Parys Arts Festival – what you can look forward to

* Thurs 29 March  18:00 – Official festival opening Egweni, 2 Van Coller Street.
* Fr 30 March 18:00 – Neon pothole painting (Keri 076 168 7767), streets of Parys (meet at 52 Boom Street).
* Sat 31 March
08:00 – Wine festival, The Garden, 8 Middel Street)
08:00 – ARTbike (Ras 083 235 3786), from Rus & Vrede Koepel Route, 20 km, 2 hours.
ART FOCUS on KIDS – Parys Town Hall (entrance in Middel Street)
* Sat 31 March
09:00–10:00 Registration at door.
10:00–14:00 Face painting, origami, mask building, endless painting. Stations rotate every hour, art of chemistry, young engineers.
11:00–14:00 Talent competition: singing, dancing, drama, poetry.
14:00 Primary and Secondary School art, poetry and lion mask prize-givings.
* Sat 31 March
10:00 – Photography workshop Bessie Vermeulen, Godlife Church.
17:00 – ARTride sunset horse riding (Malcolm 076 161 2252) – spectacular views of the Vredefort Mountains.
18:00 – Tour de Parys Safari supper various venues in Parys (meet at 52 Boom Street).
18:00 – Die Drie Reisigers met Gert Vlok Nel, Stonehenge, Kopjeskraal Road.
* Sun 1 April 17:00 ARTride sunset   horse riding (Malcolm 076 161 2252) – spectacular view of the Vredefort Mountains.
* Mon 2 April 08:00 – ARTdog dog walk, dogs are actually going to paint themselves (groups of dogs start leaving at 5 min. intervals between 08:00 and 09:00, starting at Boom 69 Guesthouse, 69 Boom Street.
* Thurs 5 April 08:00 – Figure study sculpture Marina Walsh Devondale Guesthouse.
* Fri 6 April
18:00 – Neon pothole painting, Keri 076 168 7767, streets of Parys, meet at 52 Boom Street.
18:00 – Chris Wait, Dog & Fig Brewery, Kopjeskraal Road.
19:00 – Bacchus Nel, Dog & Fig Brewery, Kopjeskraal Road.
* Sat 7 April
08:00 – ARTbike (Ras 083 235 3786), from the Dog & Fig Granite Hill Route, 20 km 2 hours.
09:00 – ART ON THE BANK – a  whole day of live entertainment (09:00–21:00) with lots of art with many additional art stalls added to the normal Hartelus Market, all along the river banks to the Grewar Ave. gate. Live music, rock band from NWU Jool 2018, local Parys bands, gumboot dancers, Marimba band and much more. Egweni (2 Van Coller St.)
14:00 –  ARTdog painting auction for SPCA at ART ON BANK stage.
17:00 – ARTride sunset horse riding .
18:00 – Tour de Parys safari supper va-rious venues in Parys (meet at 52 Boom
* Sun 8 April
10:00 – ARTride horse riding (Malcolm 0761612252)
11:00 – Judah Musiek Bediening (live music) Garden Art Nursery, 25 Bree St.
17:00 – ARTride sunset horse riding.
* Fri 13 April
18:00 – Neon pothole painting
18:30 – Jak de Priester O’s Restaurant (1 De Villiers St.)