17 Events in Eastern Cape
Explore our Eastern Cape Events and Festivals Calendar to see which popular festivals or events are taking place during your planned visit to the Eastern Cape. From sporting events to food and wine fairs, the Eastern Cape is host to a multitude of festivals that take place all year round. Make your holiday in the Eastern Cape a trip to remember by attending a local event or festival. Consider staying overnight or making a weekend of it, with our great selection of accommodation and hotels.
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Event and festival details can change. All event information is published in good faith as supplied by the organisers. Please check with the organisers that the event is happening before making your travel arrangements.
Annual Festivals / Fauna & Flora
Hogsback Spring Festival
Where? Hogsback
When? 2-12 November 2023
Celebrate Spring with the Hogsback Garden Club and visit their beautiful gardens. A selection of gorgeous gardens and public spaces are open to guests each year for ...
Fauna & Flora / Annual Festivals
Bedford Garden Festival
Where? Bedford, Eastern Cape
When? 3-5 November 2023
Bedford is noted and takes great pride in it’s beautiful gardens. Roses, many of which are unique to the area, flourish in many a garden. Each year several splendid ...
Annual Festivals / Entertainment
New Years Festival of Lights
Where? Nieu-Bethesda
When? 31 December 2023
The New Year’s Eve Lantern parade is a truly inspiring community event run every year by the Centre. A powerful symbol of hope and beauty, the parade crosses ...
The Herald Cycle Tour
Where? Addo
When? 10-12 February 2024
The Herald Cycle Tour will take place in February with both professional and amateur cyclists testing their strength and expertise on the routes set out in and ...
Marathons & Half Marathons / Sporting Events
Addo Elephant Trail Run
Where? Addo
When? 16-17 March 2024
The Addo Elephant National Park is not only home to some 500 African elephants and a host of other wildlife; it is also the host of the annual Addo Elephant Trail ...
Music Festivals / Entertainment / Arts & Culture
Bathurst Agricultural Show
Where? Bathurst
When? 28 March to 2 May 2024
Described by the Land Bank as "the best and only agricultural show in the Eastern Cape", about 200 stand-holders and 20 000 visitors celebrate all things farming in ...
Lady Grey Passion Play
Where? Lady Grey
When? 5-7 April 2024
This is a unique production on the African Continent and one of the many highlight on the annual calendar of the Lady Grey Arts Academy. The Lady Grey Passion ...
Agricultural Shows / Entertainment
East London Show
Where? East London
When? 26-28 April 2024
East London Agricultural and Industrial Society, a non profitable organisation sets the platform for all agricultural, industrial, commercial stalls to exhibit ...
Outdoor Events / Sporting Events / Travel & Tourism
Umngazi Pondo Pedal
Where? Port St Johns
When? 31 May to 4 June 2024
An exciting 3-day mountain bike (MTB) challenge - the Umngazi Pondo Pedal - has its cycle on the breathtakingly beautiful Wild Coast. Enjoy Umngazi’s warm ...
Music Festivals / Arts & Culture / Annual Festivals
Grahamstown National Arts Festival
Where? Grahamstown
When? 22 June to 2 July 2024
The Grahamstown National Arts Festival: Africa's largest and most colourful cultural event offers a choice of the very best of both indigenous and imported talent ...
Exhibitions & Conferences / Annual Festivals
WordFest
Where? Grahamstown
When? 24 June to 4 July 2024
Every year, during the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, the Rhodes University hosts the acclaimed WordFest event. This event is aimed at promoting word-arts ...
Outdoor Events / Fauna & Flora / Annual Festivals
Kirkwood Wildlife Festival
Where? Kirkwood
When? 30 June to 2 July 2024
The Kirkwood Wildsfees annually attracts more than 45 000 visitors to picturesque Sundays River Valley in the Eastern Cape. Wildsfees firsts include being the ...
Rhodes Trail Run
Where? Rhodes
When? 8 July 2024
The Rhodes Trail Run, South Africa's premier trail race, is a 52km event staged in the Southern Drakensberg. The event starts in the hamlet of Rhodes at an altitude ...
Outdoor Events / Food & Wine / Entertainment
Bathurst Country Affair
Where? Bathurst
When? 11-14 August 2024
For all food and wine lovers this year’s Bathurst Country Affair will have you beaming with delight when locals and visitors from all over will come together and ...
Outdoor Events / Sporting Events
Baviaanskloof Trail Run
Where? Baviaanskloof
When? 2 September 2024
Baviaanskloof Trail Run is a 40km single day trail run held in the wilderness area of the Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve. The route, entirely on track and rough ...
Eastern Cape as a destination
Tourist regions
Amatola, Baviaanskloof, Eastern Cape Highlands, Frontier Country, Greater Addo, Karoo Heartland, Port Elizabeth, Sunshine Coast, Tsitsikamma, Wild Coast
Staying Overnight
Shamwari Sarili Lodge
Sarili Lodge in the Shamwari Game Reserve is a luxury lodge exclusively for families. An environmentally friendly private African thatch designed...
Kwandwe Fort House
Warmth and comfort embodies the refined private spaces of the Fort House in Kwandwe Private Game Reserve. The private villa has been elegantly de...
Kwandwe Melton Manor
Kwandwe Melton Manor is a private space that inspires the sharing of meals, laughter and experiences around the farmhouse table. Grand views of t...
Kwandwe Uplands Homestead
The African wilderness of which childhood dreams are made is found at Kwandwe Uplands Homestead. An intimate private safari home imbued with old-...
The Homestead at Kariega
Located in the makaria-free Kariega Game Reserve, The Homestead is a private lodge which offers its' guests all the comfort, convenience and luxu...
Long Hope Villa
Long Hope Villa is a beautifully restored exclusive safari villa, located in the Greater Addo Elephant National Park, on a private concession. Al...
Sandcastle Villa
Set amongst the natural beauty of the estate's fauna and flora, the awe-inspiring Sandcastle Villa was designed to imitate the land and boundless...
Kwandwe Ecca Lodge
Set in the heart of the Private Reserve in thick vegetation overlooking a dense valley, Ecca Lodge offers breathtaking views onto an escarpment o...
Kwandwe Great Fish River Lodge
Great Fish River Lodge is located in the magnificent malaria-free Eastern Cape, Kwandwe Game Reserve and is within easy reach of South Africa's b...
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