Fashioning Modern Africanism

Wednesday, 26 th  January 2022   – Organisers of the highly anticipated entertainment and lifestyle gathering today announced the return of the 3 rd   annual Cotton Fest set to take place in March 2022 in Newtown, Johannesburg. Our theme for 2022 is "university and campus" and we have created our very own university of COTTON FEST campus through which the festival will offer a multi-layered university campus experience including a concert, merch, cafeteria, sport area and even lockers for you to store your personal belongings.    With the return of the class of COTTON FEST 2019 and the sophomores from 2020, together with the freshers of 2022, it’s almost time for the graduation of the Class of 2022 at The University of COTTON FEST.    Known for merging both established and upcoming South African talent,  COTTON FEST not only showcases the diversities in music while fusing the gaps within the different local current movements. With best South African artists expected to perfor

Monday, 03 rd  February 2020  – South African hiphop artist Riky Rick together with some of SA’s finest talent shut down the inner city this past weekend with over 10 000 concert goers attending his second annual Cotton Fest. Cotton Fest showcases the diversities in hip hop and other popular SA music genres through fashion and music. Ricky's pant bafwethu, flames neh and uncle Oscar cleaned up hey.  With over 100 local acts performing across 3 stages, cotton eaters came out in their numbers from different corners of the country to participate in the annual festivities.   Dj Maphorisa got the the audience craze with the Amapiano mix. This man is so talented and we shall respek The day was filled with bright colour and power sound including a performance from Riky Rick on his show stopping, first-time-seen-in-SA, elevated moving stage that had the audience in awe. Black motion's Smol was also there looking fresh. Mr Supemega looked dashing and he killed his