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There’s always something happening in Cape Town, but it’s not always possible to say when. In true laid-back Mother City fashion, plans are made and cancelled on a whim. This adds to the improvisatory feel of the place, but does make forward planning rather difficult. Thus many of our Calendar events are pencilled in, rather than set in stone.
During the summer Capetonians are treated to a range of outdoorsy festivals and events, be they sports-, culture- or music-related. Be sure to keep an eye on the local press for updates, or phone the Cape Town Tourism Bureau for the latest on what’s going on.
Summer
Kirstenbosch Sundowner Concerts
Where: Rhodes Drive, Newlands
When: late Nov-early Apr
Tel & website: 021 799 8783/www.sanbi.org
Beat the Sunday blues with a few good bottles of wine and a sunset backdrop during the popular weekly Kirstenbosch sundowner concerts. These performances have become a summer institution among Capetonians, so get there early if you want a grassy patch from which to see hot local talents like Freshlyground, the Parlotones and Fokofpolisiekar.
OBZ Festival
Where: various locations in Observatory
When: late Nov-early Dec
Tel & website: www.obzfestival.com
Each year the slightly grungy ’burb of Obz transforms into a hotspot of cultural happenings for this street festival. Top local musos pump the jams from a number of stages and a market sells local and imported threads as well as its fair share of food.
Franschhoek Cap Classique & Champagne Festival
Where: out of town – various locations in Franschhoek
When: early Dec
Tel & website: 021 876 3603/www.franschhoek.org
So, what’s the difference between Methode Cap Classique and champagne? Grab a glass and start sampling the barrage of bubblies at this fabulous affair to find out. There are gourmet offerings from the area’s restaurants too.
Suidoosterfees
Where: Artscape Theatre
When: 26-31 Jan 2010
Tel & website: 021 421 7839/021 406 2835/www.artscape.co.za / www.suidoosterfees.co.za
A multicultural festival named after the Mother City’s feisty south-easterly wind, which is famous for playing havoc on the streets, chasing runaway skirts and acrobatic plastic bags. The festival aims to promote the art world’s Big Five – dance, music, theatre, film and fine art. Offerings range from mainstream to arthouse with a special focus on
productions in Afrikaans.
Cape Town Minstrel Carnival
Where: City Centre
When: 1-2 Jan
There’s something about the luminous multi-coloured satin suits and frenetic banjo-strumming of the Cape Minstrels that puts Capetonians in the party mood. The tradition has roots in the practices associated with slavery, when 2 January was given as a holiday to the slaves. Today singers and musicians still march through the streets of the Mother City (usually along Wale Street) complete with face paint, twirling parasols and some infectious beats, while ringing in the tweede nuwejaar (second new year).
L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate
Where: Kenilworth Race Course, Rosmead Avenue
When: early Jan
Tel & website: 021 700 1600/www.lqp.co.za
Horsing around takes on a distinctly classy air at this annual racing event. Already in its 148th year, the Queen’s Plate (in honour of Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, naturally) will see Kenilworth racecourse transformed into an arena of haute couture, vintage cars, fine wine and gleaming thoroughbred fillies ready to tear up the track.
Shakespeare at the Maynardville Open-Air Theatre
Where: Maynardville Open-Air Theatre
When: early Jan-late Feb
The annual Shakespeare-in-Maynardville experience is an essential experience, as is the preceding picnic in the park. Each year sees a different Bard-production brought to life on the tree-shrouded stage. Be sure to bring a blanket or two, as the open-air theatre gets quite chilly in the evenings.
J&B Metropolitan Handicap
Where: Kenilworth Race Course, Rosmead Avenue
When: end Jan/beginning Feb
Tel & website: 021 426 5775/www.jbmet.co.za
Fancy takes on a whole new meaning at this swish equestrian extravaganza. Primped and preened lads and ladies get kitted out in their theme-appropriate best, sip champagne, pose for the social pages, and of course watch the feisty fillies kick up clumps of grass all along the ten furlongs of the Kenilworth Racecourse.
