WITH over 300 hand-selected stalls, the 2024 SPAR Kirkwood Wildsfees will provide any retail therapy you may need.
Festival manager of all stalls and accommodation – Jill – has been hard at work through the year to source interesting stalls that make sure a wildly wonderful and unique variety of shopping experiences is available to our valued festival-goers.
Festinos can expect décor items, handcrafted products, camping gear and equipment, clothing, braai accessories, hunting paraphernalia, plants and so much more.
Tickle your tastebuds
Every visitor to the SPAR Kirkwood Wildsfees finds a favourite bite (or two) to savour.
Find your favourite returning Wildsfees food stalls and discover new tastes you will be talking about until 2025.
Food experiences to hunt down include Boston Boys grilled steak strip scrumptious bowls, Sushi Braz fresh sushi dishes, Dagwood Boys, Colins Kudu Stall for all meals kudu. If you are Nuts about Garlic the 2024 SPAR Kirkwood Wildsfees has you covered, and there are Sugar Rush for meter high candyfloss and Grillicious for some tantalising vegan options.
Mphe di Hoenor food stall has incorporated Dagwoods in its menu this season and can be found in the Coca-Cola food court at the 21st SPAR Kirkwood Wildsfees. From prego rolls and Big Daddy Dagwoods to the little ones’ all-time favourite – The Dagwood Sausage Dog.
Two exclusive auctions
Investors in quality game and line- bred Boran cattle will have the opportunity to purchase prime animals during the SPAR Kirkwood Wildsfees weekend.
The annual Kirkwood Wildsfees Game Auction will be hosted at the Mayogi Bomas on Friday, June 28, starting at 12:00, followed by the first Boran Cattlemen’s auction on the Saturday.
For the first time two black rhino bulls from SANParks will be on offer.
They are among a prize selection of purebred SANParks game as well as animals from other top breeders which will be on sale, according to auctioneer Garth Saville.
Other SANParks animals include a large number of bulls and family groups of various species such as eland, red hartebeest, kudu, mountain zebra, black wildebeest, and gemsbok.
“Other highlights are the highly anticipated buffalo bulls which will again be on offer, and both spotted and brown hyena,” says Saville.
Various bulls and breeding animals will also be on offer from Casper de Klerk Wildvangs and guest sellers.
Selected animals will be available for viewing at the Mayogi bomas from 15:00 on Thursday, June 27 and on sale day June 28.
On Saturday 29, the Izebo Boran Cattlemen’s Auction will be held alongside the festival grounds from 11:00 in the morning, with viewing from 08:00.
The auction animals will all be on site for evaluation.
It is being organised by local farmer Riaan van Rensburg.
Boran cattle have been farmed in Africa for over 1 300 years, and are well suited to all types of Eastern Cape grazing, according to van Rensburg.
Izebo Boran line- bred genetics originate from embryos imported from Zambia.
“Izebo Boran offers fresh unmatched genetics at the sale, with up to 75 years of line-bred animals,” he says.
- The SPAR Kirkwood Wildsfees takes place from Friday, June 28, until Sunday, June 30. For more info and to see the entertainment line-up, go to https://wildsfees.co.za/.
