Bottle that jam, put the final stitches in that quilt, sand and seal that woodwork and whisper words of love to that prize pot plant: you have two-and-a-half weeks to enter the Bathurst Agricultural Show’s Home and Garden competition. New…
Cattle at this year’s Bathurst Show cattle auction exopected to impress “Spectacular” is what you can expect at the Cape Eastern Livestock/ Future Auctioneers/ Hobson & Co elite fat stock auction at this year’s Bathurst Agricultural Show.…
Electric fencing, strict control of vehicles on the showgrounds and a four-day event to allow for throrough monitoring of animals entering the grounds are some of the measures that the Bathurst Agricultural Show’s organising committee are…
Everyone loves watching the horses in action in the showjumping arena at the Bathurst Agricultural Show (22-24 March 2024) – but not everyone knows how much hard work and quick thinking is behind a clear round Discipline, fitness,…
No fridges or luxuries for past Bathurst Show entrepreneurs Part three of The Road to the Bathurst Show: a series of excerpts from Ben Bezuidenhout’s book, Simply the Best Each year brought improvements and additions to the showground in…
Part 2 of The Road to the Bathurst Show: a series of excerpts from Ben Bezuidenhout’s book, ’Simply the Best’ These were troublesome times and war interrupted all activities from late 1850 to 1853. By 1860 wool was an important export and…
The 2023 edition of the Bathurst Agricultural Show is less than three months away (Thursday 30 March to Sunday 2 April). Talk of the Town has been your Bathurst Show companion and support for nearly two decades and continues to walk the…
Riding formation team a highlight of equestrian event Visitors to the Bathurst Agricultural Show can see the province’s top riders and their horses in action as they compete in the equestrian section from Thursday March 30 to Sunday April…
Danny Wepener 16 April 1950 – 18 October 2022 Danny Wepener was born in Brakpan on the East Rand, the youngest after brothers Eddie and Lawrence, and matriculated as vice head boy at Brakpan High, having achieved in football, water polo…
The Bathurst Agricultural Society Executive Committee, on the 18th March 2020, made a decision to postpone the 2020 show until later on in the year – depending on future government mandates regarding Covid-19.
UPDATE: THE SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS Good day. The 112th Bathurst Agricultural Show is on 3 4 5 April 2020. Horses start on the 2nd. Please disregard these crazy rumours that the show is not happening. The…
A donation from the Home and Garden entries received over the period of this year’s Bathurst Show was handed over by the Bathurst Agricultural Society lady president Chrissie Craddock to Howard Butler of the Sunshine Coast Feeding Fund
The annual Bathurst Agricultural Show enjoyed a huge turnout of visitors from Friday April 5, to Sunday April 7. As usual, the village was bursting with people from everywhere on their way to and from the show. Over the three days there…
The Bathurst Agricultural Show is the largest agricultural show in the Eastern Cape and one of the most prestigious events on the agricultural calendar. At the pre-show planning meeting of the Bathurst Agricultural Society (BAS), held at…
