Festivals and Events in the Garden Route over the Festive Season

Summer Fun Festival

We are head­ing into the fest­ive sea­son, time to take some time off, spend some qual­ity time with fam­ily and friends and a pop­u­lar hol­i­day des­tin­a­tion to do this in is the Garden Route, with many towns and inter­est­ing sites to explore.

I thought I’d give you a bit of a head start on your hol­i­day plans and let you know which fest­ivals and events are tak­ing place over the fest­ive sea­son along the Garden Route. For starters, the Summer Sun Festival hap­pens in Mossel Bay and runs from Tuesday 8 December right into the second week of 2010 (8 January 2010). It’s time to sizzle with sum­mer and the Diaz Strand Hotel dur­ing this jam packed festival ...

Expect non-stop enter­tain­ment on both inside and out­side stages, includ­ing the 'Life is a Highway Beach' band, the SAB beer tent and loads more stalls. Prizes from Billabong, Rip Curl, Coca Cola, Die Burger and more are up for grabs for com­pet­i­tions ran­ging from a baby com­pet­i­tion, Mr Strongman, Mr & Miss Sand Pebble, Miss Bikini, Mr Hunk with the top trophy going to Miss Diaz (final will be on 26 December 2009).

Summer Sun Festival

The Rob Louw Springbok Invitational team will be back in action on Monday 28 December 2009 to defend their title in the SPAR Hot Summer of Touch tour­na­ment. There are also a num­ber of pop­u­lar South African Artists who will be per­form­ing. And don’t for­get about the “dawn of 2010 New Years ball” to wel­come in the new year. If you’d like some more inform­a­tion then give Mimi Finestone a call on +27 (0)84 583‑3144.

If you need to get in a that last bit of Christmas shop­ping for the unex­pec­ted guest or you just haven’t had time to get to the shops yet, then the Mossel Bay Christmas Market from Tuesday 15 to Thursday 17 December 2009 is your answer. Find unique hand­made, farmed and baked gifts which will all be a fab­ulous addi­tion to a Christmas stock­ing. Also on sale will be other stock­ing stuffers such as paint­ings, jew­ellery, beaded gifts, cloth­ing and much more. The mar­kets will be held at the Mossel Bay South NG Church Hall, which is the corner of 15^th and 17^th Avenues or you can con­tact Cecile on +27 (0)82 224‑3865 for more information.

Herolds Bay Festival

How about spend­ing your time just before Christmas day at the Herolds Bay Beach Festival, held on 23 December 2009 on the Herolds Bay beach? This fest­ival has now been run­ning for many years and you will find lots to do here. Take part in any num­ber of their sport­ing activ­it­ies, touch rugby, surf­ing, flag sprint­ing and more.

Children’s com­pet­i­tions, pro­mo­tions and an after party or if you are really feel­ing beach ready and body con­fid­ent why not enter the Miss Bikini pageant? For more inform­a­tion you can con­tact Terra Firma Events on +27 (0)44 874‑2015.

Plettenberg Bay is host to the annual Kurland International Polo Test on Tuesday 29 December. The polo sea­son begins in December and runs until April attract­ing a num­ber of inter­na­tional pat­rons, pro­fes­sion­als and those who just love the game. This test is a head to head between South Africa and England and is head­ing towards being rated one of the top test matches in the polo world. For more inform­a­tion on how to attend this test con­tact Clive Peddle on +27 (0)44 534‑8786.

These are only a few of the events hap­pen­ing along the Garden Route. If you are head­ing up that way over this fest­ive sea­son let us know how you’ll be spend­ing your time by post­ing your com­ments below.

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