Whale Coast Weekend Events: 12-16 March 2025

Whale Coast Weekend Events: 12-16 March 2025

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Whale Coast Weekend Events: 12-16 March 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, 12th March 2025

• Celebrate National Garden Week: Free Entry until 16 March at Harold Porter National Botanical Garden Betty’s Bay
• Decisionless Dinner Pop-up 18:00 25 Church Street Stanford
• Donate & Dine 18:00 Dutchies Restaurant Hermanus
• Music Quiz 19:00 Harbour on Deck Gansbaai
• Wednesday Movie: Room with a View 19:00 Romantiques Hermanus

Thursday, 13th March 2025

• Last day of the 3-day BizNews Conference at Hermanus Municipal Auditorium
• Thursday Community Walks 07:30 23 Molteno Str Onrus
• Fresh Produce Market 9:00 – 16:00 Martin’s Deli Stanford
• Craft Club Workshop 10:00 – 13:00 1 Main Road Gansbaai
• Paper Flowers Workshop 10:00 – 13:00 1 Main Road Gansbaai
• Hangklip Art Studios Art Exhibition 10:00 – 16:00 Harold Porter Botanical Garden Betty’s Bay
• Full Moon Meditation Circle 17:30 Wholeness Haven Hermanus
• Bingo Night 19:00 Harbour on Deck Gansbaai
• The Songs of Leonard Cohen by Mathys Roets 19:00 SkyBar Hermanus

Friday, 14th March 2025

• NG Gemeente Kogelberg Gholfdag 9:00 Kleinmond Gholfbaan
• Friday Morning Market 9:00 – 11:30 Pretorius Hall Gansbaai
• Bhuki Café 9:00 - 12:00 Hermanus Library
• Sustainable Foraging Experience 9:00 – 14:00 Edible Shores Pringle Bay
• Hangklip Art Studios Art Exhibition 10:00 – 16:00 Harold Porter Botanical Garden Betty’s Bay
• Canva Workshop 13:00 – 17:00 1 Main Road Gansbaai
• Enrichment Visit 16:00 Panthera Africa Big Cat Sanctuary Stanford
• Gala Fundraiser Dinner 17:00 Creation Wines Hermanus
• Silly Sock Sunset 5km Run/Walk 17:15 Harold Porter Botanical Garden Betty’s Bay
• Facial Yoga & Gua Sha 18:00 Wholeness Haven Hermanus
• Deli Dining 18:00 Dal-Italia Italian Deli Hermanus
• Steak Night 18:00 Gansbaai Golf Club
• 3 Course Indian Dinner 18:30 C’est Ca Cooking Onrus
• Full Moon Bicycle Ride 19:00 – 20:00 422 Crescent Street Pringle Bay

Saturday, 15th March 2025

• Parkrun 8:00 Groeneweide Gansbaai, Harold Porter Betty’s Bay, Hemel-en-Aarde & Benguela Cove Hermanus
• Travel Counsellors Conference 8:00 Arabella Hotel, Golf & Spa Kleinmond
• Markets from 9:00 in Hermanus, Gansbaai, Stanford, Onrus & Fisherhaven
• Sustainable Foraging Experience 9:00 – 14:00 Edible Shores Pringle Bay
• Pop-up Market 9:00 - 15:00 Harold Porter Botanical Garden Betty's Bay
• Dance WP Competition 9:30 – 15:30 Marina’s Dance Edu Centre Hermanus
• Truffles & Caviar 10:00 Dal-Italia Italian Deli Hermanus
• Intermediate Canva Workshop 10:00 – 13:00 1 Main Road Gansbaai
• Art in the Garden 10:00 – 14:00 Harold Porter Botanical Garden Betty’s Bay
• Scrapbooking Workshop 10:00 – 15:30 1 Main Road Gansbaai
• Holistic Musical Experience with Bruce Copley & Barbara Kennedy 12:00 Pringle Proms Pringle Bay
• Overstrand Edu Care Market Day 12:00 – 15:00 Coffee on Clarence Betty’s Bay
• Saturday Movie: Darling Lily 13:00 Romantiques Hermanus
• Joan Hambidge 27ste Bundel: Asindeton 13:30 Kleinmond Central Café
• Paint & Sip with Tertius van Dyk 13:30 Riposo Onrus
• Social Volleyball 14:00 – 17:00 Grotto Beach East Hermanus
• Henry John Live 16:00 - 19:00 SkyBar Hermanus
• Tribal Colour Fest 17:00 Hangklip Hotel Pringle Bay
• Dirk’s Farewell Party 20:00 Friends Pun Gansbaai

Sunday, 16th March 2025

• Royal Icing Cookie Workshop 9:00 - 14:30 Wonderland Nursery Hermanus
• Pop-up Market 9:00 - 15:00 Harold Porter National Botanical Garden Betty's Bay
• Astrology of 2025 & Beyond 9:30 Wholeness Haven Hermanus
• Art in the Garden 10:00 – 14:00 Harold Porter Botanical Garden Betty’s Bay
• Robust Band Live 13:00 Drummond Arms Rooi Els
• Takura Terry Live 16:00  La Cantina Stanford
• Evening of Music: Da Capo at Sunset 17:30 4984 Watsonia Rd Betty's Bay
• Ladies Night Fleabag Live 19:00 Road House Cinema Hermanus
• Nomads Nationals Golf Tournament 16 – 20 March 7:00 Hermanus Golf Club

For a more detailed calendar please visit here.

Whale Coast Weekend Events: 12-16 March 2025

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