Spier Arts Festivals
Where: out of town – Spier Estate, R310 Lynedoch Road, Stellenbosch
When: Feb-Oct
Tel & website: 021 809 1100/www.spier.co.za
This three-in-one arts extravaganza held in the cultural hub of Stellenbosch runs through most of the year. The initiative promotes South African and pan-African artists in a range of events encompassing an open-air poetry festival, a performing arts festival and a music festival.
Design Indaba Expo
Where: CTICC
When: late Feb-March
Tel & website: 021 465 9966/www.designindabaexpo.com
Local architects, decorators, designers and a host of other illuminated thinkers showcase cutting-edge creations during this annual expo.
Autumn
Cape Argus Cycle Tour
Where: Cape Peninsula
When: early March
Website: www.cycletour.co.za
Each year over 40,000 keen cyclists from hither and thither converge to partake in this epic 109km pedal. The scenic circular route starts in the City Centre, and snakes its way through the Southern Peninsula and past the Atlantic Coast before coming to an end in Green Point.
Cape Winelands Film Festival
Where: out of town – Oude Libertas Amphitheatre, Stellenbosch
When: Mar
Tel & website: 021 809 7380/www.oudelibertas.co.za
This promising new festival, which shows award-winning short films, features and documentaries from across the globe, was inaugurated in 2009. The picturesque Oude Libertas Theatre outside Stellenbosch served as the home base, with other screenings at smaller venues throughout the town. Films were divided into categories: these ranged from world cinema to eco cinema, cinema of conscience and food on film, as well as a category for South African premieres.
Tulbagh Goes Dutch
Where: out of town – various locations in Tulbagh
When: late Mar
Tel & website: 023 230 1348/www.tourismtulbagh.co.za
This festival, which celebrates all things Dutch, is probably the only time of the year when wooden clogs are fashionable. The raucous Saturday night Dutch Courage party is always good fun, and Sunday’s Cape Dutch Breakfast is the ideal way to get over the previous night’s overindulgence.
Cape Town International Jazz Festival
Where: CTICC
When: early Apr
Tel & website: 021 422 5651/www.capetownjazzfest.com
Celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2009, the Cape Town Jazz Festival is now one of the top-five jazz events in the world. Over 40 local and international talents improvise the toe-tapping beats.
Taste of Cape Town
Where: Jan van Riebeeck Sports Fields, De Hoop Avenue, City Bowl
When: early Apr
Tel & website: www.tasteofcapetown.com
Nibble your way though stalls of sophisticated nosh brought to you by the Cape’s top restaurants. Or park yourself on a conveniently placed couch and sip some suitable tipple along with your gourmet delicacies.
Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon
Where: Newlands
When: Sat, Easter weekend
Tel & website: 021 671 9407/www.twooceansmarathon.co.za
Every Easter Weekend dedicated joggers slog it out in the 56km ultra marathon, which starts in Newlands and winds its way along the bends of the picturesque Chapman’s Peak Drive before ending at the UCT campus. The more timid athletes trot the equally popular 21km half marathon route following the length of Southern Cross Drive.
SA Cheese Festival, Franschhoek
Where: out of town – Bien Donné, R45 between Paarl & Franschhoek
When: late Apr
Tel & website: 021 975 444/www.cheesefestival.co.za
Cheese and cheer abound at this outdoorsy bacchanal of gourmet food and fine wines. The festival features a marquee brimming with cheesy delights and a live music area – a must for cheese-lovers.
V&A Waterfront Wine Affair
Where: V&A Waterfront, Dock Road, Foreshore
When: early May
Tel & website: 021 408 7600/www.waterfront.co.za
Probably the easiest way to drink your way through the Winelands without leaving the city, this Waterfront tipple spectacular showcases the wares of over 75 Western Cape wine estates in one convenient sip-and-saunter venue.
Riebeek Valley Olive Festival
Where: out of town – Riebeek Valley
When: early May
Tel & website: 022 448 1584/www.riebeekvalley.info
The quaint villages of Riebeek Kasteel and Riebeek West team up for the biggest olive festival in the country. In between olive and olive-oil tastings, visitors can explore the olive groves, go on wine-cellar tours or pick and mix fresh produce at the local farmers market. Or simply kick back and listen to live music.
