WINTER EVENTS IN CAPE TOWN
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A warm welcome to our 3rd Events Calendar - Winter We at Knight Frank hope that you will find this a useful tool to enjoy the beautiful area we live in and all it has to offer. Just as our brand has evolved from Anne Porter Properties to Knight Frank to become bigger and better, we’ve enhanced your Events Guide to now offer you more, from special promotions to complimentary tickets. We have decided to use the Knight Frank Events Guide to put the fun back into home appraisals. Contact us to appraise your home and there might just be a complimentary Cape Town experience waiting for you! We look forward to your feedback. Please follow us on Facebook (knightfrankSA) and Twitter (@knightfrankza) and tell us how we can turn an ordinary real estate experience into an extraordinary one. Allow us to surprise and delight you. Knight Frank South Africa All details correct at time of going to press
JUNE Jive Cape Town Funny Festival Date: 26 May to 22 June; Venue: Baxter Theatre International and local comedians perform
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The Good Food & Wine Show Date: 29 May to 1 June; Venue: CTICC South Africa’s premier food, wine and lifestyle show
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Shibuie: Accidental Beauty Date: 31 May to 30 June; Venue: Art in the Forest An exhibition of Japanese brushstroke on ceramics
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The Snow Goose THEATRE Date: 4 to 28 June; Venue: Kalk Bay Theatre James Cairns and Taryn Bennett in an adaptation of Paul Gallico’s novel First Thursdays Date: 5 June; Venue: Various throughout the city centre Art galleries and selected shops stay open until 9pm Kamers vol Geskenke & CCDI Date: 5 to 8 June; Venue: Castle of Good Hope A creative exhibition of local design, food and wine
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Wacky Wine Weekend LIFESTYLE Date: 5 to 8 June; Venue: Robertson Wine Valley Tastings, demos, river cruises, farmhouse hospitality, tractor trips and more
JUNE Encounters Film Festival Date: 6 to 16 June; Venue: Nu Metro & The Fugard Theatre The 16th edition of Africa’s premier documentary event
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Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show Date: 6 June; Venue: CTICC Official public tasting of the 2014 winning wines
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Springboks v World XV Date: 7 June; Venue: Newlands Stadium The kick off to the critical 2014 international season
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Feast of Shiraz & Charcuterie Date: 7 June; Venue: Hartenberg Wine Estate Some of SA’s finest Syrahs paired with artisanal fare
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Ilya Gringolts & Peter Laul Date: 7 June; Venue: Baxter Concert Hall The world-renowned violinist plays Grieg, Bartók, and Beethoven Dance for All Date: 7 & 8 June; Venue: Artscape Theatre Two performances by the NPO dance company St Luke’s Hospice Benefit Concert Date: 8 June; Venue: Cape Town City Hall An evening of classical music from a touring symphonic orchestra
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Vaux Le Vicomte - The most beautiful house in the world LIFESTYLE Date: 11 June; Venue: Casa Labia June Botha lectures on Nicolas Fouquet’s elaborate 17th century château Opera Kaleidoscope Date: 12 & 13 June; Venue: Baxter Concert Hall Staged opera excerpts from students of the UCT opera school
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Cook Franschhoek Date: 13 to 15 June; Venue: Franschhoek Wine Valley Top chefs give hands-on demonstrations to small groups
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SA Book Fair Date: 13 to 15 June; Venue: CTICC A unique insight into the publishing world
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#MoonlightMass Cycle Date: 13 June; Venue: Under the Green Point Circle Reclaiming the city streets for cyclists
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JUNE Rondebosch Craft Market Date: 14 June; Venue: Rondebosch Park Handmade goods and food at one of Cape Town’s oldest markets
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Muizenberg Moonlight Meander Date: 14 June; Venue: Muizenberg Beach Community stroll along the beach
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Raga Fantasy MUSIC Date: 14 June; Venue: CTICC A concert of Indian classical music with flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Songscape Jazz Trio Date: 14 June; Venue: Endler Hall A programme of improvised music based on works by Bach
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Marco Spada Date: 15 June; Venue: Fugard Bioscope A screening of the ballet re-created specifically for the Bolshoi
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Wild Mushroom Hunt Date: 16 & 17 June; Venue: Delheim Wine Estate, Stellenbosch Fungi foraging on a wine estate
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FNB Whisky Live Showroom Cape Town Date: 19 & 20 June; Venue: Southern Sun An intimate boutique of leading whiskies
