10:00 – 18:00 · Bellville Athletics Stadium. Cosplay, games, comics, food and talks, then the last Saturday of every month.
Saturday, 30 January 2027
Doors 09:30 · SAST (UTC+2)
All times SAST (UTC+2)
Bellville Athletics Stadium · Carl Cronje Drive, Bellville, Cape Town, 7530
Last Saturday, every month. Next after this: 30 JAN.
What's on
The whole first festival. Everything else is on the poster for later.
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Food, comics, capes and collectibles. Cash and card both work.
02
Two competitions on the main stage. Come as a hero people know, or bring one you designed.
03
A card tournament from 11:00 and board games all day.
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Five talks, one guest. From making a hero to being one on a Tuesday.
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The day is also a game. Sign a cosplayer, run quests, win credits.
Cosplay
One for the build, one for the bit. Both on the main stage.
Any character, any universe
Craft, accuracy and stage presence, in that order. Pre-made and handmade entries share one round, and the judges are told which is which.
Register by 10:30 on the day. Round one at 13:00.
Register interestA hero nobody has met yet
Design a hero who does not exist, then explain them in ninety seconds. Who they are, what they cost, what they would do on a bad day.
Register by 12:00. The final is at 16:00.
Register interestPrizes announced closer to the day: cash, MeyGateway credit and a prop build from MeyFoundry.
Games room
The tournament runs swiss rounds. Side tables stay open all day and there is a teacher at every one.
Tournament entry is included in the ticket. Sign up at the games desk before 10:45.
Stage
Seating is first come. Times may shift by a few minutes on the day.
Coming later
Four things we are building. Each one gets its own announcement when it is ready.
Coming later
The MeyGateway shop, on site. Capes, tees and the things you actually want.
Coming later
Cordoned and ticketed, liquor and cannabis. No public consumption.
Coming later
Video games, tournaments and a high-score wall that means something.
To be announced
The people who made the heroes you grew up on. Names soon.
Where
Carl Cronje Drive, Bellville, Cape Town, 7530. Saturday, 30 January 2027, 10:00 – 18:00.
Bellville Athletics Stadium · Carl Cronje Drive, Bellville, Cape Town, 7530
Open in mapsTickets
The ticket covers the whole day and starts you in the game with 500 MeyAgency credits.
The Superhero Festival
PriceTBA
30 JAN 2027 · 10:00 – 18:00
Bellville Athletics Stadium
Register interestPrice and platform go live together. Registering gets you that mail first, and a cosplay slot if you want one.
Before you come
Questions
No. A day pass is paid, and it includes 500 MeyAgency credits. Kids under 12 come in free with an adult.
Not announced yet. The price and the ticketing platform go live together. Register interest and you get that mail first.
Yes. That is what the market is for. Write to us and tell us what you make.
If it cannot be used as one. No metal blades, no working firearms, nothing that fires. Everything gets tagged at the gate.
Yes, until 18:00. You get a wristband at the gate, then walk straight through.
Last Saturday of the month, starting 30 January 2027. December lands on Christmas Day, so we will move that one and say so well in advance.
Register on the day at the cosplay desk. 10:30 for Open Cosplay, 12:00 for Build Your Own Hero.
Vision
Bellville Athletics Stadium, Carl Cronje Drive, Bellville, Cape Town, 7530. Doors 09:30, out at 18:00. Then the last Saturday of every month.