Fashioning Modern Africanism

  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