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  • Stellenbosch Street Soiree

    Stellenbosch Street Soirées 2022

    Be enchanted this summer by Stellenbosch’s Street Soirées  January to March 2022 Experience Stellenbosch in all its good-living glory during the town’s annual Street Soirées, a series of relaxed food-and-wine tastings underway from the end of this month. The popular events have become a calendar highlight as the perfect way to see in the new year and enjoy balmy evenings in South Africa’s premier cultural destination. The Street Soirées are presented by Stellenbosch Wine Routes and feature an array of […]

  • Spier-Light-Art

    Spier Light Art 2022

    The fourth edition of Spier Light Art will be hosted at Spier Wine Farm from 17 March to 18 April 2022. A night-time adventure for the whole family to enjoy, this annual event will feature an exciting array of interactive artworks scattered across the historic Stellenbosch estate. Created by talented artists and designers from South Africa and beyond, the artworks use light, sound and video to illuminate the present moment and help us to imagine where we might be headed […]

  • Stellenbosch Wine Harvest Parade

    Stellenbosch Wine Harvest Parade

    Make a beeline for the beloved Stellenbosch Wine Harvest Parade Wine-inspired spectacle to wind through City of Oaks on 28 January Start your new year on a happy high by joining the colourful, annual harvest parade on Saturday, 28 January, in Stellenbosch – the heartland of South African wine. Adding to its prominence, the event takes place in the very same week that South Africa commemorates the 364th year since wine was first made in Mzansi. Ours is the only […]

  • Stellenbosch Craft Drinks Festival

    Stellenbosch Craft Drinks Festival 2023

    Stellenbosch Craft Drinks Festival returns to the annual events calendar on 7 October 2023 in the scenic Jan Marais Nature Reserve. Opening its gates at 11:00 and promising a day filled with the best in craft beer, distilled beverages (non-alcoholic options are available), artisanal food options and live music to keep your foot tapping and your head bopping until 19:00, just in time to see the sun set over the gorgeous Stellenbosch mountains. The SCDF in its latest format, aims […]

  • Stellenbosch Street Soirées

    Stellenbosch Street Soirées

    Stellenbosch Street Soirées are back with elegant evenings of delectable wine and food! The sunny season is back and along with it, the Stellenbosch Street Soirées, an ever-popular series of food, wine and live music beneath the wine capital’s famous oak trees. Stellenbosch Street Soirées are undeniably the social events of the year! This year’s pop-up series on Drostdy Street takes place on specific days from November to March with the first Soirée happening on November 22. “As many have […]

  • Stellenbosch Harvest Parade

    Stellenbosch Harvest Parade

    Stellenbosch explodes with colour and festivity on Saturday, January 27, when the harvest parade hits town. An annual highlight on the wine calendar, the event sees marching bands, minstrels, farmers, winemakers, and workers take to the streets on brightly adorned floats, trucks and tractors, and make their way to the town hall for a ceremony to bless the harvest with good cheer. Townsfolk and visitors line the oak-lined avenues at every turn to wave along the spectacle in an ancient […]

  • Stellenbosch Experience

    The Stellenbosch Experience in Johannesburg

    Experience Stellenbosch wine in Johannesburg the best way possible – with winemakers, winery owners and key ambassadors themselves who will be in the City of Gold next month. Tickets to two exclusive events – one in Sandton and the other in Soweto, happening on June 10 and 11 – are now on sale. Called Stellenbosch Experience, these must-do events offer the opportunity not only to taste outstanding wines from 50 producers, but also to meet the makers themselves. Among them […]

  • Wine Town Stellenbosch

    Wine Town Stellenbosch

    Wine Town Stellenbosch is the annual seven-day celebration of wine and winelands living that takes place from 29 July to 4 August. The highlight of the event is the Stellenbosch Wine Festival on 2-3 August, which was first held in 1973. Hosted in the historic town hall, some 60 of the country’s best producers offer more than 200 wines for tasting, which are served alongside a never-ending harvest table of seasonal and local bites and delights. If you’ve ever wanted […]

  • Stellenbosch Street Soirées

    Stellenbosch Street Soirées – from October to March

    Good times and great vibes are guaranteed with the return of Stellenbosch Street Soirées! Join the traditional throng of merrymakers for this year’s calendar highlight of open-air food, wine and music beneath the Cape wine capital’s famous oak trees. Once again, the pop-up series on Drostdy Street takes place on specific days from October to March with the first Soirée happening on October 30. This season’s dates are listed below. “Street Soirées have become the region’s de facto welcome to what is […]

  • Stellenbosch Harvest Parade

    Stellenbosch Harvest Parade

    Excitement is building as the iconic Stellenbosch Harvest Parade returns to the streets of the country’s wine capital on Saturday, February 1. This beloved tradition brings together the vibrant community of Stellenbosch to celebrate the start of the grape harvest season with a spectacular procession of floats, music, and joy. The parade has been a feature of Stellenbosch life on and off for almost half a century. It has consistently run in the current format since in 2013. This year, […]

  • Stellenbosch Harvest Parade

    Stellenbosch Harvest Parade

    Stellenbosch’s annual Harvest Parade takes place on Saturday, 31 January 2026, marking the start of the harvest season with a colourful public procession through the historic town centre. Rooted in tradition, the parade is a moment of collective gratitude - giving thanks for the new vintage while honouring the farmers, cellar teams and winemakers who shape the region. The procession gets underway at 09:00 from the Toy and Miniature Museum in Market Street, moving through Alexander, Bird, Church and Plein Streets before arriving at […]