Franschhoek Literary Festival
Where: out of town – various locations in Franschhoek
When: mid-May
Tel & website: 021 876 2861/www.flf.co.za
Novelists, publishers and hordes of bibliophiles from here and abroad converge on the touristy but oh-so-lovely town of Franschhoek during this relatively new literary festival started by award-winning author Christopher Hope. Apart from book and poetry readings, there are also plays and music to help set the cultured mood.
Good Food & Wine Show
Where: CTICC
When: late May
Tel & website: 021 797 4500/www.gourmetsa.com
Eat, drink and get ready to be overwhelmed by the heady smells of hundreds of restaurant and food stalls all putting their best culinary feet forward. When you’ve eaten your fill, head to one of the state-of-the-art demo kitchen theatres where you’ll spot BBC chefs comparing knife sizes with the local master cooks.
Winter
Vodacom Funny Festival
Where: Baxter Theatre
When: June-July
Tel & website: 021 685 7880/021 680 3989/www.baxter.co.za
Although this comedy festival is on the small side, it still elicits big laughs.
Wacky Wine Weekend
Where: out of town – various wineries in Robertson
When: early June
Tel & website: 023 626 3167/www.wackywineweekend.com
Go crazy with the help of a few bottles of vino, courtesy of over 45 regional wineries, and take part in the range of zany activities including the likes of vineyard quad biking, wine diving and Italian pole climbing.
Cape Town Book Fair
Where: CTICC
When: mid-June
Tel & website: 021 418 5493/www.capetownbookfair.com
A world-class assembly of local and international book stores and publishing houses showcasing everything from Swiss comic books to fairy tales from France. Add to the mix a host of renowned authors, illustrators and publishers sharing nuggets of wisdom and you’ve got the perfect fix for any self-respecting book junkie.
Encounters South African Inter-national Documentary Festival
Where: Nu Metro
When: July
Tel & website: 021 465 4686/www.encounters.co.za
Encounters is an annual highlight for film buffs and documentary junkies, who get to pick from an array of local and international productions by emerging and established filmmakers. In 2009 more than 49 films were showcased. The festival has done much to raise the bar for South Africa’s documentary-making industry. Initiatives also include taking the festival to the townships and running workshops.
Knysna Marathon
Where: Knysna Forest, N2, Knysna, outside Cape Town
Website: www.knysnamarathon.org.za
When: mid-July
Mollusc maniacs can work off their over-indulgence during this beautiful marathon which is part of the Knysna Oyster Festival. The trail winds its way through the majestic Knysna Forest, and there is a 21km half and 42km full marathon, so both the fiddling fit and leisurely lopers will be able to see the woods for the trees.
Cape Town Fashion Week
Where: CTICC
When: early Aug
Tel & website: 021 422 0390/www.africanfashioninternational.com
Channel your inner Heidi Klum and ooh and aah at the haute couture creations floating past you during this Capetonian Project Runway. The proudly SA fashion show sports threads by local designers.
TRI Continental Film Festival
Where: Cinema Nouveau
When: 22-31 Aug
Tel & website: 021 788 5462/www.3continentsfestival.co.za
This global initiative connects filmmakers from the Americas, Asia and Africa who are striving to use the power of film for social change. All the narrative, documentary, feature and short films on show have strong socio-political messages, addressing topics like human rights, equality and freedom. Various workshops, township and rural screenings, discussion forums and seminars are employed to get the message across.
Spring
Out in Africa: South African Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Where: Nu Metro
When: Sept
Tel & website: 021 461 4027/www.oia.co.za
Now in its 16th year, South Africa’s annual gay and lesbian film festival showcases the hottest new shorts, series, doccies and features.
Voorkamerfest
Where: out of town – Various locations in Darling
When: early Sept
Tel & website: 022 492 3427/www.voorkamerfest-darling.co.za
Performers come from as far afield as Belgium and India to take part in this unique arts festival that’s hosted in the voorkamers (front rooms) of venues that include everything from small township shacks to large Victorian manor houses.
