Destination McGregor

07/10/2024

Celebrate Spring with a Special Ceramic Painting afternoon at The Blend in Mc Gregor !

Join us for a delightful Satutday afternoon of creativity and bonding as we celebrate Spring. We'll be painting ceramic tea cups and saucers! 🎨

Cost:
R385 per person
(Includes all supplies, delicious cake and a cup of tea)

Whether you're a seasoned painter or a beginner, everyone is welcome to join in the fun. The restaurant will be available for additional drinks and food.

Spaces are limited, so book your spot soon! Let's create beautiful art and lasting memories together.

Book Now:
WhatsApp Oona at 0826657059

26/09/2024

Thank you for a fantastic evening.

26/09/2024

A nostalgic, fun, informative evening reminiscing with Sean Brokensha The Music Guri at Green Gables.

23/09/2024

Join us this evening for an intimate reprise of the stories of the soundtrack to South Africa in the 80’s into the 90’s.

This will be an intimate, fun evening as we relive the bad, good old days with a bespoke show curated by Sean Brokensha, Mix FM’s Music Guru.

Eish! It’s the 80’s will be the music, the stories of the music and the musicians, and how young South Africans danced from the total onslaught to democracy. For the uninitiated, it will be a magical musical education.

Sean Brokensha has an extraordinary gift for telling these stories – grounded in his deep and rich knowledge of all things music. He has a talent for selecting music – anthems – that reflect the people and the times – and vice versa.

Date: Monday 23 September 2024
Venue: Frida’s Green Gables, McGregor
Time: 18h30 for 19h00
Tickets: R215
For bookings:
WhatsApp text Sarel on 082 872 3211 with 23 Sept | your name | number of tickets
At the door – but check ahead first!
Cash bar + 80’s style pub snacks will be available

You'll find out more in our Facebook event or send us a DM
https://fb.me/e/5sx7eXzbw
Here's the back story
https://fionasfavourites.net/eish-its-the-80s-sa-music/

And if you'd like a sample of the story-telling and repartee, check out his latest podcast - about the music and technology of 1981 - a seminal year - for a lots of reasons! https://open.spotify.com/episode/6iehKwtQQMtd4m03ajGP37?si=W9Qf-cspTdOSqa8mpuuNCA&t=13

23/09/2024

The magical spring colours around McGregor. She's all dressed up and waiting for summer. We can't wait!

22/09/2024

Join us tomorrow - 23rd September - for an intimate reprise of the stories of the soundtrack to South Africa in the 80’s into the 90’s.

This will be an intimate, fun evening as we relive the bad, good old days with a bespoke show curated by Sean Brokensha, Mix FM’s Music Guru.

Eish! It’s the 80’s will be the music, the stories of the music and the musicians, and how young South Africans danced from the total onslaught to democracy. For the uninitiated, it will be a magical musical education.

Sean Brokensha has an extraordinary gift for telling these stories – grounded in his deep and rich knowledge of all things music. He has a talent for selecting music – anthems – that reflect the people and the times – and vice versa.

Read here for more about the why behind this evening of musical memories.
Date: Monday 23 September 2024
Venue: Frida’s Green Gables, McGregor
Time: 18h30 for 19h00
Tickets: R215
For bookings:
WhatsApp text Sarel on 082 872 3211 with 23 Sept | your name | number of tickets
At the door – but check ahead first!
Cash bar + 80’s style pub snacks will be available

You'll find out more in our Facebook event or send us a DM
https://fb.me/e/5sx7eXzbw
Here's the back story
https://fionasfavourites.net/eish-its-the-80s-sa-music/

18/09/2024

Join us on Monday 23rd September for an intimate reprise of the stories of the soundtrack to South Africa in the 80’s into the 90’s.

This will be an intimate, fun evening as we relive the bad, good old days with a bespoke show curated by Sean Brokensha, Mix FM’s Music Guru.

