Grab your bucket, spade and team spirit and head down to Hout Bay’s annual Sandcastle Competition on Saturday March 10 on Hout Bay beach, Cape Town.

Storm Thorgerson, the visionary artist acclaimed for his imagery on some of the most successful rock and roll albums of all time will be exhibiting a selection of his fine art prints in Cape Town.

To support the sustainability theme of this year’s Woordfees, the Uitkyk estate near Stellenbosch will host a 6 km and 12 km run called Velddraf met Woorde: ek skop stof op in my taal. 

The line-up of this year’s outdoor arts festival Slenterfees, which takes place on the Neethlingshof estate outside Stellenbosch on 4 March, is jam-packed with fun-filled activities.

South African artist Heike Davies holds her first solo exhibition since 2005, “Good-Night” at the Barnard Gallery.

Literary art meets wine legends when the Stellenbosch Wine Routes teams up with the 2012 Stellenbosch University Woordfees for a Word-and-Wine Celebration at participating wine estates from 9 till 11 March.

The 9th edition of the Absa Cape Epic will take place from 25 March to 1 April 2012, and will once again see riders battle the natural elements of South Africa’s harsh mountain biking terrain for the coveted championship title and prize purse of R 721 500 (the largest prize purse in the world of endurance mountain biking).

David Kramer returns to the annual Franschhoek Oesfees stage and joins local musical greats Theuns Jordaan, Emo Adams and Chris Chameleon.

This season of outdoor live concerts set in the beautiful Franschhoek Winelands, is part of the Music van de Caab Music Project and brings together a feast of rural Cape food, music and dance.