Kultur - Issue 3

Rock the River SA New Year’s Festival
2011/12
The year is speeding
to an end and the
party season is fast
approaching – do you know
how you will be spending New
Year’s Eve 2011? How about
heading out to a kick-ass
outdoor music festival with
your friends, away from the
madness of the surging innercity
crowds?
Now in its third year, Rock the
River SA Festival continues
to provide an exciting
alternative to conventional
New Year’s Eve parties –
allowing participants to enjoy
live South African music in
an intimate, safe and natural
environment. The need for
non-mainstream, small yet
professionally-run events was
first acknowledged in 2009
and since then Rock The River
SA has grown to an annual
New Year’s event.
This year’s Rock the River
SA New Year’s Festival will
take place from December
31st to January 2nd at the
Cape Town Ostrich Ranch,
located 20 minutes’ drive
from Cape Town along the
N7, towards the West Coast.
The organisers will once again
bring along a brand new stateof-the-art
sound and lighting
rig to provide three epic
stages for the more than 100
acts expected to attend. This
includes the Main Stage, the
Electro/Dubstep/ D&B stage
and a third stage for Metal/
Goth/Hard Rock and Punk.
At present, the confirmed
acts for this year’s event
include (subject to change):
Fokofpolisiekar, Hog Hoggidy
Hog, Reburn, Half Price,
Stone Collar, The Modes (PE),
Junkyard Lipstick, CY.STR,
Jackal & Wolf , Thought Police,
Witness to Wolves, Cannon,
Smugg Juggler, Woodstock
Mafia, Signal Hill, Dustland
Express, My Flawless Ending,
Gritt (PE), Fingers in the
Sky, a DJ line-up provided by
RubaDub and Basscore, as
Axxon photo credit goes to Mike Golby
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KULTÜR
NOVEMBER 2011