Whale Coast Weekend Events: 9 - 14 July 2025

Whale Coast Weekend Events: 9 - 14 July 2025

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Whale Coast Weekend Events: 9 - 14 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, 9th July 2025

• Cocktail Shake & Sip with Anke Deyzel 18:00 SkyBar Hermanus

• Bring & Braai 18:00 Plankies Pringle Bay

• Wednesday Movie 19:00 Romantiques Hermanus

Thursday, 10th July 2025

• Thursday Community Walks 07:30 23 Molteno Str Onrus

• Business Owners Workshop 08:30 – 12:30 SANSA Hermanus

• July Indoor Market 9:00 – 15:00 Harold Porter Botanical Garden Betty’s Bay

• Thursday Morning Market 09:00 – 13:00 41 Queen Victoria Street Stanford

• Winter Holiday Programme 09:00 – 16:30 Spaces for Sport Gansbaai

• A Minute to Win It Games 10:00 – 11:00 Hermanus Library

• Winter Market 10:00 – 18:00 Curro School Hermanus

• Movie screening: Flipper 13:00 African Penguin & Seabird Sanctuary Gansbaai

• Art & Craft Edition 13:00 – 15:00 Fernkloof Nature Reserve Hermanus

• Children’s Creative Arts & Drama Holiday Workshop 13:00 – 16:00 Betrag Stanford

• Marine Coastal Conservation Cleanup 15:00 Paddavlei Hawston

• Holiday Fun Program 15:00 – 16:30 Sunset Crescent Pringle Bay

• Movie screening: Finding Nemo16:00 African Penguin & Seabird Sanctuary Gansbaai

• Full Moon Guided Meditation with Fiona 17:30 Wholeness Haven Hermanus

• Full Moon Bicycle Ride 18:00 432 Crescent Street Pringle Bay

• Paint & Sip with Tertius Van Dyk 18:00 – 20:00 The Art Shop Hermanus

• What the Locals Want Quiz 19:00 Theo’s Taverna Hermanus

• Quiz Night with Bonny 19:00 Hangklip Hotel Pringle Bay

Friday, 11th July 2025

• Friday Morning Market 09:00 – 11:30 Pretorius Hall Gansbaai

• Bhuki Café 09:00 – 12:00 Hermanus Library

• July Indoor Market 09:00 – 15:00 Harold Porter Botanical Garden Betty’s Bay

• Winter Holiday Programme 09:00 – 16:30 Spaces for Sport Gansbaai

• Hawks Café & Tea Morning 10:00 Bredasdorp Museum

• Holiday Program: Basic Digital Literacy Skills 10:00 – 11:00 Kleinmond Library

• Winter Market 10:00 – 18:00 Curro School Hermanus

• Holiday Program: Movie & Colouring-in 11:00 – 13:00 Kleinmond Library

• Art & Craft Edition 13:00 – 15:00 Fernkloof Nature Reserve Hermanus

• Children’s Creative Arts & Drama Holiday Workshop 13:00 – 16:00 Betrag Stanford

• Sip & Paint by Tertius van Dyk 14:00 – 18:00 Whale Coast Brewing Co Pearly Beach

• Retro Rewind: A Sip back into Time 16:00 – 20:00 Hangklip Hotel Pringle Bay

• Deli Dining 18:00 Dal-Italia Italian Deli Hermanus

• Acoustic Friday 19:00 Fisherman’s Cottage Hermanus

• Evening with Eclectic 19:00 Kleinmond Town Hall

• Beach Calm Retreat 11 – 13 17:00 Walker Bay Nature Reserve Stanford

Saturday, 12th July 2025

• Family Olympics All Day Groeneweide Gansbaai

• Parkrun 8:00 Groeneweide Gansbaai, Harold Porter Betty’s Bay, Hemel-en-Aarde & Benguela Cove Hermanus

• Meditation Circle with Wendy 08:45 - 09:45 Wholeness Haven Hermanus

• Markets from 09:00 in Hermanus, Gansbaai, Stanford, Onrus & Fisherhaven

• Fun Run & Walk 09:00 Paddavlei Hawston

• July Indoor Market 9:00 – 15:00 Harold Porter Botanical Garden Betty’s Bay

• Winter Market 10:00 – 18:00 Curro School Hermanus

• Heart Health Workshop Men & Women 11:00 – 14:00 Gansbaai

• Creative Connection 11:00 – 12.00 Betrag Stanford

• Paint, Eat & Sip 11:00 – 15:00 The Rock Hermanus

• Saturday Movie 13:00 Romantiques Hermanus

• Scarecrow Challenge Workshop 12:00 – 14:00 Oulap Hall Stanford

• Tussen aanklons en vertrek deur Riel Fransen 13:30 Kleinmond Central Café

• Live Rugby: Springboks vs Italy 17:10 Various Venues Overstrand

Sunday, 13th July 2025

• July Indoor Market 9:00 – 15:00 Harold Porter Botanical Garden Betty’s Bay

• Winter Market 10:00 – 18:00 Curro School Hermanus

• OAK Concert: Solo & Duo Piano Music 15:30 Municipal Auditorium Hermanus

Monday, 14th July 2025

• Winter Market 10:00 – 18:00 Curro School Hermanus

• An evening in Paris with French Cuisine & Cabaret 18:30 25 Church Street Stanford

• Danger Point Lighthouse 14 – 17 July 10:00 – 14:45 Open to the Public Gansbaai

• Winter Holiday Programme 14 – 18 July 09:00 – 16:30 Spaces for Sport Gansbaai

For a more detailed calendar, please visit here.

Whale Coast Weekend Events: 9 - 14 July 2025

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