Side Quest Socials: The Tide Turns Strange
Sat, 05 Sept
|Fish Hoek Civic Centre
Cape Town's community-first geek experience washes up in Fish Hoek — vendors, art, a maker workshop & more. Families welcome.


Time & Location
05 Sept 2026, 11:30 – 18:30
Fish Hoek Civic Centre, 65B Central Cir, Fish Hoek, Cape Town, 7974, South Africa
About the event
Something strange is washing up in Fish Hoek.
It started small. A fisherman pulling in nets heavier than they should be. Strange lights glimpsed far below the surface, gone by the time anyone got close enough to look properly. The old-timers at the harbour have started telling stories again — the kind about what actually lives down where the light doesn't reach. Nobody can explain it yet, but everyone agrees on one thing: something down there is waking up, and on 5 September, it's coming ashore. Side Quest Socials rolls into the Fish Hoek Civic Centre for a full day of hands-on making, curious creatures, and community adventure — come see what the depths have sent up.
Here's what's surfacing:
🎒 The Market
Our vendor market is back. And when we say curated, we mean it — not the buzzword every market slaps on their page, but genuine, hands-on care…
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