Up the Creek — festival guide
Barrydale, Swellendam, South Africa11–14 Feb 2027 · 4 days115 days to go
At a glance
- Dates
- 11–14 Feb 2027 (4 days)
- Location
- Barrydale, Swellendam, South Africa
- Sound
- live music · variety
- Crowd
- around 1,795 people
- Tickets
- €18 · 1 tier tracked
- Venue type
- Natural site
- Best nearby base
- Swellendam · 23 km · about 0 min
- On-site camping
- Four general campsite options available, including car camping.
The story
Up the Creek is a 4-day live music, variety festival at Barrydale in Swellendam, South Africa. The February 2027 edition runs 11–14 Feb 2027. It draws around 1,795 people.
Expect stages split between live music and variety.
At around 1,795 attendees it stays on the intimate side, which usually means shorter bar queues and a crowd that is there for the music rather than the spectacle. Everything happens at Barrydale, in Swellendam. Swellendam · 23 km · about 0 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site. Four general campsite options available, including car camping.
Up the Creek keeps the same calendar slot each year: February 2027 for this edition, opening on a Thursday and closing on a Sunday. It is a winter date, so indoor stages and a warm place to sleep matter more than they would in July — and off-season travel is often cheaper. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in Swellendam are priced for the festival weekend, not the week around it, so shifting your arrival by a day often saves more than any ticket tier does.
- Established in 1990
- Takes place on the banks of the Breede River
- Four general campsite options available
- Next event is from 5 - 8 February 2026
Venue, camping & access
- Venue type
- Natural site
- Best nearby base
- Swellendam · 23 km · about 0 min
- Camping
- Four general campsite options available, including car camping.
- Getting to the gates
- Wheelchair accessibility is unknown.
What the trip costs from Paris
Ticket from
not on sale yet
Return transport
€1,138
air · 16h 32m each way
Place to stay
€300
Hostel / camping · 4 nights
Total door to door
€1,438
Door to door from Paris, a trip to Up the Creek works out at roughly €1,438 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a higher-budget weekend, mostly because of the travel leg.
No ticket price is published for this edition yet, so the total below covers travel and a bed only. It updates automatically as soon as the organiser opens sales.
Cheapest travel we price is air · 16h 32m each way, at €1,138 return.
See every ticket tier and travel option →Planning the trip, step by step
- 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Up the Creek are sold in waves and the cheapest wave is gone long before the line-up is complete.
- 2Then price the travel from Paris — Cinderella compares train, bus, car and flight for the same dates, and the cheapest option is not always the obvious one.
- 3Reserve 5 nights rather than 4: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
- 4Follow Up the Creek on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.
Full line-up
Ordered as the poster reads it — headliners first, then most booked to least. Each name opens that artist's festival dates.
The organiser hasn't published the line-up for Up the Creek yet. It appears here — with a page for every artist — as soon as names are confirmed.
Past editions
Dates are the event's recurring calendar slot, so treat them as approximate — the organiser keeps the official archive.
2026
11–14 Feb 2026 (approx.)
2025
11–14 Feb 2025 (approx.)
2024
11–14 Feb 2024 (approx.)
Travel tips from Paris
- The site itself is Barrydale, in Swellendam.
- Wheelchair accessibility is unknown.
- Book a bed in Swellendam early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.
- air16h 32m · €1,138