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Battiss Art Festival 2024
5 July 2024 - 7 July 2024
The Walter Battiss Foundation is hosting a three-day celebration of creativity in the birth town of Walter Battiss (in Somerset East) to raise funds for the Walter Battiss Museum (NPO: 213-531).
Here is an outline of the Festival Programme to give you a better idea of what to expect:
Friday Evening (5 July 2024)
- 6:00pm: Evening festivities kick off at the Walter Battiss Museum with an artsy start. Get your hands dirty as you join in on our collaborative arts masterpiece.
- 7:00pm: Fook ferries begin the Hop-on Hop-off tasting tour of town. Over 18’s only.
- 10:30pm: Ferries stop. Party continues at late night venue(s).
* Also – kids are sorted : art workshop at the museum with Lizma Schoeman from 6pm till 10pm. All materials included. Pre-booking essential.
Saturday (6 July 2024)
- All day: Sandra Thomas exhibition at museum.
- 08:00 am: Fancy dress parkrun.
- 10:00 am – 2:00 pm: Local arts & crafts market at the museum.
- 11:00 am & 3:00 pm: Sip & Paint workshops. Pre-booking essential.
- 1:00 pm: Somerset East has got Talent show
- 10:00 am & 2:00 pm: Museum tours with Ros Turner, Queen of Fook.
- 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Music concert under the stars (live entertainment) at museum headlined by Vir Nou Net Magé.
Sunday (7 July 2024)
- 9:00 am – 4:00 pm: Chill at Glen Avon Mill. Pack a picnic and join us at one of the most picturesque farms in the area. Enjoy open air music by Hannes & Corné. You can even bring your own guitar and join in. Dis nie ‘n stywe storie nie…Take a tour of the newly refurbished mill dating back from 1861.Other activities include nature trails, guided birding walk (pre-booking essential) and mountainbike routes. Alan Hobson will be doing fly fishing demonstrations and Janet Kingwell will show us how to paint a plein-air watercolour landscape. If you don’t have your own art supplies, you can purchase some from Chat Noir’s on site pop-up shop.
All in all a fun-filled arty weekend for the whole family.
You can purchase tickets here.