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South Coast Carnival line-up for this weekend – September 27 – 29
Time to get festive! Here is everything you need to know about the fabulous line-up of events planned at St Mike's Beach and Gamalakhe this weekend. Be sure not to miss MiCasa, Blackbird, DJ Mdix, DJ Qhawe, DJ 101 and DJ Bruce playing at Olili's Lodge in Gamalakhe on Saturday, September 28.
| 27th Sep | Indigenous Games | All Day | St Michael’s Beach |
| 27th Sep | Iintonga | All Day | St Michael’s Beach |
| This is stick fighting game where two sticks are used, a longer one for attacking and a short one for defending. Age eligibility starts from 5 upwards. | |||
| 27th Sep | Diketo | All Day | St Michael’s Beach |
| Diketo is a game that tests one’s hand to eye coordination. The game is played with 10 small stones or marbles placed in a round shallow (5cm deep) hole and one hand held ghoen or bigger stone. The game can be played by both girls and boys of any age. Only two players can compete at a time. | |||
| 27th Sep | Dibeke | All Day | St Michael’s Beach |
| This is a kick and run ball game pitting two teams of twelve players each against each other. Each team must have an equal representation of male and female players. The team captains have the responsibility of liaising with the match officials. Also required is a scorekeeper from each team to count team and individual player runs during the game. The teams take turns to attack and defend. A player from the defending team is deployed in a central role as a roller of the ball and players from the attacking team take turns as kickers as and when they are called out by the roller to do so. | |||
| 27th Sep | Morabaraba | All Day | St Michael’s Beach |
| This is a board game played with 12 tokens (also known as “cows”) each per player (2 players’ maximum per game). To distinguish between the opposing players, their tokens must be of different shape or of different colour if the shape is the same. Three squares/rectangles are drawn on the board such that there is an outer square containing the middle square which in turn contains the third and smallest square. The squares are then further subdivided into 24 equidistant junctions with straight lines. | |||
| 27th Sep | Jukskei | All Day | St Michael’s Beach |
| This is a target game played by two teams of 4 each with 1 leader each. The players use skeets made of rubber, wood or other composite synthetic materials of between 300mm and 460mm in length, weighing no more than 1.8kg for seniors and 1.1kg for juniors. The aim of the game is to score points by using the skeets to hit targets placed on the field. | All Day | St Michael’s Beach | |
| 27th Sep | Ncuva | All Day | St Michael’s Beach |
| A board game played by teams of one to 6 players a side per game. Four rows of four circles/holes each are drawn, dug on flat ground or sculpted onto the board (total of 16 holes. A line is used to divide the board into two rows of 8 holes each. To play, each play uses 32 “cows” (tokens) made of marula fruit kernels or small stones. The stones are placed in sets of 4 in the holes for the game to start. | |||
| 27th Sep | Kgati | All Day | St Michael’s Beach |
| This is a skipping rope game wherein several girls can skip the rope simultaneously or one at a time. The skipping rope should not be longer than 5m. Two players swing the rope while the other players take turns to skip accordingly. | |||
| 27th Sep | Kho Kho | All Day | St Michael’s Beach |
| Two teams of 9 players each compete in this running game. The two teams take turns to be runners or chasers in the game. When the game starts, a player from the running team is nominated as the runner and one from the chasing team is selected to chase. | |||
| 27th Sep | Drie Stokkies | All Day | St Michael’s Beach |
| This is running and jumping game pitting two teams of 5 players a side against each other. The game setting comprises 3 placed on the ground approximately 1m apart. Competing players line up to run and jump over the sticks, stepping only once between the sticks. | |||
| 27th – 29th Sep | Gin & Craft Beer Fest & SAINTS CRAFT BEER LAUNCH | All Day | C Bali Restaurant |
| Festival visitors will be able to experience a wide range of gin & craft breweries on offer including | |||
| Darling Brew Slow Beer | |||
| Jack Blacks Brewing Company | |||
| Devils Peak Beer Company | |||
| Cape Brewing CBC | |||
| Flowstone Wild Africa Botanicals | |||
| Six Dogs Distillery | |||
| THAT Brewing Co. | |||
| Musgrave Crafted Gin | |||