Eish! It’s the 80’s will be the music, the stories of the music and the musicians, and how young South Africans danced from the total onslaught to democracy. For the uninitiated, it will be a magical musical education.

Sean Brokensha has an extraordinary gift for telling these stories – grounded in his deep and rich knowledge of all things music. He has a talent for selecting music – anthems – that reflect the people and the times – and vice versa.

Read here for more about the why behind this evening of musical memories.

Date: Monday 23 September 2024
Venue: Frida’s Green Gables, McGregor
Time: 18h30 for 19h00
Tickets: R215
For bookings:
WhatsApp text Sarel on 082 872 3211 with 23 Sept | your name | number of tickets
Fiona’s stall at the McGregor Morning Market
At the door – but check ahead first!

book now and avoid disappointment – max 40 seats, unreserved

Cash bar + 80’s style pub snacks will be available

16/09/2024

Eish! It’s the 80’s…. just one week to go and seats are selling out !!

Don’t snooze, you’ll lose!

23 September 2024
18h30 for 19h00
Tickets: R215 – limited numbers (max 40), seating is first come, first served
Cash bar + 80’s style pub snacks
For bookings: WhatsApp text Sarel on 082 872 3211 with 23 Sept | your name | number of tickets

If you remember, or want to know about, 80’s South Africa and how young people danced from the total onslaught to democracy, join DJ, host and story-teller extraordinaire, Sean Brokensha as he takes us down memory lane using music – and its backstories – to recount those awful, yet wonderful days that took us into the rainbow nation.

About Sean: he has worked in radio, television and live entertainment since the mid 80’s. He has written, produced, and directed media broadcast on DSTV, BBC, SABC and eTV. On Saturdays and Sundays, between 4 and 7pm, he hosts his eponymous show, Sean Brokensha’s Musicguru Mix, on MixFM (available via the MixFM app or DSTV audio channel 823).

If you’re a child (or child-at-heart-adult) of 80’s South Africa, you don’t want to miss this show: the soundtrack from the mid-80’s and into the 90’s, interwoven with the stories of the music and musicians, and how young South Africans danced from the total onslaught to democracy.

PS
1. If you have already booked: thank you. Sarel will be sending you a Yoco payment link in due course
2. For those asking if the show is suitable for teens: yes, bearing in mind that it will be both an education (about the time and place) and a party
You'll find out more in our Facebook event
https://fb.me/e/5sx7eXzbw
Here's the back story to Eish! It’s the 80’s
https://fionasfavourites.net/eish-its-the-80s-sa-music/

09/09/2024

Eish! It’s the 80’s…. 🔥🎶just 2 weeks from today!! 🎸

23 September 2024
18h30 for 19h00
Tickets: R215 – limited numbers (max 40), seating is first come, first served
Cash bar + 80’s style pub snacks
For bookings: WhatsApp text Sarel on 082 872 3211 with 23 Sept | your name | number of tickets

If you’re a child (or child-at-heart-adult) of 80’s South Africa, you don’t want to miss this show: the soundtrack from the mid-80’s and into the 90’s, interwoven with the stories of the music and musicians, and how young South Africans danced from the total onslaught to democracy.

Your DJ, host and story-teller extraordinaire, is Sean Brokensha who has worked in radio, television and live entertainment since the mid 80’s. He has written, produced, and directed media broadcast on DSTV, BBC, SABC and eTV. On Saturdays and Sundays, between 4 and 7pm, he hosts his eponymous show, Sean Brokensha’s Musicguru Mix, on MixFM (available via the MixFM app or DSTV audio channel 823).

PS
1. If you have already booked: thank you. Sarel will be sending you a Yoco payment link in due course
2. For those asking if the show is suitable for teens: yes, bearing in mind that it will be both an education (about the time and place) and a party

You'll find out more in our Facebook event or send us a DM
https://fb.me/e/5sx7eXzbw
Here's the back story
https://fionasfavourites.net/eish-its-the-80s-sa-music/
🎶🎸🔥🎶

29/08/2024

Curious about the genesis of the Eish! It’s the 80’s shindig taking place at Green Gables on 23 September?

