30th Uitenhage Street Carnival

The 30th Annual celebrations of the Uitenhage Street Carnival takes place on the 24th and 25th of November 2017 in Caledon and Market Streets.

Road Closures are from Thursday 12h00 (noon) on the 23rd of November when setup takes place. Friday afternoon at 15h00 the program starts with a host of local singers, dancers and rappers to entertain young and old in English and Afrikaans alike. The highlight on Friday evening will be the first live performance of the winner of Idols 2017 competition, Paxton to close off the night. She will be doing her versions of all the songs that made her popular in the national competition.

Saturday, 25th in the morning the 5km and 10km starts with late entrants still having a chance to enter from as early as 5am on the day. The race commences at 7am. The prize giving will be done on the main stage with crafts, fun fair and food stalls open. The runners will finish with plenty of lucky draws from Bingo Grill in Uitenhage that will be having a Lucky Wheel throughout the weekend with spot prizes.#