Tastes of Durban at street festival
A four-day food street festival will be held in Durban this weekend.
THERE will be a festival of Durban Street Food over the Heritage Day long weekend, at 8 Morrison Street and surrounds to honour the city’s diverse cultures.
The Durban Street Food Festival runs from 24 to 27 September and will offer an extensive showcase of some of the city’s most interesting food, culturally specific fare, home grown staples and meals respecting various special diets. A diverse range of vendors and foodies will display and sell their wares over the weekend, encouraging visitors to sample new and interesting food, organic fresh veggie dishes, “walkie-talkies” chicken street food, coconut water, craft beer, bunny chows, shisa nyama, halaal, vegan and vegetarian fare and avocado dishes.
The organisers have also included sponsored stalls for local disadvantaged street traders to ensure that visitors can experience a truly unique and authentic range of fare from the streets of Durban.
The festival will particularly showcase food representing Durban’s various diverse cultures, as well as food typically representing the cuisine of our city’s sister city networks.
Although food is the focus of the festival, the city’s many cultures will be further honoured through its performing arts – with a stage showcasing Durban’s finest – from jazz to hip-hop, comedy to acoustic, contemporary to traditional, in music and dance. The activities will include street dance battles to small theatre performances, comedy and musical acts and DJ’s. They will be hosting a series of workshops and Pecha Kucha presentations focused on food and street culture in Durban.
A feature on Heritage Day – which is alternately known as “National Braai Day” – will be a Guinness World Record attempt at the longest time spent braai-ing. Media personality and comedian Masood Boomgaard and friends are attempting to braai non-stop for 90 hours in a charity endeavour.
Enjoy events on Thursday 24 September from 11am until 10pm, on Friday from 5pm until midnight, Saturday 11am until midnight and Sunday from 11am until 10pm.
Tickets cost R150 for the four days, pre-sale through the website: https://durbanstreetfoodfestival.co.za/ or R50 daily at the door.
Contact info@durbanstreetfoodfestival.co.za or Georgios Kretsos on 073 274 8649.