Over a tipple or two, a bunch of McGregorites – some ex-Joburgers, some who passed through Jozi at the right time – discovered that we jolled at the same live music spots (Jameson’s on Commissioner Street, we’re looking at you!). We also discovered that we spend many Sunday afternoons the same way – listening to Sean Brokensha’s Music Guru show on Mix FM. No “talking head”, Sean is a skilled storyteller with prodigious music knowledge.

Then a harebrained idea struck: let’s ask him to do a bespoke show in McGregor.
I asked.

He said yes.

So, Eish! It’s the 80’s was conceived.

The show will be South Africa’s soundtrack from the mid-80’s and into the 90’s, interwoven with the stories of the music and musicians, and how young South Africans danced from the total onslaught to democracy.

Monday 23 September 2024
Green Gables
18h30 for 19h00
Tickets: R215 – limited numbers (max 40), seating is first come, first served
Cash bar + 80’s style pub snacks
For bookings: WhatsApp text Sarel on 082 872 3211 with 23 Sept | your name | number of tickets

https://www.facebook.com/events/996869662118511/

Read the full story about that era on my blog
https://fionasfavourites.net/eish-its-the-80s-sa-music/

25/08/2024

Do you still have the market when the wind blows, they ask.

Yes.

This is what happens: it shrinks and the diehard stall holders shelter from the northwester in the lee of the church hall.

And the equally loyal local diehard customers and a goodly bunch of visotors did not go away disappointed.

21/08/2024

I highly recommend Expressions Photography by Andre & Selma if you need professional photographs of your accommodation. These two are not only professional but have a fabulous eye for those little details that are so important for not just the photographs, but for taking your establishment to the next level.

Send a message to learn more

20/08/2024

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20/08/2024

🔥🎸Save the date!

🎶…oh won’t you take me away to the Bay of Bombay…🎶

If this brings back memories of live gigs with the Cherry Faced Lurchers, Jennifer Fergusson, eVoid, Tananas, Bright Blue and the African Jazz Pioneers. Don’t forget Ma Brr, Mango Groove, Juluka, and many, many more that lurk in the recesses of our memories, then you’re not going to want to miss this intimate interlude of magical musical memories – and their back stories.

On the eve of South Africa’s 30th Heritage Day, join us to celebrate the music that was integral to the dark days of the mid-80s and the dawn of democracy.

Monday 23 September 2024
Green Gables
18h30 for 19h00
Tickets: R215 – limited numbers (max 40), seating is first come, first served
Cash bar + 80’s style pub snacks
For bookings: WhatsApp text Sarel on 082 872 3211 with 23 Sept | your name | number of tickets

For more information, DM us
https://www.facebook.com/events/996869662118511/

17/08/2024

A long chain of Suzuki Jimnys and visitors at this morning's market

15/08/2024

🔥🎸Save the date!

🎶…oh won’t you take me away to the Bay of Bombay…🎶

If this brings back memories of live gigs with the Cherry Faced Lurchers, Jennifer Fergusson, eVoid, Tananas, Bright Blue and the African Jazz Pioneers. Don’t forget Ma Brr, Mango Groove, Juluka, and many, many more that lurk in the recesses of our memories, then you’re not going to want to miss this intimate interlude of magical musical memories – and their back stories.

On the eve of South Africa’s 30th Heritage Day, join us to celebrate the music that was integral to the dark days of the mid-80s and the dawn of democracy.

Monday 23 September 2024
Green Gables
18h30 for 19h00
Tickets: R215 – limited numbers (max 40), seating is first come, first served
Cash bar + 80’s style pub snacks
For bookings: WhatsApp text Sarel on 082 872 3211 with 23 Sept - your name - number of tickets

For more information, see our Facebook event
https://www.facebook.com/events/996869662118511/