First Sunday highlights on Sun, Mar 2
Here's what to look forward to at the February edition of First Sunday; follow the hyperlinks for booking info.Get your hands dirty and your creativity flowing with a ceramics class. For just R300 per person, you can build a new piece or personalise something you have made previously. They'll provide you with all the materials – you just have to bring your creativity. Have your work delivered once it's ready for R100, or collect it at the next market. Book your spot with Karabo at +27 78 102 0214.
Share the light with a candle-making workshop from 10:00 – 12:30. Price per class per person is R400, all inclusive; ages 12 and over are welcome. Contact +27 825320582 to make a booking.
Make freshening up fun with TRU Beauty’s soap-making workshop from 10:00 – 12:00, and learn the art of creating 100% natural, vegan-friendly cold-process soaps for just R350 per person, all-inclusive. Ages 10 and up are welcome. Call +27 84 228 6558 to secure your spot and get a 10% discount.
Keep your little ones occupied at the kids' crafts corner, where they can learn how to tie-dye t-shirts, vests, caps, and hats. Open from 10:30 – 15:30; all ages are welcome.
If you're feeling crafty, join in the fun at the Crochet and Create workshop from 11:00 – 15:00. The workshop is beginner-friendly and costs R335 per person. Call Retha at +27 66 332 4819 to make a booking.
Check out artist Athule Diya at Victoria Yards' Artist Spot Studio from 14:30 – 15:50 for a live painting session. Entrance is free.
Dance to the beats of DJ MARCOPOLO (Marco Condesse) as he rocks out to Afro House, Afro Tech, and Afrobeats on the Victoria Yards stage.
The fun never stops at First Sunday – head to Bond Society for a bit of a boogie, with cocktails and DJs on deck from 16:00.
Art, food, fashion, music, and culture at Vic Yards
With its community ethos and bountiful gardens, a visit to Victoria Yards is a highly recommended family outing and a day filled with art, food, fashion, music, and culture.On First Sunday at Victoria Yards, resident artists open their studio doors to the public, presenting an opportunity to meet the artists and get a look behind the scenes of their creative process. Amongst those you should look out for are prominent artists Daniel "Stompie" Selibe, James Delaney, and Dario Manjate.
You can also explore fashion studios, furniture design workshops, and incredible African craft and design shops keeping traditional artisanal pottery, wood carving, and beadwork skills alive.
There's also a market with an eclectic range of 40 stalls, plus plenty of food and beverages available, including the excellent Foakes Coffee Bar & Roastery, charcuterie at Curado (opened July 2024), Joburg's best fish and chips The Fish and Chip Shop, and Sobae's refreshing and seasonal sorbet.
Shop handmade crafts, vintage and thrifted clothing, accessible art for a cause, and more.
Apart from First Sunday, Victoria Yards offers tours of their gardens and artisan studios daily. The Discovery tour and walkabout runs for half an hour and starts at 10:30 daily and, to visit the different artisan studios, join hour-long Artisan tour at 11:00 daily. You can also organise a private tour of Victoria Yards with Angela at a specific date and time; contact her on +27 78 477 5810.
Prices start from R50 p.p. for a 60-minute tour, and this includes visits to the various studios at Victoria Yards, and a tour of the Jukskei River rehabilitation project. Groups of up to 16 people can be accommodated per guide. School groups are also accommodated.
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