The Cape West Coast is the perfect #Staycation or day trip destination and we have found the best March Events on the West Coast Way. From Country Markets to great entertainment, there is something for everyone:
March Events:
Pottery Classes at Stone Fish Studio
Date: 1 March
Location: St Augustine Road, Stone Fish Studio, Paternoster
Contact: 082 824 8917
Sunday Buffet at Thali Thali Game Lodge
Date: Every Sunday
Time: 12:00 – 15:00
Location: Thali Thali Game Lodge
Contact: 082 372 8637
Description: Bring the family along for an amazing Sunday lunch at the beautiful Thali Thali Game Lodge.
Prices from: R175 per adult and R90 for kids aged 5 – 12
Menues change every week, so be sure to check their Facebook page for new menus.
Waffle Special at Langebaan Gold Estate
Date: Every Tuesday
Location: Langebaan Country Estate
Contact: 022 772 2112 for more information or to book your table
Description: Waffle Special:
Half Portion ( One waffle + ice cream/cream + sauce) R15
Full Portion (Two waffles + ice cream/cream + sauce) R25
Additional toppings available to choose from.
Piket-bo-berg Farmers Market
Date: Last Saturday of every month
Time: 09:00 – 12:00
Location: Kruistementvlei Farm, Langeberg Road
-32.80005° S, 18.66254° E
Contact: https://www.freshlocalmarkets.com/market/206/piket-bo-berg-farmers-market
Description:
This mountain-top area behind Piketberg has many farms that produce export quality apples, pears, peaches, plums, nectarines and oranges. Olives and vegetables are also produced. Come taste the produce of the land, enjoy the feeling of country living and a real community vibe!
I love Big Bay Market
Date: 29 March
Time: 16:30 – 21:00
Location: Big Bay Surf Lifesaving club in Blouberg
Contact: [email protected]
Description: I LOVE BIG BAY (is usually) held on the last WEDNESDAY evening of the month at the Big Bay Surf Lifesaving club in Blouberg (near Eden on the Bay shopping centre – Otto Du Plessis Drive).
Sundowners at !Khwa ttu
Date: 3 March
Location: !Khwa ttu
Contact: 022 492 2998 | [email protected]
Description:
Join us for spectacular views, stunning sunsets, good food & wine
Wind down at the boma at !Khwa ttu
First Friday of each month through the summer
Sundowner snack platter R65 per person
Cash Bar available Strictly no BYO
Transport to and from Darling available
Music Picnic at Darling Cellars
Date: 3 March
Time: 18:30 – 19:30
Location: Darling Cellars, Darling
Contact: 022 492 2276 | www.darlingcellars.co.za
Description: Bring your own picnic and blanket and enjoy an evening of live music. R30 includes a glass of wine on arrival
Schalk Bezuidenhout at Evita se Perron
Date: 3 March
Time: 20:00
Location: Evita se Perron, Darling
Contact: 022 492 2831 | [email protected]
Description: Don’t miss out on the hysterical Schalk Bezuidenhout at Evita se Perron. R80 per person.
Darling Cellars Crush Day
Date: 4 March
Time: 08:00 – 16:00
Location: Darling Cellars, Darling
Contact: +27 (0)22 492 2276 | [email protected] | www.darlingcellars.co.za
Description: Each year we celebrate the grape harvest by inviting you to join us for a fun day at Darling Cellars.A full day celebration featuring a grape stomp competition, kids Easter egg hunt and live music and entertainment. Please remember to bring cash to buy fresh produce from the Darling area at the pop up stalls.
Kids and adults get the chance to go back in time to the days when wine grapes were stomped by foot. That’s right, you can roll up the pant legs, and jump right in. No shortage of laughs and smiles here.Expect to get dirty. The tubs of grapes are not very deep, but you will get splashed, so dress appropriately. You will want to wear loose-leg pants (or shorts) so you can roll up the legs. Or, by all means ruin your pants… up to you. Plan for purple toes for a while.
Start the day with a healthy breakfast of yogurt, mosbolletjies, fruit juice and tea or coffee. The tractors and wagons will be waiting to take you to pick your own grapes in the vineyard. Back at the cellar, the fun begins. There is a prize for the team who stomps the most juice.There will be a live band providing music during the festival. Children are encouraged to enjoy the festivities. There is a jumping castle for them to play on and activities such as Easter egg hunt and face painting will be provided.
