The South African town that has held a Bastille Day weekend festival since 1993 is **Franschhoek**.
Franschhoek lies in South Africa’s Western Cape and its name means “French Corner” in Afrikaans. The town’s French heritage is linked to Huguenot refugees who settled in the Cape in the late seventeenth century, bringing language, religious traditions, and winemaking influences.
Its Bastille Day festival combines French food, wine, music, costumes, and other entertainment. The setting is especially fitting because Franschhoek is widely associated with South African gastronomy and the Cape Winelands. The event is a local cultural festival rather than an official French national observance.
Paarl and Stellenbosch are also nearby wine-producing towns, which makes them plausible distractors. However, the long-running Bastille Day weekend tradition is specifically associated with Franschhoek.