Bushfire festival: what you need to know
Tonight music
Friday afternoons and evenings in previous years. Please do not forget your passport.
Kids
Open on Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 6pm, the MTN Bushfire’s Kidzone offers a safe and secure environment with 24-hour security and first-aid provided throughout the festival weekend. It is compulsory for all kids to be accompanied by parents into the zone and registered to make sure they are accounted for. No child is allowed in or out of the space without a wristband and all parents are compelled to provide their contact details upon entry.
There will be trained child minders assisting in looking after everyone in the kid zone.
Park n Ride
MTN Bushfire’s Park and Ride system offers shuttles to and from the festival site and various pickup/drop-off points. This system will commence on tomorrow and run for the duration of the festival, operating along the MbabaneMalkerns-Manzini corridor.
The pick-up points are: Mbabane (The Mall – outside Harvey World Travel), Ezulwini (The Gables – outside Spur) and Manzini (The Hub – outside SwaziNet)
Shuttles will operate on an hourly basis to and from the festival, starting at 5pm tomorrow, running until 3am. On Saturday, the service will run from 10am to 4am and on Sunday from 10am to 7pm. The cost of the shuttle is E20 per trip. South African rands are accepted.
Some Do’s & Don’t’s
Any bags brought into the event will be searched upon entry.
The following items are prohibited and will not be allowed into the venue: Weapons, explosives, firearms, glass bottles, aluminium cans, hazardous and breakable materials, fireworks, lasers, flash lights and anything else that can interfere with the artists. Professional DSLR, recording devices, video equipment that have not been pre-approved
At the artists’ request, all unauthorised recordings will be prohibited. (Illegal filming and/ or recording will result in legal actions.)
No pets
No illegal drugs of any kind allowed in the festival or camp sites. You will be prosecuted.
Camping gear will only be allowed into the camp site with a valid camping ticket. Flags that are used to identify your group may be brought in.