Out the Box Festival
Where: various locations in City Bowl
When: early Sept
Tel & website: www.unima.za.org/festival.html
Far superseding the humble Punch and Judy sock-puppet show, this week-long puppetry and visual performance festival organised by UNIMA SA (the International Association of Puppetry, South Africa) is the largest of its kind to take place in Africa. Indulge in a little suspension of disbelief as you watch puppets from around the world – from France and the Czech Republic to Burkina Faso – become magically animated, some even interacting with audience members. Apart from the live puppet shows, the festival also screens an inspiring array of documentaries and films, and hosts puppetry workshops for aspiring Geppettos.
Rocking the Daisies
Where: out of town – Cloof Wine Estate, Darling
When: mid-Sept
Tel & website: http://rockingthedaisies.com
A young, annual festival where some of the country’s biggest rock, blues, pop and folk bands play alongside lesser-known artists. Make sure your camping gear is sorted. Pack warm clothes, and avoid blow-up mattresses and open shoes as the devil thorns in the area truly are from hell.
Crazy Store Table
Where: Mountain Challenge Table Mountain, Tafelberg Road
When: mid-Sept
Tel & website: 021 424 4760/www.crazystore.co.za
Yes, the zany store that sells everything from plastic roses to hula-hoops and nail clippers also sponsors a 35km run around Table Mountain. You can run the fynbos-bedazzled circuit on your own or split up the slog between your mates into somewhat more manageable 17km snatches.
Hermanus Whale Festival
Where: out of town – various locations in Hermanus
When: late Sept
Tel & website: www.whalefestival.co.za
Hermanus is at its most happening when the southern right whales come out to play. See how many blubbery beauts you can spot amid the festivities that include an art gallery ramble, live music, stand-up comedy, boules championship and half-marathon.
Cape Town International Kite Festival
Where: Zandvlei, Muizenberg
When: late Oct/early Nov
Tel & website: 021 447 9040/www.tourismcapetown.co.za
The sky’s the limit as far as designs go at Africa’s biggest kite festival. Larger-than-life South Park characters dip and dive along with giant octopi and Chinese dragons on Muizenberg’s Zandvlei grounds.
Khayelitsha Festival
Where: OR Thambo Hall, Khayelitsha
When: late Oct
Tel & website: 021 442 9628/www.khayelitshafestival.co.za
Shake your groove thang at this new festival celebrating the vibrant community of Khayelitsha. Apart from a large expo showcasing local businesses, NGOs and corporate companies, there’s a stage dedicated to live music, fashion shows boasting local design talents, and a storytelling boma that promises a fair amount of yarn spinning.
FNB Whisky Live Festival
Where: CTICC
When: early Nov
Tel & website: 021 880 0180/www.whiskyfestival.co.za
Whether you indulge in the odd dram or have an extensive range of single malts, you’ll get your money’s worth out of this tipple fest. There are over 180 top brands from stalwart master blenders in Scotland and Ireland to lesser-known spirit makers from Japan and Wales.
Discovery Cape Times Big Walk
Where: various locations in Cape Peninsula
When: 9 Nov
Tel & website: 021 685 3333/www.bigwalk.co.za
Put on your walking shoes and work those calves for charity (all proceeds are donated to a selected organisation). The Big Walk is made up of eight different routes starting at Mowbray. Timorous trundlers can opt for the 5km or 10km walks, while the fighting fit will get their lion’s share of cardio from the double-digit routes.
Gay & lesbian
Cape Town Pride
Where: various venues around town
When: ten days somewhere from mid to late February
Tel & website: 021 425 6463, www.capetownpride.co.za
Don your party shoes and shake it up at these events. Cape Town Pride celebrates everything ‘pink’ in Cape Town. The festival celebrates the city and the country’s diversity – the title of ‘Rainbow Nation’ really rings true during the festivities. Expect beauty pageants (love your hair, hope you win), champagne hikes (athletic bubbled-up queens hiking up mountains), seminars and workshops (helpful and embracing), and much more. The festival culminates with the Pride Carnival Parade and Closing Party. Don’t expect the spectacle of Sydney’s Mardi Gras but it’s a great party nonetheless.
