There's a particular kind of festival regret that has nothing to do with missing your favourite DJ or losing your friends in the crowd. It's realising you've spent the last few hours dancing in the sun, barely had a sip of water and are now starting to feel the consequences. [...]
Some festivals are all about the lineup. Others put the setting and the experience on equal footing with the music. Meidum brings those elements together in a mountain valley near Robertson, where a striking pyramid stage provides the centrepiece for three days of electronic music, camping and time outdoors. Taking [...]
Summer festival season in South Africa sounds simple on paper. Sunshine, long days, good music. Then you find yourself zipped into a tent at 2am while the Cape Doctor tries to carry it to Namibia, or sprinting for cover as a Highveld storm turns the dance floor into a lake. [...]
If you've ever camped at a music festival, you'll know that there are a few rules nobody actually writes down. You learn them by watching the people around you, making a few mistakes of your own and eventually becoming the person explaining them to someone pitching their tent for the [...]
Cape Town Festival Season Is Coming: Why You Should Buy Your Tickets Early There is a particular moment in Cape Town when you know festival season is back. The days get longer, the weather starts behaving itself, the mountains lose their winter chill and suddenly those outdoor dancefloors that have [...]
There are plenty of electronic music festivals in South Africa where the objective is straightforward: arrive, find the dancefloor, listen to good music and see where the weekend takes you. Earthdance asks you to think about the gathering a little differently. Taking place from 18–20 September 2026 at Kromrivier Farm, [...]
What Actually Makes a Good Earplug for Festivals? If you've ever left a festival with your ears ringing, everything sounding slightly muffled and your mates suddenly seeming very difficult to understand, you've already had a pretty good indication that the sound was loud enough to matter. For a lot of [...]
Ask any experienced festival-goer about their favourite memories and you'll probably hear stories about incredible sunsets, unforgettable DJ sets and the friends they made somewhere between the campsite and the dance floor. Ask them about the porta-potties, though, and you'll hear a very different set of stories. Portable toilets are [...]
What’s Actually Happening in the VIP? 🧐🎟️ There is a running joke among seasoned SA jollers whenever we walk past that cordoned-off section with the white picket fencing. We’ve all seen the festival flyers promising "the ultimate premium experience," but let's look at what actually goes down behind the velvet [...]
They’re Keeping it Cooking All Through The Cold 🌧️🔥 The rain has officially settled the debate. As much as we wish the summer season could stretch on forever, the outdoor dancefloors have packed up for the year. 🍂 But the spirit of this community does not hibernate when the temperature [...]
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