Come to Newtown as a blanket of snow settles on Sun 22 June - there'll be ice skating, skiing, making snowmen and snowball fights. And it's all for a good cause.

Lael Bethlehem, CEO of the JDA with Kevin Utian, MD of Nando's South Africa at the media launch

The whole of Mary Fitzgerald Square will become a winter wonderland from 10am to 6pm on the 22nd ... and you're invited to come & join in the fun ... 

Snow in the City Family Fun Day is being hosted under the auspices of the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), on behalf of the City and iconic food company, Nando's.

Snow in the City is the first such family fun day in the city's cultural precinct, which is southwest of the central business district. Ice-skating, slope skiing, and snowball fighting are among some of the activities billed for the event.

According to the JDA, a skate park will be erected on the Nelson Mandela Bridge, where an assortment of skateboarding activities for experienced and aspirant skateboarders will take place.

People are encouraged to "dust off their skateboards and flock to this unique lifetime experience".

"[This] is a challenge to families living in Gauteng suburbs to come into this internationally renowned city and to enjoy it," reads a press statement.

Good cause
Tickets bought for Snow in the City will entitle attendees to a free blanket, which they can use while at the event, or donate to Operation Snowball - or both.

Operation Snowball is an annual charity campaign that provides destitute people with basic clothing items and blankets "to get through the cold winter months".

Tickets for the show are priced at R15 per person and can be bought at any Computicket or at the gate on the day. Ample parking space will be made available at various venues in Newtown; motorists will have to follow visible signage.

For more information on the event telephone the organisers on 011 325 6006 or Computicket on 083 915 8000

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