OPPIKOPPI

The 18th OppiKoppi festival runs from August 9 to 11 this year with the themed Sweet Thing, inspired by the Van Morrison song, covered by The Waterboys.

Building on the artistic direction of the last few years, the OppiKoppi team commissioned fine artist Gavin Rain, famous for his hand painted but somehow tech driven photos of people, to come up with an image to be used as source material.

Finally the team from janaandkoos.com gave the material the graphic design treatment it required to get the annual festival theme ready to be unleashed on the masses. See www.worldart.co.za

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.

Whilst the OppiKoppi team mostly discourages people to sleep during the three day dustathon, there are a few semi-civil options available. Kreef Hotel and the new campervan village as well as game farms in the surrounding areas. The festival artist line-up as well as other information is constantly updated on the OppiKoppi Facebook page. More information at www.hilltoplive.co.za