It is just nice to know that after all these years there does seem to be a certain almost base level naturalistic understanding of the annual OppiKoppi equation:
But: truth be told (as is not often its wont in the greater Northam district municipality), not even the OppiKoppi family had the idea that the small bar fracas presented in 1994 with Koos Kombuis and Valiant Swart would lead to a festival. And everything which came after that was either completely intentional or unintentional, depending on the reporting officer. Mostly though there was an almost existential drive to have a good time: Lots of tunes with lots of volume for as long as anyone cares to keep standing - and that dedication and verve seemed to have found fertile soil in thousands upon thousands of music pilgrims. Too much tunes were always just enough.
For anyone on the inside or immediate outside of the South African music machine it is unbelievable that the good ship OppiKoppi chartered stormy (and at 4am in the small bar, very stormy) waters to reach 15 years of absolute music overload to a militant base tune denizens.
We think that is worth celebrating: and will do exactly that.
So forgive and forget and hug the next gendarme whose Phendinkus you stumble upon or over. Good times seems determined to stick around and especially at the Republic of OppiKoppi.
You can expect much more information on OppiKoppi 15, Smoorverlief in weeks ahead.
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Tickets are available at www.tunegum.co.za for R400 (including all service fees). Be sure to visit www.oppikoppi.co.za for up-to-date information on news, the line-up and much much more. And with the steadfast support of our friends at Levis® the first 2000 online tickets sold from the Oppikoppi website will receive a pre-fest limited edition Levi's® OppiKoppi t-shirt.
