{"id":270004,"date":"2025-10-10T12:51:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T10:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnuus\/event\/cherry-festival\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T12:53:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T10:53:18","slug":"cherry-festival","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/event\/cherry-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherry Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tribe-events-schedule tribe-clearfix\" >\n<h2 class=\"tribe-events-schedule__datetime\">\n\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__date tribe-events-schedule__date--start\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--date\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t @ \t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--start\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>Join us for the amazing Cherry\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t28\/1\/16\/1f352.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf52\">\u00a0Festival in Ficksburg from the 21st to 23rd November.<\/p>\n<p>A sought after bucket list tour, we have made it a weekend to remember.<\/p>\n<p>Friday and Saturday night at the Linwood Guest Farm, an amazing rustic venue nesting under the sandstone cliffs close to Clarens. 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