The end of the year is fast approaching and we have found you the best events on the Cape West Coast to celebrate the warmer weather and the festive season (which is around the corner!).
Here are our top events for November on the Cape West Coast:
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. 
Travel Tuesday at Darling Brew
Date: Every Tuesday
Time: 10:00
Location: 48 Caledon Street, Darling
Contact: (021) 286 1099 or email [email protected]
Description:
Just R60 gets you 330ML of the SLOWBEER of your choice, + biltong to gnaw on + a tour of the brewery where the beer magic happens. The 30 minute guided tour takes you through the brand new brewery – at 12pm and 1pm every Tuesday. (No need to book this tour!)
Coastal Dune Trail – Botanic Walk
Date: 5 November
Time: 09:00
Location: Environmental Education Centre (Log Cabin) at Eerste Steen Resort
Contact: Kay Loubser to book your participation – 0724284488.
Description: Join the Friends of Blaauwberg Conservation Area for a guided BOTANICAL walk on the Coastal Dune Hiking Trail. Meet at the Environmental Education Centre (Log Cabin) at Eerste Steen Resort at 09h00 (directional map available www.bca.org.za).
Distance: ± 4.4 km Duration: ± 3 hours with Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers (C.R.E.W.) and Biodiversity staff who will provide identification of plants.
Please come equipped with hiking shoes, hats, sun protection, cameras, West Coast Flower Guide (a few are still available to buy at R60) and refreshment.
The event is free for Friends of BCA members. Gate fees apply for non-members. Pets are not allowed (sorry about that)
Bistro Seven 6th Annual Potjiekos Competition
Date: 5 November
Time: 11:30
Location: Bistro Seven, Darling
Contact: Kit 082 900 3726
Description:
Entry R100 per team of 2 (max 12 teams)
Dress code – Country Style
Start time: from 11h30 Judging at 16h00
What to bring:
Own braai & wood/potjie & ingredients/ table & chairs (no theme décor)
Drinks for sale at premises (no outside liquor allowed please)
Plates and utensils will be provided
All potjiekos will be sold at R20 per plate and proceeds will go towards Groeneweide Old Age Home – Please support our fundraising initiative
Mike McCully and the Harmonix at Evita se Perron
Date: 5 November
Time: 19:00 the show starts at 20:00
Location: Evita se Perron, Darling
Contact: 022 492 3930 | [email protected]
Description: Enjoy Mike McCully and the Harmonix at Evita se Perron. R100 per person 
Evening Talk at the West Coast Fossil Park
Date: 8 November
Time: 18:00
Location: West Coast Fossil Park
Contact: 022 766 1606
Description: Cutting to the Core – It is all about rocks and what they can tell us. A presentation by Silence Magagula
Originally from Rustenburg, Silence studied geology at the university of Cape Town, graduating in 2015 with an Honours degree in general geology.
The talk is about Plate tectonics and how it relates to geology. It will explain all the geological phenomena we observe on the Earth, from Volcanoes, Rifts, and ocean basins, to how and why different rocks form the way they do, and why they form where they do.
Please join us for a fun session to find out more about rocks and the Earth.
Cost: Talk: R35; Dinner: R80
Booking is essential for the meal.
Pop-Up Pilates at Ormonde Wine Cellar
Date: 12 November
Time: 10:00 – 14:00
Location: Ormonde Wine Cellar
Contact: Sanja 079 544 4326 [email protected]
Description: A unique Pilates class outside enjoying the best Darling has to offer followed by a delicious picnic and wine tasting R250 per person
PDU Unpowdered
Date: 13 November
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 looks back on a life fully-lived and peers ahead at the next challenge of making the impossible even more extraordinary.
2016 Lagoon Cycle Challenge
Date: 19 – 20 November
Time: 07:00
Location: Langebaan Country Estate
Contact: Tel: 022 772 2787 | Cell: 071 160 2822 / 082 899 8616 | [email protected]
Description:
Saturday 19 November 2016
80km & 30km
Road Event
Rated Highest scoring PPA funride for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015!
Enter via PPA website
Sunday 20 November 2016
38km & 18km
Mountain Bike Event
Rated Best New Event for the 2014/2105 Funride Season by PPA!
