Grab your family, friends, in-laws, aunties and fur babies too! The Stellenbosch Craft Drinks Festival (SCDF) returns once more to the scenic Jan Marais Nature Reserve, promising a day filled with the best in artisanal food and drink options and live music to keep your foot tapping and your head bopping.
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What began as a strictly craft beer festival in 2012 at the height of the unspoken craft beer craze has flourished into a real crowd-puller, presenting a whole range of curated craft beer and distilled alcoholic (and non-alcoholic) beverages just over a decade later.
In its lifetime, the craft beer experience has taken micro brewing and micro distillery to a whole new level with the emergence of not only craft gin but also agave-based spirits, liqueurs, hard seltzers and much more.

Opening its gates at 11am, your taste buds will start tingling from the moment you arrive, with the intoxicating aromas of craft beer and coffee wafting through the air entangled with the appetite-igniting smells of fries, Mediterranean soft cheeses, burgers, tacos and hot wings.
Online ticket prices include a branded glass beer mug, catering for convenient beverage transportation. While tickets will be available at the door, Early Bird tickets are on sale now on Quicket, and there will only be a limited number of glass beer mugs available at the door, so we suggest you act fast to secure the goods.

In its latest format, the SCDF aims to offer an intimate outdoor experience enveloped in nature, fragranced with fine local food and drink and serenaded by the soothing sounds of talented musicians.
So bring your chairs, gazebos and umbrellas and soak it all in until 7pm when you’ll be treated to the sun setting over the gorgeous Stellenbosch mountains.
Vendors encourage you to enjoy yourself with the offering of good music, great products, fun games, kids’ entertainment to keep the little ones occupied, and lucky draws with some crafty prizes.
Details:
- Date: 7 October 2023
- Location: Jan Marais Nature Reserve, Marais Road, Mostertdrift
- Time: 11am to 7pm
- Cost: R100 (Early Bird, access only) | R130 (Early Bird, access and beer mug) | R50 (Early Bird, kids aged 12 to 17) | Free entry for kids under 12
- Tickets: Quicket
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