First Sunday at Victoria Yards

Name: First Sunday at Victoria Yards
Start: 2024-11-03
End: 2024-11-03
Location: Victoria Yards

Sunday Nov 3 10:00–16:30 … 16 Viljoen St, Lorentzville

Victoria Yards provides a delightful respite from the city that surrounds it. Photo: Victoria Yards.

Discover unique, handmade goods, food and art. Photo: Victoria Yards.

There's a delightful, vast and creative outdoor area in the Victoria Yards complex. Photo: Victoria Yards.

Always a fun event, First Sunday at Victoria Yards is an opportunity to explore the beautiful urban gardens, maker spaces, and artist studios at this complex of formerly light industrial buildings on the east side of the City Centre. Located opposite the headquarters of South Africa's most famous chicken brand, Nando's, in the gritty suburb of Lorentzville, Victoria Yards provides a delightful respite from the city that surrounds it.

First Sunday highlights on Sun, Oct 6

For the upcoming edition of First Sunday, it's all about the spring season. Follow the hyperlinks for booking info.
Enjoy a flower crown-making workshop. Two workshops from 10:00 – 11:45 and 15:00 – 16:30. R500 p.p.
Pack your yoga mat for a few downward dogs. There are two sessions from 11:30 – 12:30 and 13:00 – 14:00. R50 p.p.
Learn how to make 100% natural, vegan-friendly soap from scratch. 10:00 – 12:00. R350 p.p. (ages 12 and up.)
Join a sip and ceramic session. Wheel times are available from 12:00. R250 p.p. for the activity only, or R350 p.p. including a custom gin and tonic.
Keep your little ones occupied at the kids' crafts corner (with tie-dye and hand-print classes and a gaming station). 10:30 – 15:30.
Score second-hand clothing and vintage finds at thrift studio. 10:00 – 16:30.
Head to Bond Society for a bit of a boogie, with cocktails and DJs on deck. From 16:00.

Get crafty with DIY soap-making sessions, ceramic classes, and flower crown workshops this First Sunday. Photo: Victoria Yards.

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 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.