OPPIKOPPI 18

Taking its title from the Van Morrison song, Sweet Thing, this year’s Oppikoppi Festival takes place from August 9 to 11 in the Limpopo Province, in the bushveld near the mining town of Northam.

Having grown over the past 18 years from its initial rock music focus, Oppikoppi now hosts a wide range of genres from jazz, world music, house music, acoustic and comedy. International acts appearing on multiple stages alongside the main programme of South African bands.

Facebook and Twitter pages carry almost daily updates with information on artists, art, schemes, tricks, savings, competitions and low-cost funeral plan strategies. Facebook also carries information on tickets which are released in batches as they have different promotional value.

Tickets are roughly R700 on the OppiKoppi Facebook page (or R750 on www.ticketbreak.co.za, but Standard Bank youth portal has indicated that they will subsidise every single ticket bought from their portal (www.standardbank.co.za/studentachiever) to the value of R150 (therefore you pay no more than R600.)

“Whilst the OppiKoppi team mostly discourages people to sleep during the three day dustathon, there are a few semi-civil options available,” say the organisers. “Kreef Hotel, campervan village (new), game farms in the surrounding areas. All this information will be on the Facebook page.”

More information at http://www.oppikoppi.co.za/