Cape Town Blog

The Cape Town International Kite Festival is Cape Mental Health’s annual fundraising and awareness raising event.

Date: 20 & 21 October 2007

Venue: Zandvlei, Muizenberg, Cape Town

What to expect at the 2007 festival:

• Spectacular show kites, flown by International teams from among Japan, USA, India, Malaysia, Germany, China and local kiters from Cape Town and Durban
• A variety of Stalls (Food, crafts, clothing, organic produce, health products)
• Live entertainment
• Activities and loads of fun for children
• Kite-making workshops
• The Edukite Schools’ Competition, showcasing kites made by learners of participating schools

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Spoiled for Choice at SA Cheese Festival

Cheese lovers should diarise the weekend of 25 to 28 April 2008 when the SA Cheese Festival returns to the picturesque Bien Donné farm between Paarl and Franschhoek. Tickets for this mouth-watering event will be available from 1 February 2008 at Computicket outlets countrywide and online.

Visitors will be able to feast their senses on the widest selection of cheese currently available in South Africa. Whether you have a well-trained palate, simply enjoy savouring new tastes, or are looking for the perfect cheese match among the delicacies galore – wine, nuts and olives to name but a few – you will be spoiled for choice at the 2008 SA Cheese Festival.

The entrance fee of R75 includes a shopping bag, festival programme, scrumptious tastings and demonstrations by famous South African food personalities. Wine tasting glasses are available at the gates at R5 each. Discounted tickets for senior citizens will be available at R45 for the duration of the festival and entry for children under 12 is free.

For more details, contact the organiser, Agri-Expo, at tel 021 975 4440, e-mail cheese@agriexpo.co.za or visit www.cheesefestival.co.za.

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Come enjoy Hermanus during Whale Festival, and yes bring your markers for the fist Annual Whale Festival Open Paintball day. Over R6000 worth of prizes ( Sponsered by Misty Waves Hotel www.mistywaves.co.za )

R100 per person or R450 per Team ( 5 Players). Pre registration closes on the 20th September. More info at www.hermanuspaintball.co.za

Get ready to visit Stanford, as this year marks its 150th birthday. To celebrate this event various activities have been arranged over the months of September and October.

28 – 30 September – This weekend will mark the opening of the celebrations. It also co-insides with the annual Stanford Glendower Bird Fair.
A marquee will be erected on the market square to house food stalls, craft stalls and areas for exhibitions and workshops, as well as a platform for live entertainment.

In addition to the marquee, a traditional country fair/fete is intended to add to the festivities. So lots of fun for everyone – hope to see you there! More info at http://www.stanfordinfo.co.za

Hobby-X will soon be in Cape Town. Stoptwiddling your thumbs, start using your Hands! It�s time for South Africa�s biggest, most exciting and colourful exhibition of all the ideas, tools and materials you need for hobbies and crafts.

What to expect:

Archery , Astronomy, Beads, Calligraphy, Candle Making, Card Making, Carving, Ceramics, Clock Making, Collectibles, Decor, Decoupage, Drawing, Electronics, Embroidery, Etching, Fabric Paints, Fine Arts, Glass Art, Jewellery, Kids Crafts, Miniatures, Mosaics, Mould Making, Needlecrafts , Painting , Paper Crafts, Philately, Photography, Pewter, Radio Controlled , Resins, Rubber Stamping, Sand Blasting, Scrap booking, Sculpture, Silk Screening, Soap Making, Stained Glass, Stencilling, Stamping, Sugar Art, Teddy Bears , Weaving, Woodwork.

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The Cape Town Book Fair 2007 will be a huge cultural event for the general public with more than 300 events taking place, including readings, book launches, panel discussions and seminars. Visitors will not only discover the latest book releases but will also be able to purchase them at the fair.

The first Cape Town Book Fair surpassed all expectations. It hosted 418 Exhibitors from 36 countries; was visited by more than 26 000 people and attracted 2000 International Trade Visitors. It placed Africa firmly on the international literary map. As a result of the overwhelming response, this year’s fair is more than double the size.

One of the highlights of the 2007 fair will be a focus on book collections. The theme of “More than Black on White” is the lightning rod around which we will compose our interesting Book Collections.

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If you love books and reading, or simply want to have a good time in beautiful surroundings, come and hear the music of words from 11 – 13 May 2007. An exciting new literary festival. The Franschhoek Literary Festival is hosting South African writers and award-winning international authors who will interact with audiences at informal talks, readings and discussions in intimate venues in the village centre.

Blog Author: “A unique aspect about this festival is that there is a live blog that will be updated around the clock. This is a fresh new concept I quite like! There seems to be a little trouble with their website, so won’t be able to tell you when the running times are… but be sure to check out the blog and the homepage.”

Baba Indaba, South Africa�s premier baby show is the baby, toddler and parenting exhibition, held annually in the city of Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg. This truly South African baby show inspires you, the parents and moms-to-be to enjoy your baby and pregnancy and have fun while being a good parent.

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INDABA is the largest tourism marketing event on the African calendar and one of the top three ‘must visit’ events of its kind on the global calendar. It showcases the widest variety of Southern Africa’s best tourism products, and attracts international visitors and media from across the world.

Unfortunately this event will not be held in Cape Town, but i felt like it had to do with tourism and felt obligated to post some information about this event.