A number of Food and Wine, sport, as well as art and cultural Festivals have been organised for September, and one can attend a festival on almost every day of the month!  It appears a shame that so many Festivals overlap throughout the month.

We list some of them, and will update the list during the month:

31 August:         Bot River Spring Festival

1 September:    Bot River Spring Festival

5 September:    ‘Chefs who Share’ gala charity dinner, City Hall, Cape Town/First Thursday Cape Town art galleries open until 21h00 in the city centre.

6 September:   Tru-Cape Windgat Festival and Kogelberg Mountain Challenge /Tulbagh Spring Arts Festival/Darling Voorkamerfest

7 September:     Franschhoek Uncorked /Tulbagh Spring Arts Festival/ Open Book Festival, including Poetica, at The Fugard/Darling Voorkamerfest/Waterblommetjie Festival at Rhebokskloof and Windmeul Wine Cellar

8 September:     Franschhoek Uncorked/Tulbagh Spring Arts Festival/Open Book Festival/Darling Voorkamerfest

9 September:    Open Book Festival

10 September:  Open Book Festival

11 September:   Open Book Festival/The Beautiful South, London

12 September:   The Beautiful South, London

13 September:   Villiersdorp Spring Arts Festival (no website)

14 September:   Fork & Cork Wellington Wine Festival/Villiersdorp Spring Arts Festival/Creative Week Cape Town

15 September:  Villiersdorp Spring Arts Festival/Creative Week Cape Town

20 September:   Two Oceans Hermanus Whale Festival/Darling Wildflower Show/Creative Week Cape Town

21 September:   Two Oceans Hermanus Whale Festival/Creative Week Cape Town

22 September:   Two Oceans Hermanus Whale Festival/Creative Week Cape Town

23 September:   Two Oceans Hermanus Whale Festival

24 September:   Two Oceans Hermanus Whale Festival and National Braai Day/Stellenbosch Heritage Festival.

26 September:   Hermanus Flower Festival

27 September:   Club Mykonos Bravo Festival /Hermanus Flower Festival

28 September:   Club Mykonos Bravo Festival/Hermanus Flower Festival

29 September:   Hermanus Flower Festival

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com Twitter: @WhaleCottage