MUSIC: White Mountain Folk Festival
IF you want to get away from it all and chill out in a superb mountain setting while listening to acoustic performances by some of the country’s top artists, then look no further than the annual White Mountain Folk Festival.
Running from 24 to 27 September, this intimate, family-friendly festival is held at White Mountain Lodge near Giant’s Castle in the beautiful Central Drakensberg region of KwaZulu-Natal, only 34km from Estcourt on tarred roads and 200km from Durban.
On offer is a four-day programme of laid-back acoustic music, as well as a wide choice of outdoor leisure activities, arts and crafts, a beer market and assorted food stalls. Festival-goers can also make full use of the lodge’s facilities, including a restaurant, pub, games room, swimming pool and satellite TV.
Check out the following video of last year's festival to get a good idea of what you can expect...
White Mountain Festival 2008
How much are the tickets? I'm keen! (I hear you shout). Early Bird tickets are now on sale at Computicket for just R350, which is a saving of R150 on the gate price. This offer is limited to 500 tickets only, so make sure you get in early. Children under 12 pay R50. The price includes camping in the newly graded and grassed festival campsite overlooking the dam.
White Mountain
If you’ve ever been to Splashy Fen before, the White Mountain Festival is basically a smaller, more acoustic-sounding version. However, because of it smaller numbers, it is far more organised, controlled and comfortable – making the whole outdoor experience that much more enjoyable.
Now in its fourth year, White Mountain has quickly become a firm favourite on the events calendar and is perfectly timed to coincide with Heritage Day and the start of the school holidays. The line-up is currently being finalised and will be announced shortly.
For more information, visit www.whitemountain.co.za
or contact Pedro at 082 892 6176.
Click here to see the 2009 video:
White Mountain Folk Fest 2009
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THINK of a band or solo performer that instantly brings to mind a personal highlight from the memorable history of SA’s longest-running music festival and chances are they’ll be on the roster at Splashy Fen in Underberg this Easter weekend, 9 - 13 April..jpg)
Syd Kitchen is perhaps the most recognisable of all contemporary local musicians, plus he hasn’t missed a single Splashy Fen since the first, pioneering gathering in October 1990.
Nibs van der Spuy is another maestro with deep Splashy roots, who has performed at an amazing 11 festivals thus far, either in a solo capacity or as an integral part of former bands, Plagal Cadence and Landscape Prayers. He described the idea of sharing a stage with other pioneering musicians, many of whom he hasn’t seen in a long time:
Miriam Backhouse harks back to the earliest days and has played at over 10 festivals since then. The former is an icon of the UK’s folk renaissance during the early 70s, whose enduring popularity led in recent years to the CD release of her ultra-rare first album, supported by regular UK tours and opening doors to a whole new audience.
Shawn Phillips will be gracing the Splashy stage for the second time. The 66-year-old Texan globetrotter who currently lives near Port Elizabeth has accumulated an enormous worldwide fan-base and catalogue of albums since releasing his first long-player in 1965.
MC-in-chief will be the somewhat outlandish Dorien du Toit, who stamped his particular brand of humour on the festival and will be remembered by many Splashy veterans for his eight stints during the 90s.
