Restyled Easter entertainment at the Rand Show 2010

Styled as one of South Africa's biggest exhibitions, it is now firmly focused on the lifestyle interests of families, offering a world of entertainment in a safe and secure environment. Amongst other attractions, it will offer adventure sports, animal zones, boat shows, health and beauty expos, gourmet cooking demonstrations, home decor, cultural festivals, food fairs, performing horses and circus acts.

It's a guy thing

The Boat Show has returned to the Rand Show Lake, car-drifting, flying bikes and the Suzuki 4XFun Xperience, topped off with the Extreme Adventure Spectacular, where show-goers see aerial motorbike trapeze acts, extreme biking and the stunts of SuperMoto Champion and motorcycle trial legend, Brian Capper.

Techno kids

The Ster-Kinekor Playstation Gaming World is for the more digitally minded members of the family.

Kids will love the Kids Zone, sponsored by Spar, where singer Nedine Blom will be presenting her “Supercool” show. There's also the “Domestos Flying Germ Show”, circus acts, a chance to meet animals from the Lory Park Zoo and new rides in the funfair.

Horses for courses

It has a four-hour horse extravaganza running each day for five days, featuring the SA Lipizzaners, a Pony Club show, and a Cowboy Spectacular with displays by the Diamond X Ranch, and featuring Country and Western singer, J J Strydom.

Be a star

Other major attractions include the talent platform ‘I Want to be a Star', and the Giants Live World's Strongest Man South Africa Grand Prix, as well as a soccer festival, gardening workshops with gardening guru Tanya Visser, the daily Parade in the main arena and the biggest Easter Treasure Hunt your kids will ever take part in.

Easter egg hunt

On Monday 5 April, children can come and register from 9am to 3pm for the Easter Treasure Hunt. They need to bring along an Easter egg for the underprivileged children cared for by a number of Gauteng charities and, in return, each treasure hunter will receive a numbered Easter Treasure Hunt form. A duplicate ticket from each form will go into the lucky draw for a chance to win R15 000 worth of Spar ‘Good for You' vouchers.

Kids then collect information, brochures, stamps and other surprise items that are detailed on their forms bring their completed forms to the Main Arena at 5pm for the lucky draw. First prize is R8000 worth of Spar vouchers, second-place prize R4000 vouchers, a third-place prize of R2000 vouchers and a fourth-place prize of a R1000 voucher.

Tickets and times

Tickets, available at the gates or through Computicket, are R70 for adults, R20 for kids aged seven to 16, and free for kids under seven. There is a midweek special, from Tuesday to Thursday, when adults pay only R40. From 1-11 April, gates open each day at 10am and close at 6pm, although all exhibits remain open until 8pm.