The Mark Awards

Book Your Seat at The Mark Awards 2025

Date: Saturday, 30 August 2025

Venue: Leopard’s Leap, Franschhoek

Time: 14h00 – Late

Dress Code: Cocktail / Creative Smart

About the Awards

Welcome to The Mark Awards, a bold new platform celebrating the best in South African marketing and advertising — across Strategy, Innovation, Design, Experience, and Leadership.

In a time of constant reinvention, we honour the marketers, strategists, creatives, technologists, designers, and business leaders redefining the way brands connect and grow. Set apart by its holistic approach, The Mark Awards spotlights the entire marketing ecosystem — and the collaborative effort behind medium-agnostic, future-facing work.

Event Highlights: A Celebration in Three Acts

Arrival | 14h00

Step into an afternoon of immersive entertainment and warm welcomes. Sip on complimentary wine and juice slushies, and be captivated by cellist Carol Thorns, performing her spectacular showpiece inside an architect-designed bubble — a visual and musical experience like no other.

Ceremony | 15h00 Get ready to be inspired. Your host for the afternoon is the ever-charismatic comedian Mel Jones, who will guide us through the awards as we honour this year’s standouts across marketing disciplines. We’ll pause for a celebratory champagne break right after the awards ceremony.

Dinner & Jazz | 19h00 onwards

As the sun sets over Franschhoek, guests will gather around The Mark Awards' signature long tables for a formal sit-down dinner. Enjoy delicious starters and mains, followed by desserts served canapé-style as we transition into an elegant evening of live jazz.

Tickets

1. Individual Ticket: R2500
2. Includes all entertainment, welcome drinks, awards ceremony, dinner, and afterparty.

Seats are limited — secure yours now for an unforgettable celebration of industry leadership.

Let’s honour the bold. Let’s celebrate the imaginative. Let’s raise a glass to the ones who leave a mark.

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