountain range of the Limpopo Province, only 2 hours drive from Johannesburg. The estate offers 4 star luxury bush villa accommodation, an 18 hole championship golf course, a Hydro and cablecar that connects to a Sundowner Deck restaurant offering [...]
RAMfest 1V 2010
CAPE TOWN: WEEKEND 26 – 28 FEBRUARY AT NEKKIES HOLIDAY RESORT IN WORCESTER. JOHANNESBURG: SATURDAY 6 MARCH, EMMERENTIA DAM. RAMfest has grown over the past three years to be a highlight on the annual Music Festival calendar in the Western Cape. An unforgettable experience with a collective of like minded music- and fun lovers, mark those calendars [...]
Wellington Wine Harvest Festival in March
Calling all wine connoisseurs and organic food fundis! Some of the town’s most award-winning farms will be offering wine tasting at their cellars, wine walks, live music, food stalls & markets, quad & mountain biking, etc. R60 gives you access to all the farms, plus a complimentary tasting glass and map. Kids u12 are free. [...]
The Pixie Bennett Band due in Cape Town
After an extremely successful year, idols dynamite Pixie and her band will kick off 2010 with a show in Cape Town. Catch them at the V&A Waterfront on Sunday, January 10th at 5pm in the amphitheatre. Albums and merchandise will be available and all ages are welcome! Their new single SO SPUN has experienced [...]
Up the Creek Music Festival 2010
One river, three stages, more than 30 live music and comedy acts and 2000 festival goers with a passion for some of South Africa’s best music in common – get yourself ready for Up the Creek 2010. The line up includes: The Dirty Skirts, The Rudimentals, Bed on Bricks, Flat Stanley, Dan Patlansky, Hot Water, The [...]
Lifesaving Series on Kings Beach, PE
Don’t miss the 2010 Hansgrohe Masters of Water Lifesaving Series on Kings Beach on the 19th of December 2009 at 13h00. This 3 part series kicks off in Port Elizabeth, followed by a trip to Cape Town in January and then culminating in Durban, where the 2010 Hansgrohe Master of Water will be announced. Following its [...]
Video of Seal taking a fish from man at Hout Bay Harbour

Hout Bay Harbour Festival
How about ending the year off with a bang? Hout Bay is one of the picturesque places to visit in Cape Town and is a must see for many of the visitors to Cape Town and during the Hour Bay Harbour Festival weekend the community is expecting an influx of visitors from in and around Cape [...]
5th Annual World Aids Day Gala Concert
Grammy award winning, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, lend their voices to World Aids Day This event is formal with a touch of red and is the biggest event on the African continent commemorating 21 years of World Aids Day. The event has been hosted since 2005 by the Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management at Stellenbosch University. This year, [...]
The Wedding Pavillion
Brought to you by the Wedding Expo! The Wedding Expo knows that planning a wedding can be time consuming and stressful! Attending our bridal show will give you the opportunity to meet face to face with quality suppliers. This is a must for all Cape Town brides to be, if you are newly engaged, in the middle [...]
Hessequa Beach Festival
Are you looking for a fun way to kick off the new year? Then head into Still Bay from 1-4 January for some fun filled days. This is hot, action packed holiday festival with activities for everyone. Take part in some beach soccer, flag sprinting, fun rances, a lagoon race, beach volley ball or the beach [...]
The Body & Spirit Expo - Ballito
This is a unique expo as it brings together a combination of healthy living with an astrological twist. So many South Africans today are looking to live their lives in a more healthy manor and with this in mind The Body and Spirit Expo promises to have something for everyone, be it information, inspiration or [...]
Festival of White Lights
A spectacle of lights and artistic performances at Spier! Spier will celebrate the festive season with a dazzling display of lights and a diverse collection of artistic performances in the Festival of White Lights on 4 December 2009. The festival will be a journey across the estate led by an ‘Angel of Light’ on stilts and [...]
Go Touring with the Go Cape Town Card
City Sightseeing Open-Top Tour, Table Mountain Cableway and Two Oceans Aquarium have joined forces to launch the Go Cape Town Card, an all-inclusive ticket for the three popular tourism attractions. The card will be available from Tuesday December 1, 2009. Visitors pay only R360 per card, which includes a return trip on the Table Mountain [...]
Uitenhage Street Carnival
Two days of art, music, culture, street markets, parades, good food, good company & good times. Join the fun and excitement of the Uitenhage Street Carnival! Lots of Free entertainment, stalls for great buys, and yummy food. Entertainment includes musicians, dancers and performers, as well as a Street Parade on the Saturday, complete with floats. The [...]
Mozart Festival in Jozi
Lovers of classical music will be glad to know that the programme line up for the Johannesburg International Mozart Festival has been announced. So here is just a little taste of what you can expect from 23 January to 9 February 2010. Originally organised in 2006 in celebration of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 250th birthday anniversary [...]