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Blake with Cortes South African Tour MUSIC Date: 20 & 21 June; Venue: CTICC The award-winning pop/classic trio perform with opera star Gardar Cortes Annual Polar Bear Swim Date: 21 June; Venue: Clifton 4th Beach An unofficial winter solstice dip
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Franschhoek Winter Wines Festival Date: 21 June; Venue: Franschhoek Motor Museum Wines, classic cars and live entertainment
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Cirque de la Symphonie THEATRE Date: 21 & 22 June; Venue: GrandWest Arena Aerial acrobats, jugglers and contortionists perform to classics from the CPO Bianca Revealed Date: 24 June; Venue: Baxter Concert Hall Bianca Le Grange, star of Blood Brothers, performs
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Andre the Hilarious Hypnotist Date: 24 June to 5 July; Venue: Theatre on the Bay Comedy from the mentalist and magician
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Tori Amos Live in Cape Town MUSIC Date: 29 & 30 June; Venue: CTICC Eight-time Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter and pianist performs National Theatre Live: King Lear THEATRE Date: 29 June; Venue: The Fugard Theatre Bioscope A live screening of the London production starring Simon Russell Beale The Original Noddy Story Date: 28 June to 12 July; Venue: Artscape Theatre Foyer Children’s theatre
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JULY Dreams to Reality ART Date: 1 July to 1 August; Venue: Erdmann Contemporary Photographic exhibition exploring the nature of the conscious & subconscious KGB UnWined Wine Appreciation Course LIFESTYLE Date: 1 July to 5 August; Venue: Vineyard Hotel A weekly sociable discussion of what’s in your glass and how it got there First Thursdays Date: 3 July; Venue: Various throughout the city centre Art galleries and selected shops stay open until 9pm
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Ballet Beautiful THEATRE Date: 4 July to 12 July; Venue: Artscape Theatre 3 short works highlighting the versatility of the dancers of the CT City Ballet Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival Date: 4 to 13 July; Venue: Throughout Stellenbosch Top national and international students perform
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Rugby: Stormers vs Blue Bulls Date: 5 July; Venue: Newlands Rugby Stadium Round 18 of the 2014 Super Rugby Series
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Date: 6 July; Venue: The Fugard Theatre Bioscope A live screening of the multiple-award-winning play
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Geneva Ballet Date: 8 to 10 July; Venue: Artscape Theatre The internationally acclaimed company dances to Fauré and Handel
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The Reuben Invites Series Date: 9 July; Venue: One&Only Dinner with chefs Reuben Riffel and Richard Carstens
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Desire Under the Elms Date: 9 to 26 July; Venue: Baxter Golden Arrow Studio The award-winning play of love, lust, passion and possession
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Fishers of Hope Date: 9 July to 2 August; Venue: Baxter Flipside Magical realism directed by Lara Foot
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A Handful of Keys Date: 9 July to 9 August; Venue: Theatre on the Bay Ian von Memerty and Jonathan Roxmouth return
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Help! I Am Free Date: 10 to 12 July; Venue: Artscape Arena Pollsmoor inmates share their experiences through drama
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JULY The Shadow of the Hummingbird Date: 10 to 26 July; Venue: Fugard Studio Athol Fugard returns to the stage in his latest play
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Breyten Breytenbach Literary Festival LIFESTYLE Date: 11 & 12 July; Venue: Montagu Presentations, interviews, exhibitions, guided walks, workshops and more Rondebosch Craft Market Date: 12 July; Venue: Rondebosch Park Handmade goods and food at one of Cape Town’s oldest markets Rugby: Stormers vs Sharks Date: 12 July; Venue: Newlands Rugby Stadium Round 19 of the 2014 Super Rugby Series
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Muizenberg Moonlight Meander Date: 12 July; Venue: Muizenberg Beach Community stroll along the beach
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#MoonlightMass Cycle Date: 12 July; Venue: Under the Green Point Circle Reclaiming the city streets for cyclists
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Lionel Bastos and Auriol Hays Cottage Club Date: 12 July; Venue: Cottage Club Melodic ballads with a Jazzy edge Franschhoek Bastille Festival Date: 12 to 13 July; Venue: Franschhoek Wine Valley Celebrating France in food, wine, music and games Watershed Date: 12 & 13 July; Venue: Die Boer Music from the pop-rock band fronted by Craig Hinds
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JULY Bhabha Date: 16 to 19 July; Venue: Artscape Theatre Contemporary choreography from Jazzart Dance Theatre
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Vaslav Date: 17 July to 9 August; Venue: Kalk Bay Theatre Godfrey Johnson’s musical take on the madness of Nijinsky