Pink Loerie Mardi Gras
Where: out of town – Knysna
When: last weekend of April
Tel & website: www.pinkloerie.com
Many would now claim that Pink Loerie Mardi Gras is the pinkest of all festivals in the Western Cape. It’s very much worth driving four hours from Cape Town along the gorgeous Garden Route for it. The festival has grown significantly over the last few years and features all types of gay and gay-friendly participants, usually sporting the colour pink.
Out in Africa: South African Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Where: Nu Metro
When: September
Tel & website: 021 461 4027/www.oia.co.za
This long-running annual film festival is hailed as the best-dressed, best-attended and longest-running human rights-themed film festival on the African continent.
MCQP: Mother City Queer Project Party
Tel & website: www.mcqp.co.za
Unless you want to be sent home in shame, don’t bother showing up unless you’re in costume. Better yet, create a themed uniform your entire entourage can sport. Every queen, prince and princess goes to town – and often beyond – to exhibit their interpretation of the year’s theme. From ‘shopping trolleys’ and ‘weddings’ to ‘comic strips’, no expense is spared to make this the most decadent themed event on the gay calendar.
GAT Party
Where: Theo Marais Park, Koeberg Road, Milnerton
When: the first, second and last Saturday of every month… all year round
Tel: 082 821 9185
A sort of gay tea dance or hoedown. At this slightly out-of-town sports hall you can expect a divine mixture of gay Afrikaans suburban men, lipstick lesbians, dykes with bikes and a handful of Strictly Come Dancing wannabes. The music is probably the most varied on earth, ranging from boeremusiek to rave and kwaito (with everything in between thrown in for good measure).
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I would like to introduced some information about the Infecting The City 2013.
Vibrant and unexpected, the Africa Centre’s Infecting The City Public Arts Festival will erupt onto the streets and interrupt the public spaces of Cape Town for the sixth time from the 12th to the 16th March 2013.
Infecting The City is one of the most extraordinary annual public arts festivals on the African continent. During the festival, celebrated local and international artists will create artworks that investigate and celebrate the communal spaces of Cape Town’s City Centre. The art will encourage audiences to see, hear, touch, smell and take part in the extraordinary; and to relook at their role as citizens, bystanders, and activators.
For more information, visit:
www.infectingthecity.com
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InfectingTheCityTreasure
twitter: @infectingthecit
call the Africa Centre on 021 418 3336
Thank you
Good day,
I would like to introduced some information about the Infecting The City 2013.
Vibrant and unexpected, the Africa Centre’s Infecting The City Public Arts Festival will erupt onto the streets and interrupt the public spaces of Cape Town for the sixth time from the 12th to the 16th March 2013.
Infecting The City is one of the most extraordinary annual public arts festivals on the African continent. During the festival, celebrated local and international artists will create artworks that investigate and celebrate the communal spaces of Cape Town’s City Centre. The art will encourage audiences to see, hear, touch, smell and take part in the extraordinary; and to relook at their role as citizens, bystanders, and activators.
For more information, visit:
www.infectingthecity.com
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InfectingTheCityTreasure
twitter: @infectingthecit
call the Africa Centre on 021 418 3336
Thank you
Good day,
I would like to introduced some information about the Infecting The City 2013.
Vibrant and unexpected, the Africa Centre’s Infecting The City Public Arts Festival will erupt onto the streets and interrupt the public spaces of Cape Town for the sixth time from the 12th to the 16th March 2013.
Infecting The City is one of the most extraordinary annual public arts festivals on the African continent. During the festival, celebrated local and international artists will create artworks that investigate and celebrate the communal spaces of Cape Town’s City Centre. The art will encourage audiences to see, hear, touch, smell and take part in the extraordinary; and to relook at their role as citizens, bystanders, and activators.
