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The Nieu-Bethesda Pump Palooza is a celebration of everything Pumpkin. This annual charity event is in aid of the elderly in the areas of Nieu-Bethesda, Graaff-Reinet, Aberdeen and Middelburg. Come and enjoy time in the Village over Easter Weekend!
You can look forward to a fun-filled family event! See the pumpkin exhibition & auction, do a 5km fun run, shop at the street market, enjoy food & live music and experience pumpkin dishes and treats at our local restaurants!
Enter our competition! Our Categories are:
• The Biggest Pumpkin
• The Smallest Pumpkin
• Hidden Beauty
• Arrangement of Pumpkins
• Best Carved Pumpkin
• Best Kids Contribution
Please bring a non-perishable food item to donate to our cause!
More information: https://www.facebook.com/PumpPalooza
ANNUALLY – MARCH
CONTACT DETAILS Phone: Chrissie Swarts on 082 579 7460
Email: tothiertoe@yahoo.com
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The Fish is a two-day marathon, with an AR rating from Canoeing South Africa. In order to enter this race, you need to fulfill the CSA requirements for competency and proficiency. Please refer to the Rules page on the website for more information in this regard.
The total distance of the marathon is 81,8km
GUARANTEED WATER LEVEL: 26 CUMECS!!!
The race starts at Grassridge Dam on Friday at 07:00. The First Day ends 45,8km downstream – 1km below Knutsford Bridge. This is also the start of Day 2 on Saturday at 07:00, with the race ending 36 km downstream at the Sports Grounds in Cradock.
More information: https://fishmarathon.org.za/
ANNUALLY – OCTOBER
CONTACT DETAILS:
E-mail: entries@fishmarathon.org.za
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In May 2014, the very first Stoep Tasting Wine Weekend was held in Graaff Reinet – 5 wine producers graced 5 lovely stoeps in the town. 45 tickets were sold and it was the beginning of something truly wonderful.
Today the annual Stoep Tasting Wine Weekend is one of the premier wine tourism weekends in Africa and showcases the top independent wine and spirit producers from South Africa and abroad. It incorporates the towns of Graaff Reinet and Nieu Bethesda and wine tasters and buyers travel from across Southern Africa to stroll the streets of these two picturesque Karoo towns, from stoep to stoep and taste and purchase some of the finest tipples in the world. Producer participation is by invite only and ticket numbers are limited to ensure that a wonderful and relaxed country weekend experience is had by all during the last weekend of May.
More information: https://www.greatwineweekends.com/
ANNUALLY over two weekends in MAY
CONTACT DETAILS Phone: 083 599 9302
E-mail: karoowineclub@gmail.com
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Founded 16 years ago, the annual Bedford Country Gardens is an Eastern Cape midlands lifestyle experience that has visitors returning again and again for a dose of down-to-earth country fun. For three days, and three days more the next weekend, gardenistas and nature-loving families explore country roads, linger in lovely farm gardens and discover soul-mates. The hosts are on hand, ready to swap ideas on how to bloom where you are planted (as the saying goes), hundreds of km from the nearest garden centre.
The routes straddle mountain and grassland biomes and traverse a number of game farms. The variety of birds and trees is eye-popping. This is prime terrain for hiking, trail running and mountain biking.
Open farm gardens offer refreshments; some serve light lunches and a couple set aside spots for picnickers.
In Bedford village, there are more open gardens, The SA Rosarium, plant nurseries, lots of shopping, live music, warm hospitality and the scrumptious food the region is known for. Art, quilts, photography, funky scarecrows and floral arrangements pop up all over.
Small group walks around the old part of town are led by Bedford’s local history enthusiasts. Early morning birding excursions take visitors into the pristine mountain forest which forms Bedford’s backdrop.
More information: https://www.bedford.co.za/page/garden_festival_landing
Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/BedfordGardenFestival/
ANNUALLY over two weekends – OCTOBER / NOVEMBER
E-mail: bedfordgardenfestival@gmail.com
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The Battiss Art Festival takes place in Somerset East in September.
Celebrate the life and creativity of Walter Battiss with a weekend of arts, crafts and activities around Somerset East.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/walterbattiss/
ANNUALLY – NOVEMBER
