EVENTS

Franschhoek Bastille Festival
17 - 18 July 2011

Franschhoek, being the French Corner of South Africa, celebrates Bastille Day with reckless abandon. In fact, we like to commemorate our forefathers by celebrating for an entire weekend. We might add that it’s also the only day in the year that you can get away with wearing a beret.

Highlights of the Bastille Festival include a Food & Wine Marquee, a French Film Festival, the Chef’s & Waiters Race, Pêtanque, the Barrel Rolling competition and lots more!

Cheese Festival
29 April - 02 May 2011

The South African Cheese Festival, with more than 200 different cheeses and countless delectable delicacies celebrates a decade of superb cheese and family fun in 2011. Over the years more than 250 000 cheese devotees have been enthused to enjoy and experiment with the magnitude of dairy products available from South Africa’s many artisan producers as well as some of the bigger names in the game.

Why visit the 2010 SA Cheese Festival?

You will find

▪ the biggest variety of cheese at one venue;
▪ cheese makers from across the country, exhibiting their world class and artisan cheeses;
▪ not only cheese, but wine and fine food products complimenting the cheese;
▪ a large variety of other popular dairy products to take home.

The 2010 SA Cheese Festival will once again provide all the aspects for a fun-filled day out in the country with family and friends.

There will be

▪ live music and ample seating under the big old oak trees, umbrellas and tents to relax and enjoy your day;
▪ different breeds of dairy animals in the Milk Factory
▪ cheese, wine and related food products in the Checkers Cheese Emporium, Cheese Market, the Mall, the Gourmet Lane and the Diary Square
▪ demos, fun and recipes of new ways to enjoy cheese in the Cooking Pot with celebrities like Nataniël.

More http://www.cheesefestival.co.za/

2010 Franschhoek Literary Festival
13 - 15 May 2011

If you love books and beautiful surroundings then you’ll feel right at home at the Franschhoek Literary Festival. See a host of South African and award-winning international authors speak about their passion in venues throughout the village.

They say that words make their own music. When these words are strung together by a writer they develop a magical quality that plays out in a melody, engulfing you in its entirety. The 2010 Programme is being finalised and will be available by February 2010.  

More http://www.flf.co.za/