The concept is that thousands of attendees, dressed in white, will come together to share in music, dance, performance art and visualisations, with a uniformed "colour-splash", which will take place every hour. After a minimum of three colour splashes the audience will be completely covered by the coloured powder, depicting a true rainbow nation feeling.
To date, the Colour Festival concept has taken the world by storm and successfully spread to countries such as Singapore, Germany, and the USA, with Spain, France, Switzerland and many others currently planning to host their own versions.
"We saw how ready South Africa is for such concept when we hosted the debut festival at Wavehouse, Umhlanga on Saturday, 6 April, 2013.The event had sold out (with an attendance of 6700) with us having to turn away thousands of potential festival -goers due to the space limitation at the venue. We are hosting this festival in Joburg to have the same impact as it does throughout the world - to unite youths through a mutual love of music, fun and to experience the feeling of a rainbow nation. This non-religious festival set on African soil is an amazing melting pot of cultural expression, which features artists with varying electronic dance music styles, catering to each and every musical whim and fancy. Teaming together with the Holi experience, the youths of the city will experience an unforgettable "once in a lifetime" colour splash experience," said the organisers.
The festival will boast a state-of-the-art sound, staging and lighting rig and will feature international dance music sensation Adrian Lux, who comes from Sweden. Adrian is most popularly known for his hot hit single, which is playlisted on all South African radio stations, Teenage Crime. The festival includes a total of 42 of South Africa's leading live performers, artists and DJs. Performances include: Roger Goode (5FM); DJ Fix (5FM); Lady Lea; Royal K; Mark Stent; Dirty Herz; Ryan Dent; Ricardo da Costa and South Africa's leading dub-step/drum-step producer/DJ: Grimehouse among many others.
The festival starts at 12pm, with gates opening at 11am. The colour powder is released for the first time at 1pm. At this point patrons will not be easily identifiable - the crowd will be seen as a rainbow nation. Colour tosses will then take place every hour until the sun sets, when the venue will then morph into the ultimate nightlife experience. The festival ends at midnight.
The festival is open to strictly for 18+ only - IDs and Drivers Licences are strictly required for entry.
Standard Ticket: R190 (including two packets of colour powder of your choice).
Pre-Sale Tickets sold via Quicket
Tickets will be available at the gate; however they are extremely limited and we urge festival enthusiasts to please purchase their tickets presale to guarantee their entry.
For more information, go to www.facebook.com/ColourFestivalJohannesburg
