Can you believe that it is already May? This month we celebrate the most important woman in our lives: our moms. Here are our top events for May:
Worker’s Day at Darling Brew
Date: 1 May
Time: 12:00 – 16:00
Location: 48 Caledon Street, Darling
Contact: 021 286 1099
Part of the Culture Route | Darling Brew
Description: Enjoy a day of craft beer and french cuisine.
Mother’s Day at Ormonde Wines
Date: 7 May
Time: 09:00 – 15:00
Location: Ormonde Wines, Darling
Contact: 022 492 3540 | [email protected]
Part of the Culture Route | Darling
Description: The Ormonde Tasting Room will be open on Saturday the 7th of May. On offer are wine tasting and chocolate & wine pairings as well as delicious picnic hampers.
For mother, they have an exclusive gift of a bottle of their award-winning Ondine Cabernet Franc, a box of exquisite handmade chocolates and a chocolate & wine pairing voucher for R120.
Riebeek Valley Olive Festival
Date: 7 – 8 May
Time: Saturday: 09:30 – 17:00 and Sunday 09:30 – 16:00
Location: Riebeek Valley
Contact: 022 448 1545 or mail [email protected]
Details: An Olive Passport, valid for the entire weekend, will give you access to the participating wine farms. Your passport costs R125 per person and includes a complimentary tasting glass. Book online via www.webtickets.co.za or on the day at any of the participating venues. Children under 18 enter for free. A complimentary shuttle service will be available for the duration of the weekend.
Blue Flag Beach Run
Date: 7 May
Time: 10:00
Location: Silwerstroomstrand
Contact: www.cleanc.co.za
Description: The most beautiful beach run in the world
And a great fundraiser for a great cause
A bursary for 5 ladies in Joe Slovo Park
Come run on the beach…
No shoes…no shirt…no problem…
All runs are timed according to low tide – so that you run on hard compact sand – and dont trudge through the high tide stuff
Limited entries
3km fun walk/run – awesome for kids
7km walk/run – looking to push yourself just a bit after mastering your 5k but not quite ready for a 10…this is for you
15km – for the more serious runners (no walkers). You’ve been doing loads of 8’s 5’s some 10’s and now its time to push it a bit. And for the more serious runners – give this a bash.
Sundowners at !Khwa ttu
Date: 7 May
Time: 18:00
Location: !Khwa ttu
Contact: 022 492 2998
Part of the Culture Route | !Khwa ttu
Description: Guests arrive by 6pm and are then taken up to the Boma on the highest point of the hill with the Safari vehicle. It has a spectacular view with a stunning sunset experience! You are served a snack platter with a drink of your choice for R90 pp.
Transport available from Yzerfontein & Darling at an additional fee.
Mother’s Day Menu at Protea Hotel by Marriott® Saldanha Bay
Date: 8 May
Location: Protea Hotel by Marriott® Saldanha Bay
Contact: 022 714 1264 | [email protected]
Part of the Foodie Route | Saldanha Bay
Description: Spoil your mom with a wonderful lunch at Protea Hotel in Saldanha Bay. R215 per person.
Mother’s Day at Darling Brew
Date: 8 May
Time: 12:00 – 15:00
Location: 48 Caledon Street, Darling
Contact: +27 (0)21 286 1099 | [email protected] | www.darlingbrew.co.za
Part of the Culture Route | Darling
Description:
3 coarse meal
R 220
Starter: rainbow couscous salad
Main : fresh line fish served with parmesan zoodles and roasted potatoes
Dessert: summer berries vanilla ice cream served on vanilla pod meringue
Mother’s Day Lunch at Kloof Restaurant at Piekenierskloof Mountain Resort
Date: 8 May
Time: 12:00 – 14:00
Location: Kloof Restaurant, Piekenierskloof Mountain Resort
Contact: 022 921 3574 | [email protected]
Part of the Berg Route | Piekenierskloof Mountain Resort
Description: Spoil your mom with a delicious buffet at Kloof Restaurant at Piekenierskloof Mountain Resort. Bookings are essential.
R220 per person, R120 for children under 12 years.