For more information, visit:
www.infectingthecity.com
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InfectingTheCityTreasure
twitter: @infectingthecit
call the Africa Centre on 021 418 3336
Thank you
Good day,
I would like to introduced some information about the Infecting The City 2013.
Vibrant and unexpected, the Africa Centre’s Infecting The City Public Arts Festival will erupt onto the streets and interrupt the public spaces of Cape Town for the sixth time from the 12th to the 16th March 2013.
Infecting The City is one of the most extraordinary annual public arts festivals on the African continent. During the festival, celebrated local and international artists will create artworks that investigate and celebrate the communal spaces of Cape Town’s City Centre. The art will encourage audiences to see, hear, touch, smell and take part in the extraordinary; and to relook at their role as citizens, bystanders, and activators.
For more information, visit:
www.infectingthecity.com
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InfectingTheCityTreasure
twitter: @infectingthecit
call the Africa Centre on 021 418 3336
Thank you
Good day,
I would like to introduced some information about the Infecting The City 2013.
Vibrant and unexpected, the Africa Centre’s Infecting The City Public Arts Festival will erupt onto the streets and interrupt the public spaces of Cape Town for the sixth time from the 12th to the 16th March 2013.
Infecting The City is one of the most extraordinary annual public arts festivals on the African continent. During the festival, celebrated local and international artists will create artworks that investigate and celebrate the communal spaces of Cape Town’s City Centre. The art will encourage audiences to see, hear, touch, smell and take part in the extraordinary; and to relook at their role as citizens, bystanders, and activators.
For more information, visit:
www.infectingthecity.com
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InfectingTheCityTreasure
twitter: @infectingthecit
call the Africa Centre on 021 418 3336
Thank you
Good day,
I would like to introduced some information about the Infecting The City 2013.
Vibrant and unexpected, the Africa Centre’s Infecting The City Public Arts Festival will erupt onto the streets and interrupt the public spaces of Cape Town for the sixth time from the 12th to the 16th March 2013.
Infecting The City is one of the most extraordinary annual public arts festivals on the African continent. During the festival, celebrated local and international artists will create artworks that investigate and celebrate the communal spaces of Cape Town’s City Centre. The art will encourage audiences to see, hear, touch, smell and take part in the extraordinary; and to relook at their role as citizens, bystanders, and activators.
For more information, visit:
www.infectingthecity.com
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InfectingTheCityTreasure
twitter: @infectingthecit
call the Africa Centre on 021 418 3336
Thank you
Good day,
I would like to introduced some information about the Infecting The City 2013.
Vibrant and unexpected, the Africa Centre’s Infecting The City Public Arts Festival will erupt onto the streets and interrupt the public spaces of Cape Town for the sixth time from the 12th to the 16th March 2013.
Infecting The City is one of the most extraordinary annual public arts festivals on the African continent. During the festival, celebrated local and international artists will create artworks that investigate and celebrate the communal spaces of Cape Town’s City Centre. The art will encourage audiences to see, hear, touch, smell and take part in the extraordinary; and to relook at their role as citizens, bystanders, and activators.
For more information, visit:
www.infectingthecity.com
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InfectingTheCityTreasure
twitter: @infectingthecit
call the Africa Centre on 021 418 3336
Thank you
The Alphen Antiques and Collectables Fairs take place the 2nd and 4th on Sunday of every month at the Alphen Community Centre Hall, Constantia Main Road (opposite Constantia Village), from 10am - 4pm. A variety of items will be on sale. Entry is free, there is ample parking and refreshments are available.
Enquiries: Des 0846267499
SAVOY CABBAGE & UNSOLVED MYSTERIES PRESENTS
NECROMANCERS BALL
A murder mystery dinner
Date: 26 October 2012
Time: 19:00
Cost: R325 per suspect incl. 3 course dinner and mystery to solve
The murder mystery is set in modern day New York and the characters are all upstanding New York citizens with something unique that sets them apart from the rest of society – they’re Immortals.