Design your own wine label. The best label design will be on the Crush wine that will be ready to be collected in September 2017.
Lunch (lamb on the spit) will be served at 13h00. You are welcome to spend the rest of the afternoon relaxing in the shade sipping on a glass of ice cold Sauvignon Blanc…and of course, we encourage you to purchase wine to take home.Just remember, cars can get quite hot in the sun, and wine is allergic to sun and heat.
Please join us and enjoy the sights, sounds, and aromas of this exciting harvest season.
Date: 4th March 2017
Time: 08h00 – 16h00
Price:Adults R280, teenagers R180, children R100
Download your booking form here: Booking Form
Adapt or fly at Evita se Perron
Date: 4 & 20 March
Time: 14:00
Location: Evita se Perron, Darling
Contact: Book your Evita se Perron show +27 (0)22 492 2851
Part of the Culture Route | Darling
Description:
From DF Malan to JG Zuma It is 30 years since Pieter‑Dirk Uys started his total onslaught on politics with Adapt or Dye in 1981. Everything has changed so radically that some issues have become the same! Julius Malema’s recent outbursts have led to some citizens enquiring about emigration. An ANC spokesman added fuel to the fire by suggesting that ‘all cowards can go if they can’t take the future here’. Adapt or Fly! 1981 and today rollick hand‑in‑hand through the ups and downs of South African politics. It’s even funnier now, while it also still chills to the bone.
Camphill Village Country Market
Date: 5 March
Time: 10:00 – 14:00
Location: Camphill Village, Klein Dassenberg road, off N7
Contact: 021 571 8600
Description: Come and enjoy the great food; family entertainment and wide variety of stalls in the fresh, clean air and sprawling grounds of Camphill Village West Coast. You can shop for Camphill products, browse crafts, jewellery and a variety of products from our regular market vendors, explore the farm on a tractor ride and relax with coffee and cake or healthy lunch treats and a craft beer, while chatting with friends in the shade of the trees while the kids use up excess energy on the rustic jungle gym.
Tannie Evita Praat Kaktus
Date: 5, 12 & 19 March
Time: 14:00
Location: Evita se Perron, Darling
Contact: Book your Evita se Perron show +27 (0)22 492 2851
Description: Revisionist look at the history of white South Africa, from the arrival in 1652 of the Cactus of Separate Development on the Drommedaris, through the Great Trek, Blood River, the 1948 Election and arrival of the National Party and official apartheid, through the birth of democracy and the reality of today. Tannie Evita, in English, takes you on a journey, a hilarious roller- coaster ride to freedom of expression.
An Audience with Pieter-Dirk Eish!
Date: 11 March
Time: 14:00
Location: Evita se Perron, Darling
Contact: Book your Evita se Perron show +27 (0)22 492 2851
Wreck of the Portuguese slaver Sao Jose at West Coast Fossil Park
Date: 14 March
Time: 18:30
Location: West Coast Fossil Park
Contact: Please phone 022 766 1606 – Wendy, Hildegard or Nadia
Description: The first Evening Talk will take place on 14 March. The speaker will be Jaco Boshoff.
Prices: Talk: R35-00 and Dinner: R80-00
Evita’s Human Rights
Date: 21 March
Time: 14:00
Location: Evita se Perron, Darling
Contact: 022 492 3930 or email her at [email protected]
Description: For many South Africans the Constitution that protects us all today also introduced a new awareness: we all have rights. We are not only human, we are also citizens of a nonracial, nonsexist (and sometimes nonsensical) democracy and are free to ask questions. Evita has been in politics all her life, often not through choice and that reflects so many of our lives today. Let us realize that politics is here today and gone tonight. It is our right to demand answers. It is our right to expect more from government. It is our right to laugh at the corrupt, the lazy, the careless and the arrogant in politics. Maybe they will go away!
Groote Post Country Market
Date: 26 March
Time: 10:00 – 15:00
Location: Groote Post, Darling
Contact: 022 492 2825 | [email protected]
Description: Don’t miss the second last Groote Post Country Market of the season! Bring the whole family for a great day out.
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