Enter via PPA website
Blaauwberg Two Hills Walk
Date: 19 November
Time: 07:30
Location: Blaauwberg Reserve
Contact: Stephanie Muller on 083 679 4642 or email [email protected].
Description:
The Friends of the BCA invite you to join them on the 6 km Blaauwberg Two Hills Walk. The route is not open to the public so this is a special opportunity to see the Reserve fauna and flora, the site where the Battle of Blaauwberg took place, the Cape Flats Sand Plain Fynbos Restoration projects and other developments in the Blaauwberg Nature Reserve.
We will meet at 07h30 at the Morningstar entrance to the Blaauwberg Reserve on the Eastern side of Blaauwberg Hill (just off the N7). The walk will finish by latest 12h30. Bring a hat, sunscreen lotion and wear comfortable clothes and shoes. You are welcome to bring something to eat and drink for a picnic on Blaauwberg Hill.
The event is free for Friends of BCA members. Cost is R30 for non-members. The walk is limited to 25 people, so booking is essential. More detailed directions and information will be sent to responders.
Adapt or fly at Evita se Perron
Date: 19 November
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:
“It is 30 years since Pieter-Dirk Uys started his total onslaught on politics with ‘Adapt or Dye’. 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 spokeman 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 2011 rolick hand-in-hand through the ups and downs of South African politics. It’s even funnier now, while still chills to the bone.”
The Lyzyrd Kyngs at Evita se Perron
Date: 19 November
Time: 20:00
Location: Evita se Perron, Darling
Contact: 022 492 3930 | [email protected]
Description: Piet Botha & Akkedis: The Lyzyrd Kyngs at Evita se Perron
Tannie Evita Praat Kaktus
Date: 20 & 27 November
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: 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.
Blaauwberg Hill Sunset Walk
Date: 26 November
Time: TBA
Location: Blaauwberg Reserve
Description: Members only. To close off the year’s festivities, you are invited to a walk up to Blaauwberg Hill to enjoy the wonderful 360º views at sunset. More details will follow later.
And then there was Madiba
Date: 26 November
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.
Groote Post Country Market
Date: 27 November
Time: 10:00 – 15:00
Location: Groote Post, Darling
Contact: Eldré Strydom: +27.828776677 or [email protected]
Description: The terrace in front of Hilda’s Kitchen and adjacent to the Cellar will be a hive of activity, brimming with delicious and beautiful country offerings. Guests can expect artisan foods, arts and crafts, home ware and décor, live entertainment, lots of fun activities for kids, and of course, Groote Post’s well-loved wines.
West Coast Art Fair
Date: 12 – 23 December
Location: 12 – 14 December Blue Bay Lodge, Saldanha, 18 December, the Pumpkin House, Langebaan and 19 – 23 December at the Protea Hotel, Saldanha
Contact: Yvette on 0712917586 or Lenel 074 4044000 or Johanette 083 5254212 | email [email protected]
Description: Art Elite, an artist initiative based on the West Coast, was created to uplift and promote the talent of our local artists.
They present you a fantastic opportunity to enter an exciting competition whereby the qualifying artists will be invited to exhibit their artworks at the very first West Coast Art Fair 2016.
Artwork to be submitted by 10-11 November. An entry fee of R100 will be payable. Artworks must be “ready to hang” 
Coming up in December:
Darling Brew Weekend!
3 December Darling Summer Beer Festival:
Time: 10:00 – 18:00
Location: 48 Caledon Street, Darling
Contact: (021) 286 1099 or email [email protected]
Celebrate our 1 year anniversary at the Darling Tasteroom & Brewery.
Live bands: Jimm Harrison Project, Stone Jets and Red Tape Riot
Darling Brew Beers will be on sale including our seasonal gifts: the IPA Experience gift pack, Darling Brew Festive Box and our New years beer Midnight Hawk.
Guest Brewers: Riot Brewery, Savage Brewery, Flagship Brewery, Mountain Brewing Company, Everson’s Cider and Decider.
Cost: R100 at the door, R75 for early bird tickets. First 750 people get festival branded glass thereafter everyone will receive a Darling Brew branded glass
4 December: Darling Brew Christmas Market
Time: 10:00 – 16:00
Location: 48 Caledon Street, Darling
Contact: (021) 286 1099 or email [email protected]
Food stalls, craft and gift stalls and kiddies entertainment.
Cost: Free Entry
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