The occasion is Christian Black’s annual Halloween Ball, where the rich and famous gather to show off their fame and fortune. It’s also the setting for the annual covert meeting of the Council of Immortals. At the Ball, Head Watcher (an angel of sorts) Gabriel Young is murdered by the use of an extremely rare substance called Qeres. It was formerly used by the ancient Egyptians during the mummification process and while the original recipe has been lost, a minute amount is still left on earth.
Besides being one of the suspects, you will be called upon to attempt to solve this heinous crime, which threatens to overthrow the fragile balance of the Human/Immortal coexistence. Are you up for the challenge?
RSVP before 19 October 2012 with Inspector Keyser on 0849938040 or email lente@bepartofthemystery.com
Restaurant Week Cape Town will be held from 22-29 September 2012!
Have a look on www.restaurantweek.co.za to see some of the fantastic restaurants participating in this exciting event! Lunch for R125 and dinner for R250.
Bookings only via www.restaurantweek.co.za
Event : 8th Annual Franschhoek Christmas Market
Place : Town Hall, Huguenot Rd, Franschhoek
Date : 26 October – 4 November 2012
Time : Daily 09h00 – 18h00. Sundays 10h00 – 16h00
Contact : Amelia 072 254 7722 / amelia.schwenke@gmail.com
Website: www.ameliasgiftmarkets.co.za
Come and enjoy a shopping experience without comparison - from a handbag for mom and garden furniture for Barbie to chocolates for dad's sweet tooth and you might just find a treat for Fido as well. Credit card facilities will be available. Spend the day in Franschhoek. Enjoy light meals / drinks in the tea garden. Lots of parking available on the grounds of the Dutch Reformed Church (across the road from the Town Hall) as well as clean rest rooms for your comfort.
Benefitting organization for 2012:
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Anna Foundation (www.annafoundation.com). Contact person: Carolyn Clark.
After an almost two-year absence, The Cape Town Book Fair is back – remodelled and set to impress. The Fair will take place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) from 15 – 17 June.
Previously an annual event, last year the organisers announced that the Cape Town Book Fair would become a biennial event, starting in 2012. To support this re-launch, the Fair is under new management and has undergone an impressive branding transformation too, with a revamped logo, website and new marketing material.
High expectations for this year’s Fair
Organisers are confident that this year’s Fair will far outdo expectations: they’re anticipating an exciting mix of representatives from the African, Arab and Asian publishing worlds.
They’re also expecting a positive spill-over from the 29th International Publishers Association (IPA) Congress, which is being hosted in Cape Town from 12 – 14 June. This will be the first time in over 100 years that this Congress will be hosted in Africa.
Book lovers are in for a treat
As usual, bookworms can look forward to exhibitions by aspiring and published authors, book associations, book distributors, book stores, electronic book traders, libraries, literary agents, printers, publishers and repro agents.
So far, confirmed exhibitors include Paarl Media, Juta and Company, Protea Boekhuis, Pan Macmillan South Africa, Shuter & Shooter Publishers and Cambridge University Press amongst others.
Although the final programme is yet to be confirmed, there will be book launches, book signings, author interviews, literary workshops and forums, and a poetry corner on offer. There will also be a dedicated digital zone for eBook fans, as well as a cookbook corner for culinary demonstrations.
For younger visitors, there will be a kids’ zone with exciting literary activities. And, of course, there will be an impressive social events calendar too.
Ticket prices, times and other information
General entrance will cost R60 per day. Students and pensioners will pay R30, while entrance will be free for accompanied children under 12. Tickets will go on sale through Computicket towards the end of March.
The morning of 15 June will be reserved for trade visitors only. Thereafter, the Fair will be open to the general public as follows: Friday, 15 June: 14h00 – 22h00; Saturday, 16 June: 09h00 – 18h00, and Sunday, 17 June: 09h00 – 17h00.
For updates, attendees can sign up to receive the Cape Town Book Fair newsletter at www.capetownbookfair.com. News will also be posted on the Fair’s Facebook page (“Cape Town Book Fair”) and via Twitter (@CptBookFair).
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