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Mandela Day Date: 18 July A chance to do your 67 minutes for others
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Slowly Date: 18 July to 3 August; Venue: Artscape Arena ’Theatre of the Catastrophe’ by playwright Howard Barker
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Oklahoma! Date: 19 July to 3 August; Venue: Artscape Opera House Rodgers & Hammerstein from the Gilbert & Sullivan Society
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Rocky Horror Show Date: 22 July to 2 November; Venue: The Fugard Theatre Last year’s smash hit musical returns by popular demand
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The Magic of Operetta Date: 22 July; Venue: Baxter Concert Hall Angelo Gobbato traces the development of operetta Disney on Ice - 100 Years of Magic Date: 23 to 27 July; Venue: GrandWest Arena Mickey Mouse and friends recreate Disney stories on ice
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Roelof Temmingh MUSIC Date: 27 July; Venue: Nederburg Wine Estate The award-winning young pianist performs in the elegant Manor House Oscar & the Pink Lady Date: 29 July to 23 August; Venue: Baxter Theatre Multi-award-winning drama with Sandra Prinsloo Days of the Dinosaur Date: 31 July to 20 August; Venue: CTICC An interactive exhibition of life-sized moving models
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AUGUST
SABC Education Baba Indaba Date: 1 to 3 August; Venue: CTICC The annual baby, toddler and parenting expo Emotional Creature Date: 6 to 16 August; Venue: Baxter Flipside The latest play from the author of The Vagina Monologues
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First Thursdays Date: 7 August; Venue: Various throughout the city centre Art galleries and selected shops stay open until 9pm
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Winter Symphony Season MUSIC Date: 7, 14, 21 & 28 August; Venue: Cape Town City Hall The Cape Philharmonic Orchestra performs programmes focussing on Liszt, Dvořák and Tchaikovsky Three’s Company THEATRE Date: 8 & 9 August; Venue: Artscape Cape Town City Ballet, Cape Dance Company & Jazzart Dance Theatre perform Loyiso Gola – State of the Nation Date: 8 to 16 August; Venue: Baxter Theatre Political satire from the hard-hitting stand-up comedian
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Rondebosch Craft Market Date: 9 August; Venue: Rondebosch Park Handmade goods and food at one of Cape Town’s oldest markets
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Muizenberg Moonlight Meander Date: 9 August; Venue: Muizenberg Beach Community stroll along the beach
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#MoonlightMass Cycle Date: 10 August; Venue: Under the Green Point Circle Reclaiming the city streets for cyclists
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Open Design ART Date: 10 to 30 August; Venue: Various Annual cross-disciplinary citywide event, promoting & sharing design ideas Step by Step with Tim Butcher: Taming the Congo LIFESTYLE Date: 12 August; Venue: One&Only 3000km by foot, motorbike, dugout & riverboat through a war-ravaged Congo Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Date: 12 August to 6 September; Venue: Theatre on the Bay Award-winning Chekhovian comedy Short and Sweet Film Festival Date: 13 August to 24 September; Venue: Old German Club Short films, animations and music videos with food and craft beers
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AUGUST The Agony & the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs THEATRE Date: 13 to 24 August; Venue: Kalk Bay Theatre Humorous monologue exploring the complexities of this enigmatic character CPO Beatles Concert Date: 15 to 17 August; Venue: Artscape Opera House Beatles tribute backed by the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra TEDxCapeTown: Design Your Thinking Date: 16 August; Venue: City Hall A focus on initiatives which address solutions a little bit differently
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Rugby: W Province vs Blue Bulls Date: 16 August; Venue: Newlands Stadium The two great rival teams go head to head
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The Choir Experience Date: 16 August; Venue: GrandWest Arena A showcase of South Africa’s most renowned choirs
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Dulce et Decorum Est Date: 18 August; Venue: Theatre on the Bay Poignant readings by John Maytham to mark the centenary of WWI Cape Winemakers Guild Showcase Date: 21 August; Venue: CTICC A chance to taste exceptional wines before the auction in October
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Shlomo Mintz Date: 21 August; Venue: Artscape Opera House The acclaimed Russian violin virtuoso performs
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Rugby: W Province vs Golden Lions Date: 23 August; Venue: Newlands Stadium Absa Currie Cup Premier Division match
