18DEC
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Friday
Dreaming Out Loud
with Neon Dreams and Booshle G
Three acts, the longest run of music of the season, on the first Friday of the holidays.
Gates 15:00 · Main act 18:00
On sale
16DEC
Spoegwolf
with Deon Meiring
Spoegwolf come down to this coast once a year, and this is the afternoon they use to start their December. In their own words, Stanford Hills is their favourite way to kick off the tour and the holidays — the lights go up, the Christmas trees go up, and the singing starts on a fairly enormous scale.
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- Date
- Wednesday, 16 December 2026
- Gates
- 15:00
- Opening act
- 17:00 · Deon Meiring
- Main act
- 18:00 · Spoegwolf
- Ends
- Before dark
- Venue
- Stanford Hills Estate
- Status
- On sale
This session
Deon Meiring opens at 17:00. The first main set of the summer lands at 18:00, on a public holiday, with nowhere to be the next morning. All ages, under-fives free.
The artist
Spoegwolf
Alternative rock · Paarl
Formed in Paarl in February 2012 — originally under the name Ysterkoei — Spoegwolf became the first Afrikaans group to reach number one on the Apple Music South Africa albums chart, with Koma in 2019. Danie du Toit on vocals, guitar and piano, Chris von Wielligh on guitar, Albert van der Merwe on bass, Moskou du Toit on drums. Eleven releases deep, from Swaartekrag to Lente, with a Ghoema Award for Somer along the way.
They opened the 2025 season on 16 December and they open 2026 on exactly the same date. Nine Afrikaans albums in thirteen years means a lawn that knows the words to most of it — which is the point. The crowd was standing by the second song last year.
How theafternoon runs.
15:00
Gates open
Arrive. Find your spot on the lawn. Something to eat, something cold, no hurry.
17:00
Opening act
Two hours in, the afternoon finds its rhythm. Shadows get longer. So do the conversations.
18:00
Main act
The sun drops. The music rises. This is the hour people come back for.
Before dark
Home
The last song lands while there is still light in the sky. Drive home in it.
Before you come
- Gates open at 15:00 and the first act plays at 17:00. Those two hours are not dead time — they are the part people forget to plan for and then remember afterwards. Arrive early, eat something, pick your spot.
- It varies by act. Albert Frost and Dan Patlansky on 20 December is R300 for adults and R200 for children aged 5 to 16. Under-fives come in free at every session. Prices for the rest of the season are published as each one goes on sale.
- The ticketing partner changes with the show — Spoegwolf on 16 December is on iTickets, Watershed on 21 December is on Quicket. Every session page links straight to the right one, so start there rather than searching.
- Yes — bring a blanket or a fold-out chair, that is exactly how the lawn works. Food and drink are the exception: no outside food or beverages come through the gate. Local vendors and two fully serviced bars are on site, and they are genuinely good.
- Yes. Sessions run in daylight on open lawn, and families make up a large part of the crowd. Children under five come in free.
- Yes — group tickets are available. Message the estate on WhatsApp and they will sort it out with you directly.
Other sessions
20DEC
On sale
Sunday
Albert Frost & Dan Patlansky
Two of the country’s finest guitar players, trading licks until the sun goes.
Gates 15:00 · Main act 18:00 · R 300
21DEC
On sale
Monday
Watershed
with Keanan Eksteen
Twenty years of songs the whole lawn already knows, on the Monday before Christmas.
Gates 15:00 · Main act 18:00
Spoegwolf
16 DEC