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.