Mother’s Day at Thali Thali Game Lodge
Date: 8 May
Time: 12:00
Location: Thali Thali Game Lodge
Contact: Amalia 082 372 8637
Part of the Foodie Route | Thali Thali Game Lodge
Description: Spoil your mom at our special Thali Thali Buffet this Mothers Day. R220 per adult and R110 for kids 5 – 12 years old.
Mother’s Day Lunch at !Khwa ttu
Date: 8 May
Time: 12:00
Location: !Khwa ttu
Contact: 022 492 2998
Part of the Culture Route | !Khwa ttu
Description: Enjoy three course Mother’s Day Lunch. R195 per adult, inclusive of a complimentary glass of Cap Classique for each mom.
Mother’s Day Lunch at Blue Bay Lodge
Date: 8 May
Time: 12:00
Location: Blue Bay Lodge, Saldanha Bay
Contact: +27 22 7141177
Part of the Foodie Route | Saldanha Bay
Description: Spoil your mom this Mother’s Day with a beautiful Lunch at Blue Bay Lodge. R175 per person.
When Namibia meets Norway in Jazz
Date: 13 May
Time: 19:00
Location: Evita se Perron, Darling
Contact: [email protected]
Part of the Culture Route | Darling
Description:
Join us for this very special concert, when Namibian-raised saxophonist, Dan Shout teams up with Norwegian alto saxophonist, Frode Nymo along with some of South Africa’s finest jazz musicians Andrew Ford (piano), Romy Brauteseth (double bass) and Jonno Sweetman (drums), to bring a very special, once-off concert to Evita se Perron on Friday the 13th of May, 2016.
Frode Nymo has performed and/or recorded with the likes of Michael Brecker, Chick Corea, Maria Schneider, Danilo Perez, Michael Buble, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and Ensemble Denada to name but a few. Nymo is also a two times winner of the Norwegian Grammy Award for best jazz album and has received the “Have No Fear” award for best young, jazz musician of the year. This promises to be a unique and special concert, so make sure you book early to avoid disappointment!
Frode Nymo (alto sax)
Dan Shout (tenor sax & clarinet),
Marcus Wyatt (trumpet)
Andrew Ford (piano)
Romy Brauteseth (double bass),
Jonno Sweetman (drums)
Tickets R120 Bookings: [email protected]
An evening with Jenny & the Jameses
Date: 14 May
Time: 19:00
Location: Darling Golf Club, Darling
Contact: 084 800 0480 | [email protected]
Part of the Culture Route | Darling
Description: The Darling Presbyterian Church presents an evening with Jenny & the Jameses who will entertain you with traditional fold & celtic music. R100 per person and children pay half price.
Leslie Duckitt Memorial Golf Day
Date: 21 May
Location: Darling Golf Club
Part of the Culture Route | Darling
Description:
Darling Presbyterian Church invites all golfers to the annual
Leslie Duckitt Memorial Golf Day
Cost: R300 per person (Including competition, Green and Playing Fees, ½ way refreshments and Dinner)
Great Prizes
International Museum Day at Darling Museum
Date: 21 May
Time: 10:00 – 14:00
Location: Darling Museum, Darling
Contact: 022 492 3361
Part of the Culture Route | Darling
Description:
From 10h00 to 14h00 – Free entry the whole day
We are planning interactive activities at many of the interesting displays.
Plus Car Boot Sale: Turn all those unwanted, unused items in your house & garage into instant cash!! Simply phone Dianne 022 492 3361 and book your spot: R50 car boot & R100 commercial vendors
To round off: Coffee and Tea Garden – delicious cakes, tarts & sandwiches
Everybody welcome See you there!
And then there was Madiba
Date: 21 May
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: Pieter-Dirk Uys pays tribute to Nelson Mandela in a show filled with characters close to the former President – his prison warder, his wife Winnie, Desmond Tutu, PW Botha, FW de Klerk, Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma, as well as stories of his friendship with Evita Bezuidenhout.
Darling Brew Extreme
Date: 28 May
Time: From 7:30
Location: 48 Caledon Street, Darling
Contact: 021 289 1099 | [email protected]
Part of the Culture Route | Darling Brew
Description: Entries open on the 10th of March. Bone Crusher is a 68km race and entries cost R275. Long Claw is 45km and entries cost R250. Slow Beer is 25km and entries cost R150.
See an extended Events Diary here and use our Routes to explore the Cape West Coast.