Port Alfred Easter Festival quick facts
Plenty of fun planned for sports fans, music enthusiasts
The inaugural Port Alfred Easter Festival is taking place over the Easter weekend, March 29-April 1. Here’s what will be happening in Port Alfred.
The Port Alfred Easter Festival is Justin Bekker’s brainchild. He is the chair of the Sunshine Coast Tourism Board’s tourism events subcommittee. It is a multi-sports and music festival with 15 events lined up over the four days of Easter.
The events are:
The Rip Curl GromSearch. The Rip Curl Cup
The SA Bodyboarding Challenge.
The Species Spectacular Easter Fishing Competition. Port Alfred parkrun.
The Cycle Asylum 10km Fun Ride.
The Marina Easter Swim. Sunshine Coast open and junior tennis tournaments.
Easter Two-ball Alliance Golf Tournament.
Sunshine Coast Open Pairs
Bowls Tournament.
Port Alfred Easter Croquet Tournament.
Nemato Change A Life Handball.
Wharf Street and Van Der Riet Street market.
Bands at the Beach Music Festival in aid of the NSRI.
View the full calendar at https://easterfestival.co.za/.
The events are happening all
over Port Alfred. The surf and bodyboarding events are split between East and West Beach.
Other venues include the Port Alfred Tennis Club, the Marina, the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club, the Port Alfred Bowls and Croquet Club, Guido’s, the deep ocean for fishing and the streets of Port Alfred for cycling.
“I have wanted to do something of this magnitude for
quite some time now,” Bekker said. “The goal of the Easter Festival is to bring people into our wonderful town, to explore and experience what we have to offer, to enter some fun events, and to listen to great live music.
“In the process, we aim to put Port Alfred on the map as a venue to host events and as a destination for people to visit and enjoy our town, restaurants,
beaches and sports clubs.
“We have planned for a minimum three-year project, and we hope this festival becomes a permanent fixture and a highlight on many calendars for athletes, holidaymakers and spectators across the country.”
The Port Alfred Easter Festival is presented by Sunshine Coast Tourism.
The Rip Curl GromSearch and the Rip Curl Cup are both presented by The Royal St Andrews Hotel and supported by Sea Harvest.
The fun cycle is presented by Cycle Asylum and Round Table 177 Port Alfred.
The Species Spectacular Fishing Tournament is presented by Buco. The Royal Port Alfred Golf Club Two-ball Alliance is presented by Buildit.
The Marina Easter Swim is hosted by Halyards Hotel and presented by Edge Finance.
There will be free high-speed Wi-Fi at the beach events, sponsored by LinkOnline.
The Surf and Bodyboard Tournaments have Port Alfred NSRI Station 11 for water safety.
Find out more at:
easterfestival.co.za. https://www.facebook.com/ PortAlfredEasterFestival
https://www.instagram.com/ easterfestival_pa
info@easterfestival.co.za