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Women in Clay Date: 23 to 30 August; Venue: Art in the Forest An exhibition of works from SA’s leading female ceramic artists Blisters for Bread Date: 24 August; Venue: Green Point Cricket Club Annual walk to raise funds for hungry school children Il Viaggio a Reims Date: 26 to 30 August; Venue: Artscape Theatre Centre Cape Town Opera presents Rossini’s comic opera Night of 1000 Drawings Date: 28 August; Venue: Goodhope Centre A massive fundraising sale of doodles, sketches and paintings
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Rockville 2069 THEATRE Date: 29 August to 7 September; Venue: Artscape Opera House A futuristic rock musical celebrating the centennial of the Woodstock Festival Folk n Acoustic Music Festival Date: 30 August; Venue: Baxter Theatre 24 South African artists perform in an intimate, concert-style setting Spring Splash Date: 31 August; Venue: Fish Hoek Beach The unofficial welcome of spring
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SEPTEMBER Tannie Evita Comes to Athlone THEATRE Date: 1 September; Venue: Joseph Stone Auditorium ’The most famous white woman in SA’ considers the state of the nation First Thursdays Date: 4 September; Venue: Various throughout the city centre Art galleries and selected shops stay open until 9pm Homemakers Expo: Bold Bright and Individual Date: 4 to 7 September; Venue: CTICC The annual home decor and lifestyle exhibition
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Darling Voorkamerfest Date: 5 to 7 September; Venue: Darling Performances in the living rooms of various Darling residents
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Uthando Benefit Concert Date: 6 September; Venue: City Hall Music, dance and choirs in support of community activists
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Muizenberg Moonlight Meander Date: 6 September; Venue: Muizenberg Beach Community stroll along the beach
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Rugby: W Province vs E Province Kings Date: 6 September; Venue: Newlands Stadium Absa Currie Cup Premier Division match
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Delvera Full Moon Hike Date: 9 September; Venue: Delvera Farm A 10km vineyard trail to watch the sun set over Table Mountain
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#MoonlightMass Cycle Date: 9 September; Venue: Under the Green Point Circle Reclaiming the city streets for cyclists
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Rondebosch Craft Market Date: 9 September; Venue: Rondebosch Park Handmade goods and food at one of Cape Town’s oldest markets
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Tulbagh Spring Arts Festival Date: 12 to 14 September; Venue: Tulbagh Fine art, music, theatre, architectural talks, walks and more
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Colloquium with Cape Town City Ballet Date: 17 September; Venue: Baxter Concert Hall Anecdotes and highlights from the last 80 years of CTCB
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SEPTEMBER Open Book Cape Town Date: 17 to 21 September; Venue: Fugard Theatre A literary festival with local and international authors
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Neil Jewell Charcuterie Workshop Date: 18 & 19 September; Venue: Moreson Wine Farm The top chef instructs on the creation of hams, sausages and more
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Rugby: W Province vs Absa Qualifier Date: 20 September; Venue: Newlands Stadium Absa Currie Cup Premier Division match
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The Fray Date: 20 September; Venue: GrandWest Arena The smash hit American rock band tours SA
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Cape Town Marathon Date: 20 to 21 September; Venue: Cape Town Stadium Cape Town’s premier road race
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Cape Town Fringe Festival THEATRE Date: 25 September to 5 October; Venue: City Hall and various venues Inaugural festival of new theatre, dance and music productions David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg Date: 26 September; Venue: Baxter Concert Hall A programme of Messiaen’s Quartet for the end of Time and Klezmer La Table du Chef - Dalla Cia Date: 26 September; Venue: The Foodbarn, Noordhoek Dinner with Franck Dangereux and the Dalla Cia winemaker Marc Lottering: This is Captain Lottering Speaking Date: 26 & 27 September; Venue: Die Boer A new show from the top SA comedian Boy George Date: 26 & 27 September; Venue: CTICC The British king of glam rock performs
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Three Ballets by John Neumeier THEATRE Date: 26 to 30 September; Venue: Franschhoek Wine Valley The Cape Town City Ballet performs pieces by the American choreographer Rugby: South Africa vs Australia Date: 27 September; Venue: Newlands Stadium Castle Lager Rugby Championship match
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Franschhoek Uncorked Festival Date: 27 to 28 September; Venue: Franschhoek Wine Valley Food and wine festival
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Kirstenbosch Craft Market Date: 28 September; Venue: Stone Cottages The popular outdoor craft market
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