| Six Dogs Distillery | |||
| Durban Gin | |||
| Blind Tiger Small Batch Gin | |||
| Cape Fynbos Gin | |||
| New Harbour Distillery | |||
| Bloedlemoen Handcrafted Gin | |||
| Clemengold Gin | |||
| Wilderer Distillery | |||
| Kaleido | |||
| 28th Sep | STEM CELL DONOR REGISTRATION DRIVE | 8h00 – 14h00 | C-Bali |
| Ashton Dry 11 years old Acute Myeloid Leukaemia Patient 0800121082 | |||
| 27th – 29th Sep | Craft & Food Market | St Michael’s Grass Verge | |
| Fresh Produce, Home baked goods, Jams & Preserves, Arts, Crafts & all things homemade | |||
| 27th – 29th Sep | Inflatable Beach Bounce Town | St Michael’s Beach | |
| The Inflatable Rocket, Giant Inflatable Slide & Inflatable Hamster Bal | |||
| 27th – 29th Sep | It’s Party Time | Kidz Play Zone | |
| Inflatable soccer field, Inflatable Battleship, Adventure Island, Merry Go Round, Kids Play Zone | |||
| 27th – 29th Sep | Beach Sports Zone | St Michael’s Beach | |
| Daily Beach Volleyball, Beach Soccer & Beach Cricket Play Zone | |||
| 27th – 29th Sep | SLIME FEST… The Ultimate Holiday Program | Kidz Play Zone | |
| SLIMEFEST. 3 Amazing Days of Exciting Slime activities and Challenges to keep your Slime Stars entertained these Holidays!!Our Giant Slimes and Bubble making antics will have your Slime Stars clicking, poking, stretching and squishing Slime for that Oh So Satisfying feeling all our Slime stars love. . Suitable for Kids 3 years and Older for other Sessions. Your child will leave with a handful of different kinds of slime, from fluffy to sparkly and everything in-between!Your child will leave with a handful of different kinds of slime, from fluffy to sparkly and everything in-between! Time to Get Your Slime On!! More Sessions Available directly contact info@slimeworkshop.co.za or What’s App 0734936153. | |||
| 27th Sep | Bo-Yoga Beach Class | 8h30 | Vodacom Grass Park |
| Head on down to St Michaels Beach with your beach towels and come along & find your Zen with the Bo-Yoga Studio. Let your inner boho glow by practicing various forms of yoga flow! For more info contact Cassi 0723408168 | |||
| 28th Sep | Park Run | 8h00 | Departs St Michaels |
| Join the free weekly Park Run enthusiasts on the 28th September at 8am and enjoy a 5km run – it’s you against the clock… We all run for our own enjoyment. Please come along and join in whatever your pace! Please register before your first run. Only ever register with park run once. Don’t forget to bring a printed copy of your barcode (request a reminder). If you forget it, you won’t get a time | |||
| 28th Sep | Bike Fest – Talent Search | Vodacom Stage | |
| 28th Sep | Four5Seconds | 12h00 | Vodacom Stage |
| 28th Sep | Musheer – Hip Hop | 14h30 | Vodacom Stage |
| 28th Sep | 039 – Quom | 15h00 | Vodacom Stage |
| 28th Sep | Danceline Studio | 9h00 | Vodacom Stage |
| 29th Sep | Margate Superbodies Gym Tae Bo | 11h15 | Vodacom Grass Park |
| Join in the Tae Bo total body fitness system workout on 29th September at 11h15 at the VODACOM GRASS PARK STAGE that incorporates martial arts techniques such as kicks and punches, which became quite popular in the 1990s. Come & join in the fun with Margate Superbodies Gym instructor Brilliant who’s class is sure to get your adrenaline pumping through the use of motions of martial arts at a rapid pace designed to promote fitness. | |||
| 29th Sep | Carnival Parade | ||
| South Coast Carnival Parade Line Up | 8h00 | Uvongo Town Hall | |
| South Coast Carnival Parade Departs for St Michaels Beach | 10h00 | Uvongo Town Hall | |
| Parade Route: | |||
| Leave Uvongo town hall (parade line up) | |||
| Cross marine drive into Uvongo Beach Rd | |||
| Turn Left onto Collin St | |||
| Turn Right onto Orange Rocks Rd | |||
| Turn Right onto Bay Road | |||
| 29th Sep | South Coast Carnival Arrives | 10h10 onwards | St Michaels Beach |
| 29th Sep | South Coast Carnival Motorshow | 11h15 | St Michaels Beach Park |
| Catch The South Coast Carnival Motorshow Sound Off Show n Shine For more info contact 0823009922 | |||
| 29th Sep | The Sa Re Ga Ma Music Academy | 10h20 | Vodacom Stage |
| 29th Sep | Her Worship The Mayor Councilor Cynthia Mqwebu | 11h00 | Vodacom Stage |
| 29th Sep | Official Saints Lager Launch | 11h10 | Vodacom Stage |
| 29th Sep | Margate Superbodies Tae Bo Class | 11h15 | Vodacom Stage |
| 29th Sep | Mtwalume Marching Brass Band | 11h30 | Vodacom Stage |
| 29th Sep | Chewing The Hornet | 12h00 | Vodacom Stage |
| 29th Sep | Elvis Impersonator | 13h00 | Vodacom Stage |
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