Whale Coast Weekend Events: 2 - 6 July 2025

Whale Coast Weekend Events: 2 - 6 July 2025

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Whale Coast Weekend Events: 2 - 6 July 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, 2nd July 2025

Pottery Paint & Sip 17:30 – 19:00 Peppermint Pottery, Kleinmond
Bingo Night 18:00 SkyBar, Hermanus
Bring & Braai 18:00 Plankies, Pringle Bay
Bingo Night 18:00 Harbour on Deck, Gansbaai
Wednesday Movie 19:00 Romantiques, Hermanus
Pony Club 2 – 4 July 9:00 – 12:30 Heartland Adventure, Stanford

Thursday, 3rd July 2025

Thursday Community Walks 07:30 23 Molteno Str, Onrus
Adventures Across Space 9:00 - 12:00 SANSA, Hermanus
Thursday Morning Market 9:00 - 13:00 14 Queen Victoria Street, Stanford
Winter Holiday Programme 9:00 - 16:30 Spaces for Sport, Gansbaai
Holiday Program: Storytelling & Treasure Hunt 10:00 - 11:00, Kleinmond Library
Art in the Gardens 10:00 – 16:00 Harold Porter Botanical Garden, Betty’s Bay
Movie screening: My Penguin Friend 13:00 African Penguin & Seabird Sanctuary, Gansbaai
Holiday Fun Program 15:00 - 16:30 Gansbaai Library
Quiz Night with Bonny 19:00 The Burger Bar, Pringle Bay
Steve Graham's Monsters Rock Show 20:00 Hermanus Golf Club
Flow - A Yoga Journey 3 – 6 July, Bodhi Khaya Nature Retreat, Grootbos

Friday, 4th July 2025

Friday Morning Market 9:00 – 11:30 Pretorius Hall Gansbaai
Bhuki Café 9:00 - 12:00 Hermanus Library
Adventures Across Space 9:00 - 12:00 SANSA Hermanus
Winter Holiday Programme 9:00 - 16:30 Spaces for Sport Gansbaai
Animal Clay Sculpting Competition: Elephant 10:00 or 13:00 Peppermint Pottery Kleinmond
Holiday Program: Basic Digital Literacy Skills 10:00 - 11:00 Kleinmond Library
Art in the Gardens 10:00 – 16:00 Harold Porter Botanical Garden, Betty’s Bay 
Holiday Program: Movie & Colouring-in 11:00 - 13:00 Kleinmond Library
Make your own Pizza Kiddies Class 12:00 Biga Artisan Bakery Hermanus
Crochet basics for Beginners 14:00 Ocean Basket Hermanus
Bottomless Bubbles 16:00 - 18:00 The Marine Hermanus
Retro Rewind: A Sip back into Time 16:00 - 20:00 Hangklip Hotel, Pringle Bay
Silent Book Club Launch 17:30 Hemingways Hermanus
Deli Dinning 18:00 Dal-Italia Italian Deli Hermanus
Open Mic Night 18:00 Searles Garagiste Stanford
Long Table Hosted Beer & Dinner Tasting Celebration 18:00 Whale Coast Brewin,g Pearly Beach
Acoustic Friday 19:00 Fisherman's Cottage Hermanus
Reggae Night Jacana 19:00 Harbour on Deck Gansbaai
Winter Market  4 – 19 July 10:00 - 18:00 Curro School Hermanus

Saturday, 5th July 2025

Family Olympics All Day Groeneweide Gansbaai
Parkrun 8:00 Groeneweide Gansbaai, Harold Porter Betty’s Bay, Hemel-en-Aarde & Benguela Cove Hermanus
Dogs of War Motorcycle Club 8:00 -Till late Gansbaai Golf Club
Markets from 9:00 in Hermanus, Gansbaai, Stanford, Onrus & Fisherhaven
Animal Clay Sculpting Competition: Rhino 10:00 or 13:00 Peppermint Pottery Kleinmond
Blue Lotus Tea Ceremony 10:00 - 11:30 Oulap Hall @ St Thomas Church Stanford
Betty's Bay Market 10:00 - 15:00 Crassula Hall    
Asian Cooking Class 10:00 - 15:00 Betty's Bay      
Art in the Gardens 10:00 – 16:00 Harold Porter Botanical Garden, Betty’s Bay 
Eat yourself healthy with Elmarie van Aswegen 11:00 Groeneweide Die Hangkas Gansbaai
Scarecrow Challenge 12:00 - 14:00 Oulap Hall @ St Thomas Church, Stanford
"Shisha Nyama" Tavern & Shebeen Style Food & Drink Experience 12:00 - 18:00 Hangklip Hotel, Pringle Bay
Art Exhibition Opening 13:00 Chadoka Creative & Bicycles Gallery, Pringle Bay
Saturday Movie 13:00 Romantiques Hermanus
Misery Loves Company Live 13:00 - 17:00 La Cantina Stanford
Hawston vs Kleinmond RFC 13:30 Hawston Sportground
Live Rugby Springboks vs Italy 17:10 Various Locations Overstrand

Sunday, 6th July 2025

Animal Clay Sculpting Competition: Giraffe 10:00 or 13:00 Peppermint Pottery Kleinmond
Art in the Gardens 10:00 – 16:00 Harold Porter Botanical Garden, Betty’s Bay
Jake Gunn & Devin Smith Live 12:00 - 15:00 C Shack Restaurant Kleinmond

For a more detailed calendar, please visit here.

Whale Coast Weekend Events: 2 - 6 July 2025

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