Whale Coast Weekend Events: 14 - 18 May 2025

Whale Coast Weekend Events: 14 - 18 May 2025

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Whale Coast Weekend Events: 14 - 18 May 2025

Looking for something fun to do? From markets and music to workshops and walks, here’s what’s happening this week across the Whale Coast. 

Wednesday, 14th May 2025

Unlock your Intuition 17:30 - 19:30 Wholeness Haven Hermanus
Low & Slow Series 18:00 Agteros Stanford
Bring & Braai 18:00 Plankies Pringle Bay
Decisionless Dinner Pop-Up 18:00 - 21:00 25 Church Street Stanford
Wednesday Movie: Unforgiven 19:00 Romantiques Hermanus

Thursday, 15th May 2025

Thursday Community Walks 07:30 23 Molteno Str Onrus
Pop-Up Thrift Shop 9:00 - 18:00 Grobbelaar Saal Hermanus
Biz Quiz 18:00 - 21:00 Bossa Hermanus

Friday, 16th May 2025

Friday Morning Market 9:00 – 11:30 Pretorius Hall Gansbaai
Bhuki Café 9:00 - 12:00 Hermanus Library
Pop-Up Thrift Shop 9:00 - 18:00  Grobbelaar Saal Hermanus
Fynbos Service Centre Services Expo 10:00 - 13:00 NG Church Hall, 1st Ave Kleinmond
Deli Dinning 18:00 Dal-Italia Italian Deli Hermanus
Fishing Competition 18:00 Birkenhead Boatclub Gansbaai
Hermanus Drum Circle 18:00 - 19:00 Wholeness Haven Hermanus
Pearl & Bubbly Sunset Session 18:00 – 21:00 Hangklip Hotel Pringle Bay
Famished Live 18:30 Fisherman's Cottage Hermanus
Nic Stevens Live Music & Dance 19:00 - 23:00 Kleinmond Town Hall
Ladies Retreat 16 – 18 May 16:00 - 12:00 Phillipskop Stanford
Happiness Programme 16 – 18 May Hermanus Hights, 8 Selkrik Street

Saturday, 17th May 2025

Parkrun 8:00 Groeneweide Gansbaai, Harold Porter Betty’s Bay, Hemel-en-Aarde & Benguela Cove Hermanus
Energy Fund Golf Tournament 8:00 - 10:00 Gansbaai Golf Club
Markets from 9:00 in Hermanus, Gansbaai, Stanford, Onrus & Fisherhaven
Gansbaai Kersmark 9:00 Pretoriussaal Gansbaai
Damesoggend 9:30 Pearly Beach Hengelklub Gansbaai
Unfold Creativity Shibori on Paper 9:30 - 12:30 Menucha Pringle Bay
Fasting with purpose workshop 10:00 Wholeness Haven Hermanus
Vrolike Vonkel Vrou Bubbles & Brunch 10:00 - 12:00 Municipal Auditorium Hermanus
Betty's Bay Market 10:00 - 15:00 Crassula Hall
Saturday Movie: On the Riviera 13:00 Romantiques Hermanus
Blikkieklas 13:30 - 16:30 Izinki Art Studio De Kelders
Divine Live 16:00 - 19:00 SkyBar Hermanus
Mathys Roets: The Songs of Leonard Cohen 19:30 Hangklip Hotel Pringle Bay
Writer's Retreat 17 & 18 May Selfology Pringle Bay

Sunday, 18th May 2025

Art in the Gardens 10:00 - 14:00 Harold Porter Botanical Garden Betty's Bay
Winter Alliance Mixed Competition 11:00 Hermanus Golf Club            
Stonefly Tiny Worlds, Big Discoveries 11:00 - 13:00 Fernkloof Nature Reserve Hermanus
Live music by Jake Gunn 13:00 Drummond Arms Rooi Els
Beshara Live 15:00 La Cantina Stanford
Deo Gratia Chamber Choir 16:00 United Church Pringle Bay

For a more detailed calendar please visit here.

Whale Coast Weekend Events: 14 - 18 May 2025

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