Whale Coast Weekend Events: 20 - 24 August 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 20th Aug 2025

• Bring & Braai 18:00 Plankies Pringle Bay
• Open Mic Night 18:00 – 21:00 The Gecko Hermanus
• Cantare Choir Festival 18:30 Curro School Hennie Mentz Hall Hermanus
• Kuieraand in Sandbaai 18:30 Hua Doo Restaurant Sandbaai
• Wine Tasting & Dinner with Lomond Wines 18:30 - 21:00 The Wine Glass Hermanus
• Quiz Night 19:00 Gossip Corner Rooi Els

Thursday 21st Aug 2025

• Thursday Community Walks 07:30 23 Molteno Str Onrus               
• Thursday Morning Market 9:00 - 13:00 14 Queen Victoria Street Stanford
• Dames Oggend met Elsabe Aldrich 9:30  Hermanus Gholf Klub
• Celebrate Women's Month 10:00 Betty's Bay Library Hall
• Ladies Event with Dia van Staden 10:00 - 12:00 Menucha Pringle Bay       
• The Mirror Artmaking Journey 10:00 - 13:00 Windsor Hotel Hermanus
• Learn How to Crochet 11:00 - 13:00 Die Wolhuis Gansbaai
• Breathing & Meditation 18:00 - 19:00 1136 Hilton Circle Pringle Bay

Friday 22nd Aug 2025     

• Friday Morning Market 9:00 – 11:30 Pretorius Hall Gansbaai
• Bhuki Café 9:00 - 12:00 Hermanus Library
• Mochi & Wine Pairing 10:00 – 18:00 Benguela Cove Hermanus
• Retro Rewind: A Sip back into Time 16:00 - 21:00 Hangklip Hotel Pringle Bay
• Deli Dinning 18:00 Dal-Italia Italian Deli Hermanus
• Friday Acoustics Music with The Little Black Box 18:30 Fisherman’s Cottage Hermanus
• Talent Competition with Allen 19:00 Johnny's Uilenkraalsmond Gansbaai
• Mother & Daughter BootCamp 22 – 24 Aug Wortelgat Outreach Trust Stanford

Saturday 23rd Aug 2025

• Galjoen Angling Competition 7:00 - 17:00 NGK Gansbaai
• Parkrun 8:00 Groeneweide Gansbaai, Harold Porter Betty’s Bay, Hemel-en-Aarde & Benguela Cove Hermanus
• Markets from 9:00 in Hermanus, Gansbaai, Stanford, Onrus & Fisherhaven
• Botanical Gelliplate Printimaking Workshop 9:30 - 13:00 Lieben Printmaking Studio Hermanus
• Children's Workshop: Create a Mini Garden 10:00 - 12:00 Wonderland Nursery Hermanus
• Mochi & Wine Pairing 10:00 – 18:00 Benguela Cove Hermanus
• Paint & Sip 11:00 - 15:00 The Rock Restaurant Hermanus
• Beginner Sewing Workshop 13:00 – 16:00 651 Barbara Rd Pringle Bay
• True Conference 13:45 New Life Pentecost Church Gansbaai
• Women’s Conference 14:00 Proteadorp Community Hall Kleinmond
• (RE)Wilding your Garden 14:00 - 15:30 Stony Point Eco Venue Betty’s Bay
• Gansbaai Academia vs Groenberg Rugby 15:00 Gansbaai Academia
• CWB Boogie Fundraiser 16:00 - 21:00 De Wet Hall Onrus
• Live Rugby: Springboks vs Australia 17:10 Various Venues in Overstrand
• A Night at the Symphony 18:00  Hermanus Auditorium   
• Arno Carstens & Albert Frost - Life is Forever Tour (sold out) 19:30 Hangklip Hotel Pringle Bay

Sunday 24th Aug 2025

• Mochi & Wine Pairing 10:00 – 18:00 Benguela Cove Hermanus
• Des Bosch Live 12:00 - 15:00 C Shack Restaurant Kleinmond
• Duane Genders Live 13:00 - 16:00 La Cantina Stanford
• Pizza & Quiz Sundays 14:30 Benguela Cove Hermanus

For a more detailed calendar, please visit here.