Fashioning Modern Africanism

Following the announcement of Cotton Fest Durban recently, the highly anticipated music and lifestyle festival today announced the line-up for their inaugural show in the 031. Taking place on Sunday, the 2nd July at the Kings Park Stadium Outer Fields, the festival will merge both established and young emerging talents performing live across two energy packed stages. The urban music and fashion explosion aims to  showcase the diversities in various popular music genres with the aim of fusing the gaps within the different local movements. Celebrating through the culture via music, fashion and sport, the already almost sold out show will feature over 60 of South Africa’s finest young musical talent including: As always, the entertainment-filled festival will include various other lifestyle elements to keep the crowd entertained, including The Tuckshop (Retail Fashion Store featuring local brands), the Sports Arena (Skateboard) and the Cafeteria (Food Court). Other dope elements including

  OPEN MIC COMPETITION GIVES LOCAL TALENT A SPOT ON THE COTTON FEST LINEUP 60% TICKETS ALREADY SOLD   The fourth edition of Cotton Fest Joburg returns to this February. Launching with a new look and feel, and extending of the University of Cotton Fest theme, popular music festival synonymous with young culture presents The UFC Sports Club. Expanding on the music festival, the brand this year includes other elements like the Open Mic Contest, Friends Day, The Creative Programme and various Campus Activations throughout the year. Cotton Fest will be bringing the heat to the ‘game’ this year. The Open Mic Competition launched last week on social media with the Cotton Feast team ‘opened up the playing fields’ by further giving young unknown talent the opportunity to perform at the festival. From the over 500 entries received, the top 10 finalists will be handpicked to perform at a closed event in  front of a live judging panel at AMPD studio. The top 3 artists / DJ selected will get to per

All set for Saturday 04th February 2023, Cotton Fest is back for the 4th edition in Johannesburg, returning to its home at the Old Station in Newtown, early next year.         Synonymous with celebrating youth culture, this multi-layered lifestyle festival includes a full day Concert, Merch, Cafeteria and Sport Area. Merging both established and upcoming South African talent, Cotton Fest will once again showcase the diversities in music, while fusing the gaps within the different local current movements.  Featuring the hottest South African talent, Amapiano and Hiphop artists will perform across 3 stages. Tickets will be on sale at Webtickets and Pick 'n Pay outlets nationwide from this Friday  with ticket options as below: R200 Black Friday - limited tickets available R300 Early Bird - limited tickets available R350 General Access Tickets Cotton Fest  line-up to be announced closer to the festival date. For more information stay locked to our social media platforms:  Instagram: @C

  UNIVERSITY OF COTTON FEST OFFICIALLY HITS THE MOTHER CITY One of SA’s biggest culture gatherings, Cotton Fest is coming to Cape Town this summer break. Announced by festival organizers today, the first Cotton Fest Cape Town will take place at the Paarden Eiland Park on Saturday, 10th December 2022.   Created by global music and fashion icon Riky Rick, the festival exploded in popularity back in 2019 featuring over 150 artists. More than just a festival, this youth culture gathering celebrates the new wave of music, fashion and lifestyle. Mainly known for merging both established and upcoming South African talent, Cotton Fest also showcases the diversities in music while fusing the gaps within the different local current movements. Bringing the same authentic vibe to the mother city, Cotton Fest Cape Town will feature some of South Africa’s finest talent performing over 2 stages. This action packed festival will not only showcase the diversities in the different popular music genres,

Johannesburg, South Africa  – Cotton Fest organizers today announced the festival hosts and confirmed the individual Artists line-up day splits for the long awaited, two day festival taking place next week. Also announced are the five build-up events leading to the main festival.      Taking place in Newtown, Johannesburg on the 23 rd  and 24 th  April, the festival will feature some of the hottest well known and emerging South African Hip Hop and Amapiano headliners.   GET YOUR COTTON FEST TICKETS YFM’s Lula Odiba alongside renowned MTVBase Culture Squad Member Tshego Koke will host the Cotton Stage at the festival on both festival days. The Bettr and Jägermeister stages will be hosted by GenZ frontman and social media youth president Kabelo ‘Uncle Vinny’ Ndlovu as well as renowned funny man Robot Boii. Additional stage hosts include youth culture architects Zeus Omega, Christian Connor, LVee Nkosi and Dynasty.   FIVE build up events will take place across the city leading up to the h

  TWO DAY FESTIVAL CELEBRATING POPULAR SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC & FASHION PHASE TWO TICKETS GO ON SALE ON FRIDAY Having recently announced the postponement of the third annual Cotton Fest taking place over two days in Johannesburg next month, organisers of the highly anticipated festival, today confirmed the full weekend line-up. Known for showcasing the diversities in various music genres with the aim of fusing the gaps within the different local movements, this sold out weekend urban music and fashion explosion, will feature over 130 of South Africa’s finest musical talent. Taking place in central Johannesburg on the 23rd and 24th April, the festival will merge both well-known and young emerging South African artists over three ‘killer’ stages. The confirmed weekend line-up (in alphabetical order) is as follows : 031 CHOPPA 2SHOES 25K A- REECE ABIDOZA AKA AMAROTO AND BEAST BANQUES BENNY CHILL BIG ZULU BLXCKIE BOITY BUSTA 929 CANDII CASSPER NYOVEST CHAMPAGNE69 CHAMPURU MAKHENZO CH’CCO