Sweet Thing theme chosen for OppiKoppi 18

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Building on the artistic direction of the last few years the team then commissioned fine artist Gavin Rain, famous for his hand-painted - but somehow tech-driven - photos of people, to come up with an image to be used as source material (www.worldart.co.za we'll be posting more on Gavin's work in the next few days ). Finally the team from janaandkoos.com gave the material the graphic design treatment it required to get the annual festival theme ready to be unleashed on the masses. Lots of tricks and options in the months ahead.

OppiKoppi has texture (which is often lost on newbies). The best way to get the full experience is to join the cult community on one of the social media platforms to get you speeded up, or down. If you are friendly, creative, energetic and like tunes, you don't need any additional guidance from us and can arrive as you are (with a spade). For the non-energetic: the Facebook and Twitter pages carry almost daily updates with information on artists, art, schemes, tricks, savings, competitions and low-cost funeral plan strategies. You can also help shape the final line-up.

Ticket discount from Standard Bank

Tickets are released in batches as they have different promotional value. The next batch of tickets will go on sale early April (please check in on Facebook for full details). Tickets are roughly R700 on the OppiKoppi Facebook page (or R750 on www.ticketbreak.co.za , but Standard Bank youth portal has indicated that they will subsidise every single ticket bought from their portal (www.standardbank.co.za/studentachiever) to the value of R150, so you pay no more than R600. (We think you should support the people who support the tunes).

Whilst the OppiKoppi team mostly discourages people to sleep during the three-day dustathon, there are a few semi-civil options available. Information on the Kreef Hotel, campervan village (new), and game farms in the surrounding areas will be on the Facebook page soon.

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