Spring is in the air and if you don’t know what to do on the first day of the season, we’ve got you sorted with these exciting spring festivals!
CAPE TOWN
Pinotage On Tap
1 September
Location: Diemersfontein Wine Estate
Now in its 14th vintage, this fab one-day festival invite you to indulge in some of the best things life has to offer, wonderful wine on tap (literally), delicious food, top-notch live music entertainment and amazing company!
Pinotage On Tap Diemersfontein Wine Estate is know as the producer of the ORIGINAL Coffee Chocolate Pinotage. Entry to the event costs R295 per person and includes a special Pinotage On Tap surprize gift on arrival, a wine glass, live bands, an array of top food traders to keep the munchies at bay!
Please note, no under 18’s allowed––Diemersfontein Wines promotes responsible drinking, no wine is sold or permitted to persons under the age of 18yrs.
Buy tickets @R295
Street Food Festival
1–9 September
Location: Cape Town Cruise Terminal, V&A Waterfront
The annual Street Food Festival is back for a 5th time to celebrate street food in its varied forms, paying homage to authentic South African food culture by embracing street foods, pavement-style.
Following the success of previous years, in 2018 the Street Food Festival will be expanding to include 10 days of festivities. Smaller pop-up events like food walks, and food movie screenings will lead up to the two big market weekends in Cape Town and Johannesburg dishing up all the good things visitors have come to expect: local food talent serving your crispy, saucy, fried or fresh pavement-favourites and live DJ’s spinning the soundtrack to the day.
You can also look forward to listening to several food entrepreneurs and a few of the long-established and successful players in the local food industry will host food-related ‘Crate Talks.’ The festival kicks off on the 31st of August with an opening party at THOM. Check out their website for the rest of the 10 day line up!
Buy tickets! @R50–R450
JOHANNESBURG
Oyster, wine & food festival
31 August–2 September
Location: The Stables, Third Street, Chartwell
The Oyster, Wine & Food Festival takes place over the first weekend of Spring in a garden style venue. Gauteng’s largest oyster festival promises to be a culinary journey that will delight visitors as they meander through the vintages of 40 premium wine estates, 50 gourmet food exhibitors, magical cocktails and superb Oysters and Bubblies. Pop in at the Wine Theatre and learn from the experts, and savour our food delights created by our team of chefs. Kick-back and enjoy a fresh spring highveld afternoon while sipping on wine and nibbling on cheeses.
Enjoy a variety of luscious oysters, interesting Gourmet food traders, an interesting and large wine circle, international wines and bubblies on the Oyster Deck. The Festival will boast an assortment of other culinary delights, including Mozambican prawns, Shisa Nyama, sizzling steaks and the star of the show, the oyster!
To kick off the celebration, there will be a delicious Friday night Oyster Dinner prepared by Justin Bonello, an educational and entertaining wine theatre as well as an exclusive VIP pavilion.
The world is your Oyster… come along and tantalise your taste-buds.
Buy tickets! @R90–R495
Soweto Food Festival
1–2 September
Location: Walter Sisulu Square, Kliptown, Soweto
“Bringing the vineyards to Soweto and Soweto to the vineyards,” the 13th annual Soweto Wine Festival is officially 100% black owned, and is set to return to showcase the best of South Africa’s wines, cuisine, travel destinations and lifestyle brands, to thousands of wine lovers that the festival attracts every year.
Walter Sisulu Square was chosen in celebration of #Mandela100, as Nelson Mandela would have turned 100 years old this year, and it is the iconic venue where Madiba signed the all-important Freedom Charter on the 26th June 1955. So, get set to join Mzansi’s trendsetters, movers and shakers, wine, food and music lovers, the aspirational and inspirational, connoisseurs and newbies, and all those who just want to have a fun night out, meet people, and taste over 500 of South Africa’s fabulous wines at the 13th Soweto Wine Festival.
Buy tickets! @R150 for general, @R350 for VIP
