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    2/01/2009 - 3/31/2010Spier Arts Summer Season

    Stellenbosch, South Africa
    Founded in 1996, the annual Spier Arts Summer Season has grown to become one of the most popular fixtures in Stellenbosch's summer calendar. Including...

    Themes: Dance , Art & Literature , Theatre & Film , Music

     

    10/01/2009 - 11/30/2009Spring Flower Show

    Cape Town, South Africa
    Every September Cape Town bursts into bloom when the V&A Waterfront hosts its Spring Flower Show. Show gardens and floral displays brighten up the...

    Themes: Exhibitions , Nature & Wildlife , Home & Fashion

     

    11/01/2009 - 11/30/2009Cape Times FNB Big Walk

    Cape Town, South Africa
    First held in 1903, the Cape Times FNB Big Walk consists of eight different stages all beginning on a different part of the Cape Peninsula and all finishing...

    Themes: Kids' Stuff , Spectacle , Sport

     

    11/01/2009 - 11/30/2009Out in Africa Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

    Johannesburg, South Africa
    Out In Africa (OIA) is the biggest and most successful lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) film festival in South Africa as well as the whole...

    Themes: Theatre & Film , Entertainment , Spectacle , Gay & Lesbian

     

    11/01/2009 - 11/30/2009Out in Africa South African Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

    Cape Town, South Africa
    Out In Africa (OIA) is the biggest and most successful lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) film festival in the country. During the festival...

    Themes: Gay & Lesbian , Theatre & Film , Spectacle , Entertainment

     

    11/01/2009 - 11/30/2009Soccerex Football Festival, Exhibition and Conference

    Sandton, South Africa
    Growing in stature year on year, Soccerex is now a four-day event that opens with a one-day football extravaganza then continues with an exhibition, conference...

    Themes: Exhibitions , Kids' Stuff , Sport , Business

     

    11/01/2009 - 4/30/2010Summer Sunset Concerts

    Cape Town, South Africa
    A great way to spend a lazy Sunday evening, visitors to the Summer Sunset Concerts at the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens can enjoy a range of musical...

    Themes: Food & Drink , Spectacle , Dance , Entertainment , Music

     

    11/01/2009 - 11/30/2009Whisky Live Festival

    Cape Town, South Africa
    A real treat for whisky connoisseurs and anyone working in the industry, the annual Whisky Live Festival brings together approximately 160 different whisky...

    Themes: Food & Drink , Exhibitions , Business , Home & Fashion

     

    12/01/2009 - 12/31/2009Mother City Queer Project Festival

    Cape Town, South Africa
    Borne out of a much smaller event that was held back in 1994, the annual Mother City Queer Project Festival (MCQPF) is one of biggest gay and lesbian...

    Themes: Spectacle , Entertainment , Dance , Food & Drink , Gay & Lesbian , Music

     

    12/16/2009 - 12/16/2009Day of Reconciliation

    Cape Town, South Africa
    Under South Africa's apartheid segregation system, 16 December was known as 'Day of the Vow', harking back to the vow the Voortrekkers made to God before...

    Themes: Culture , History

     

    12/31/2009 - 1/01/2010New Year's Eve Bash

    Cape Town, South Africa
    See in the New Year with a bang at Cape Town's V&A Waterfront at the ever popular New Year's Eve Bash. With a programme of live music, street performers...

    Themes: Spectacle , Dance , Entertainment , Music

     

    1/01/2010 - 1/31/2010Cape Town Jazzathon

    Cape Town, South Africa
    Each January, Cape Town's Victoria & Alfred Waterfront welcomes locals and visitors alike to enjoy the delights of its free, four-day jazz festival....

    Themes: Spectacle , Exhibitions , Dance , Entertainment , Music , Other

     

    1/01/2010 - 1/28/2010J&B Met

    Cape Town, South Africa
    One of the biggest horse racing meetings in the city and one of the highlights of Cape Town's social calendar, the J&B Met is a glamorous event that...

    Themes: Food & Drink , Entertainment , Spectacle , Sport

     

    1/02/2010 - 1/02/2010Kaapse Klopse (Cape Minstrels' Carnival)

    Cape Town, South Africa
    An incredibly colourful spectacle, the annual Kaapse Klopse (Cape Minstrels' Carnival) is a traditional New Year's celebration which originally marked...

    Themes: Food & Drink , Dance , Entertainment , Spectacle , Culture , Music

     

    1/02/2010 - 1/02/2010Second New Year (Tweede Nuwe Jaar)

    Cape Town, South Africa
    On the day after New Year's Day, South Africans celebrate Tweede Nuwe-Jaar or the 'Second New Year'. Entire communities turn out to take part in the celebrations...

    Themes: Spectacle , Culture , Entertainment , Dance , Music

     

    2/01/2010 - 3/31/2010Prickly Pear Festival

    Near Port Elizabeth, South Africa
    Sixteen tons of prickly pears are processed for the festival. Products made of the fruit and leaves of the prickly pear include preserves, bread, prickly...

    Themes: Food & Drink , Entertainment , Exhibitions , Kids' Stuff

     



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