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Top line-up for White Mountain Festival
A number of top artists from around the country are set to perform at this year’s White Mountain Festival, which is coming up from September 29 to October 2 and once again promises a weekend of great live music in an awesome setting. Included on the bill for this gem of a festival held at [...]
Oktober Bierfest launches in South Africa
For more than 200 years the annual Oktoberfest in Munich has been a defining part of Bavarian culture and has grown to become the world’s largest festival, attracting more than five million people from around the globe to Germany each year. Attending the Oktoberfest is on the ‘bucket list’ for many, but this year South [...]
Endler Concert Series presents concerts on 13 & 14 August
The Endler Concert Series will continue its full 2011 programme with concerts on both 13 and 14 August. The first concert on 13 August takes place at 20:00 and features the South African born duo of Dawid Venter (flute) and Ben Schoeman (piano). Praised for his “colourful tone, brilliance and delicacy”, Venter, an alumni of [...]
Botriviera Spring Festival – Wineries of Bot River celebrate together!
Wineries of Bot River celebrate together from 9 to 11 September 2011: A fabulous weekend celebrating the advent of Spring for wine lovers, nature lovers and families to get together for the good-time event of the year with gastronomy, tastings, entertaining activities , local artists and so much more. Our line up this year kicks [...]
La Motte MCC Sparkles at SA Terroir Wine Awards
The 2008 La Motte Méthode Cape Classique has just been acknowledged as one of the National Winners for cultivar wines by the 2011 Novare SA Terroir Wine Awards. “With the 2008 MCC Brut being only the second vintage of sparkling wine to have been released from La Motte, we are delighted by this performance”, says [...]
New Spring Festival in Tulbagh
The historic Cape Winelands town of Tulbagh is hosting a Spring Arts Festival over the weekend of 26–28 August 2011, celebrating the arts in all their varied forms. The festival also coincides with the spring wildflowers, which include several varieties of rare endemic bulbs that only flower in the Tulbagh valley. It is aimed at [...]
It’s Festival Time in Cape Town
Cape Town is gearing up for festival season with many carnivals, creative and music events coming up later this month and throughout March. Infecting the City, an annual public arts initiative, presented by The Africa Centre, offers free performance art happenings in public spaces in the City that are relevant to the theme and significant [...]
Cape Town Gears Up For Design Inspiration
Cape Town is gearing up to be inspired by all genres of design and an abundance of creativity in the days to come. The Design Indaba Conference and Expo is recognised the world over as a top design and trend event. Drawing the likes of speakers such as Alberto Alessi, Mark Shuttleworth, and Michael Wolff, [...]
Cape Town powers up for Night Vision
The Cape Town Festival’s (CTF) multi-dimensional street festival Night Vision is back by popular demand on Saturday, 12 March from 6pm till midnight. It will take place at the newly revamped Cape Town Station Forecourt, extending festivities into Adderley Street between Strand Street and the fountain. The CTF, incorporating the One City, Many Cultures (1CMC) [...]
‘Hairies’ to be honoured at Splashy Fen
Pietermaritzburg band, the Hairy Legged Lentil Eaters, has been confirmed as the featured act for this year’s Splashy Fen Music Festival, taking place near Underberg in KwaZulu-Natal from April 21-25. The festival coincides with the 20th year of the band’s existence, and is an opportunity to celebrate a shared history that dates back to Splashy [...]
The Grand Daddy Restaurant revived
Known for its creatively-inspired accommodation offering, The Grand Daddy Hotel in Cape Town recently redecorated its restaurant with the help of interior decorator, Tania Reddering. The result is a casual, easy-going eatery for hotel guests and Capetonians to enjoy. King proteas, light wood and white surfaces, scatter cushions and cool turquoise touches give the open-plan [...]
Chinese New Year Celebration at Brightwater
The Brightwater Commons, in conjunction with the Chinese Embassy in South Africa will be hosting a celebration of the Chinese New Year on Saturday 12th February 2011. To start at 11am, this event will feature a variety of vibrant cultural performances as well as colourful exhibitions that will allow visitors to experience the beauty and [...]
Sensational New Home & Living Show for KwaZulu Natal
It’s out with the old and in with the new in typical Decorex Durban style. And yet, this time around it’s with a sensational new twist! From 18 – 21 March 2011, at the Durban Exhibition Centre, Decorex SA in collaboration with the KSA Kitchen & Bathroom Faire will play proud hosts to an all [...]
WELLINGTON WINE HARVEST FESTIVAL – REAP THE FUN
From 19 – 21 March 2011 Wellington dons its festive costume when this quaint Boland town which was named 2010 SA Terroir Top Wine Area celebrates the bounty of the harvest at the 5th Wine Harvest Festival. Spend the day or make sure you don’t miss any of the action and book in for the [...]
RAMFEST V – CAPE TOWN, JOHANNESBURG, DURBAN – MARCH 2011
As the summer season hits it`s peak so does the festival circuit. RAMfest is upon us once more. This year, RAMfest, boasts 3 venues in 3 cities, over 5 days, across 6 stages. That’s right! RAMfest will be visiting 3 major cities in 2011. This helps to cement the event`s reputation as one of South [...]
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! [...]
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 the [...]
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 bike [...]
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 be [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
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 season [...]
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 an [...]
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 [...]
