Off the Grid Festival set to rock the West Coast
THE annual Off the Grid Music Festival, an outdoor summer event set on a beautiful organic farm, will be held at Camphill Village, on the West Coast, tomorrow.
The festival is a fund-raising event to assist the farm, home to intellectually disabled people, in becoming more sustainable as an organic organisation. The line-up of diverse musicians promises a bit of everything: rock, hip hop, Afrofunk, pop, traditional and electronic.
The festival starts at 3pm and the bands and artists that will be performing are Radio Kalahari Orkes, The Kiffness, The Steezies, Stone Jets, Bootleggers, Cape Philharmonic Youth Wind Ensemble and DJ Jake Wildheart.
Camphill Village managing director James Sleigh said: “This is our fourth music festival and we are thrilled with our line-up. This year we want to focus on making it an environmentally sustainable event.”
George Kirkinis, of The Steezies, said: “Camphill Village’s ethos to cultivate spaces that are integrative as opposed to exclusionary, and sustainable rather than exploitative, is entirely in line with our spirit as a band. This attitude informs the music we make. For Camp-hill village, this manifests itself in a working community of otherwise largely disenfranchised people.
“Off the Grid Festival and The Steezies are a great match because, although our methods are different, our goals are aligned.”
The Bootleggers vocalist T-leaf Porter said that The Bootleggers have been involved in the Off the Grid Music Festival since its inception four years ago.
“We think it is a fantastic way to raise funds to support the amazing work carried out by Camphill Village.”
Along with these green event initiatives, there will also be art installations, a Camphill market, kids safe zone and entertainment area, SAB tent and a variety of food stalls.
Tickets at Webtickets, selected Pick n Pay stores and through janine@camphill.org.za. Free camping spots available for festival goers that would like to stay over. Ticket prices: Adults R220, 12 to 18 years R110 and children under 12 free.