Events
ALL YEAR
SATURDAY
Under The Oaks
Next to Grace + Merci Restaurant. Country craft market with fresh produce, artwork, gifts and curios, herbs, plants and good food.
SATURDAY
Swellendam Park Run
A 5km run, just you against the clock at Marloth Nature Reserve. Subject to COVID regulations.
SUMMER
FEBRUARY
Up the Creek Music Festival
An outdoor music festival set annually on the banks of the magical Breede River.
FEBRUARY/MARCH
Swellendam Landbou Skou
The oldest continuous show in Southern Africa. Celebrating 188 years in 2020, hosted by the Swellendam Landbougenootskap.
OCTOBER
Barrydale in Bloom
An annual open garden safari to view the local floral kingdom in bloom! Activities, market, workshops and talks.
NOVEMBER
Double Century Cycle race
South Africa’s premier endurance road cycling event.
DECEMBER
Barrydale Art Meander
BAM! An annual, open art studio safari during mid December with events and activities.
DECEMBER
The Barrydale Puppet Parade
The Net-Vir-Pret Puppet Parade and Performance is a landmark annual arts event in Barrydale.
WINTER
JUNE
Silver Mountain Music Festival
Celebrating music, nature and
country living in the magical Grootvadersbosch Valley.
JULY
Around the Pot 100 Miler
TA single day MTB race through blooming canola fields. South Africa’s greatest gravel race.
JULY
Whale of Trail
A 53km and 1900m elevation trail run through spectacular mountain fynbos, technical rocky ridgelines, sandy beach stretches and endless, mind blowing, beautiful vistas, all in one day.