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If you feel like a day at the beach, Durban’s got some of the best sailing action to keep you captivated. Feel like some world-class theatre? The Hilton Arts Festival has you covered. Want to get active? Head to Winston Park for an epic obstacle challenge!
There’s no shortage of reasons to get out and explore from Friday 7 to Sunday 9 August. Here's our pick of the best events taking place this weekend!
Weekend weather
Friday
- Min: 18°C
- Max: 22°C
- Slight rain
Saturday
- Min: 18°C
- Max: 23°C
- Slight rain
Sunday
- Min: 18°C
- Max: 21°C
- Mostly clear
READ: Where to celebrate Women's Month in and around Durban
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Tamia Live in Durban
- Date: Friday, 7 August
- Venue: Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium
- Cost: R1 150 – R2 000
- Tickets: Webtickets and selected Pick n Pay stores
Women's Month gets a soulful soundtrack as six-time Grammy Award nominee Tamia heads to Durban for one night only. Expect timeless favourites including Officially Missing You, So Into You, Stranger in My House and plenty more.
*NOTE: There was a last-minute venue change from Durban ICC to Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium. No ticket changes are needed.
Sip & Paint Women's Celebration
- Date: Friday, 7 August
- Venue: Durban View Room, Hollywoodbets Greyville Racecourse
- Cost: R360
- Tickets: Webtickets
If your perfect Friday involves wine, creativity and good company, this guided Sip & Paint evening ticks all the boxes. Your ticket includes a welcome drink, harvest table dinner and all painting materials—no artistic experience required.
Blackout Beach Simulation
- Date: Saturday, 8 August
- Venue: Brighton Beach, Bluff
- Cost: R100
- Bookings: Quicket
Fancy testing your fitness? Blackout Fitness ZA returns with its popular hybrid beach workout, combining functional exercises and teamwork on Durban's beachfront. Choose from beginner, intermediate or advanced divisions.
ILCA KZN Regional Championships
- Date: Saturday, 8 – Monday, 10 August
- Location: Point Yacht Club, Durban Harbour
- Cost: Spectators free
- Information: www.pyc.co.za
Durban's winter sailing season continues as some of South Africa's top ILCA sailors head offshore for the KwaZulu-Natal Regional Championships. Expect spectacular racing featuring rising stars like Daniela Cantarelli alongside seasoned national champions battling it out on Durban's famous winter waters.
KZN Upper Highway
Upper Highway Hardest Mile
- Date: Saturday, 8 August
- Venue: The Iron Movement, Winston Park
- Cost: Visit the event page for entry options (individuals, pairs and teams)
- Enter: Entryninja
- Contact: WhatsApp 083 472 7761
Forget an easy Saturday workout. The Iron Movement is challenging participants to complete one seriously brutal mile featuring burpee broad jumps, walking lunges, bear crawls and farmer carries. Every entry helps raise funds to send eight KwaZulu-Natal athletes to represent South Africa at the UIPM Obstacle Course Racing World Championships in Beijing later this year.
READ: Durban’s Nicole Christie is overcoming all obstacles… quite literally!
KZN Midlands and Drakensberg
Hilton Arts Festival
- Date: Friday, 7 – Sunday, 9 August
- Venue: Hilton College
- Festival Entry: R100 per vehicle (valid for all three days)
- Performance Tickets: Vary by show
- Book: Webtickets
- More info: hiltonfestival.co.za
KwaZulu-Natal's biggest celebration of the arts returns for its 34th edition—and it's bigger than ever. Alongside headline theatre productions, comedy, live music and family entertainment, this year's festival introduces the inaugural KZN Art Fair and the interactive Just Geekin' pop culture zone, plus more than 100 artisan stalls, food experiences and family attractions.
READ: Hilton Arts Festival adds KZN Art Fair and Geek Zone to biggest programme yet
Time Out Tip: Many of the headline productions sell out well before festival weekend, so book early.
Mind Matters Summit Launch
- Date: Saturday, 8 August
- Time: 8am
- Venue: Bell Tower Lawn, Hilton Arts Festival
- Cost: Free
One of this year's fascinating festival additions explores mental resilience, creativity and human potential. Visitors can enjoy guided meditation, breathing workshops and even try the Momentum Multiply Ice Plunge experience. Bring a towel if you're feeling brave.
High Tea Bafazi
- Date: Saturday, 8 August
- Venue: Fable Eatery, Curry's Post
- Cost: R550
- Tickets: Webtickets
Celebrate Women's Month with an elegant high tea centred on wellness, reflection and meaningful conversation in the beautiful Midlands countryside.
Everything Old School featuring The Good Groove
- Date: Saturday, 8 August
- Venue: Essence Café, Town Hill, Pietermaritzburg
- Cost: R100
- Tickets: Webtickets
Dust off your dancing shoes for an afternoon of classic R&B, soul, funk, disco, Afro-pop and old-school house, performed live by The Good Groove.
Robin Auld & Ant Cawthorn-Blazeby
- Date: Monday, 10 August
- Venue: Allan Wilson Theatre, Pietermaritzburg
- Cost: R180 per person
- Book: Quicket
- More info: www.robinauld.com
Legendary South African musician Robin Auld joins acclaimed violinist Ant Cawthorn-Blazeby for an intimate afternoon of roots, blues and soul, featuring songs spanning Auld's decades-long career.
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