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Windhoek This Weekend: 24–25 October 2026

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By Windhoek Now Editorial · Published 2026-10-23 · Updated 2026-10-25 · Last verified 2026-10-25

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Quick answer

This dated guide covers Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October 2026; it is not a live calendar. For Saturday, the FNCC confirms MOVEMENT BELOVED at the National Theatre of Namibia at 18:00, and Big Boy Racing confirms High Octane Festival at Tony Rust Race Track without a published Saturday start time or price in the organizer announcement. No Sunday event or separate food, music, family, or networking listing met the organizer-confirmation standard. The City of Windhoek’s 30 October Kapana Festival was cancelled due to foot-and-mouth-disease controls, according to a report quoting the City’s notice.

Current travel status

CANCELLED — Windhoek City Kapana Festival (30 October 2026)

Current status
The City of Windhoek cancelled the festival because of the foot-and-mouth-disease outbreak and related veterinary control measures. The Namibian reports that it has been postponed to 2027; no new date has been confirmed.
Verified / updated date
Practical traveller action
Do not plan to attend the 30 October event. Wait for a new date to be announced.

This dated Windhoek Now guide covers Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October 2026. It is not a live calendar, and the event listings do not imply current availability.

Saturday’s organizer-confirmed programme includes the MOVEMENT BELOVED performance and the High Octane Festival. No Sunday, food, music, family, or networking event is promoted without organizer-controlled confirmation.

TODAY

Saturday 24 October — MOVEMENT BELOVED main performance at the National Theatre of Namibia, 18:00. The FNCC programme lists advance tickets at N$100 (N$50 for students and pensioners) and door tickets at N$150 (N$100 for students and pensioners).

High Octane Festival is confirmed by its organizer for Tony Rust Race Track on Saturday. The organizer announcement gives no Saturday start time or ticket price; neither is added here.

TONIGHT

The confirmed Saturday evening performance is MOVEMENT BELOVED at 18:00 at the National Theatre of Namibia. No other event is described as a tonight option without a confirmed Saturday evening time.

SUNDAY

Sunday 25 October — no event from the candidate listings met the organizer-confirmation standard in the sources checked. No time, ticket availability, or event is inferred from third-party listings.

FOOD

No food event for Saturday 24 or Sunday 25 was verified through an organizer-controlled source in the listings checked. The Friday Good Food & Wine listing is outside this guide’s Saturday–Sunday scope.

MUSIC

No Saturday or Sunday music listing was independently confirmed with its organizer. UNAM Choir results were found on ticket/event aggregators, but the direct ticket page returned an invalid-performance notice and no current organizer-controlled confirmation was found.

ARTS

MOVEMENT BELOVED is the source-confirmed arts listing for Saturday 24 October: 18:00 at the National Theatre of Namibia. The linked FNCC programme contains the performance and admission details.

FAMILY

No family event for Saturday 24 or Sunday 25 met the organizer-confirmation standard in the sources checked.

NETWORKING

No public networking event for these dates was confirmed by an organizer-controlled source in the listings checked.

TRAVEL INTELLIGENCE

CANCELLED: The Windhoek City Kapana Festival planned for 30 October 2026 has been cancelled due to foot-and-mouth-disease controls. The Namibian reports the City’s notice says it is postponed to 2027; a new date is not confirmed. Do not travel expecting the 30 October event.

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What this means for your trip

The City’s Kapana Festival cancellation is reported from the public notice quoted by The Namibian; the City’s original notice was not independently retrieved. For future independent travel, use the organizer links and prepare a local backup plan.

Traveller impact: The guide is tied to 24–25 October 2026 and is not a live availability feed. Confirm any future event plans with its organizer; do not travel expecting the cancelled Kapana Festival.

Sources checked

Franco-Namibian Cultural Centre — MOVEMENT BELOVED programme · Source date: 2026-10-23

This is original Namibia Tour Assist editorial informed by linked sources, not copied source text.