Holi Festival of Colours Cape Town

Party in all the colours of the rainbow at Sahara Park Newlands

The Festival of Yellow will be celebrated every year in collaboration with B-Well Foods, where the beauty of our Canola fields will be showcased. Find out more about The Festival of Yellow.

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The Mother City is getting ready for yet another kaleidoscopic assault of multi-coloured paint powder as the Holi Festival of Colours 2013 World Tour takes over Sahara Park Newlands on Saturday, 12 October 2013. Not to be confused with the colour runs dashing through Cape Town during the same month or the Holi One Festival, which was the first of the lot to colonise locals, this fiesta is organized by the same people who put on Germany’s original celebrations in 2012.

Otherwise though, like its counterparts, it’s also based on the large Indian festival that celebrates the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil.  As in the past, the Western take on the Hindu fiesta aims to spread a message of peace and harmony, but really, it’s mainly about the puffs of purple, yellow, red and green tainting the air in magnificent fluorescence while top local acts provide a live soundtrack for the epic jol.

Revelers can expect to get bright and wild to Mi Casa, Locnville, Roger Goode, Jeremy Loops and more as every hour, on the hour, a countdown calls on everyone to toss their powder into the sky in a vibrant explosion of colour; plus, there will be food and drink vendors to sustain the high energy levels. If the Johannesburg leg of the Holi Festival of Colours tour is anything to go by, it’s going to be a rainbow-rific jam. 

Line-up for Holi Festival of Colours Cape Town

• Mi Casa
• Locnville
• Pascal & Pearce
• Roger Goode
• Jeremy Loops
• Ryan L
• Kirsti
• Plaigarythm

Tickets for Holi Festival of Colours Cape Town

Tickets for Holi Festival of Colours Cape Town are available online via Holifestivalofcolours.nutickets.co.za/capetown, and there are three options available:

• Holi Festival ticket – standard entry with no powder included: R190p/p.
• Holi Colour Package – ticket includes standard entry and five bags of Holi coloured powder (1 bag is free): R270p/p
• Holi fan package -  ticket includes standard entry, Holi festival fan shirt and five bags of Holi coloured powder (1 bag is free): R310p/p

Coloured powder will be on sale at the festival for R20 per bag.

The party starts at 12pm, and the hourly colour countdowns kick off at 3pm.

NO: Under 18s, outside alcohol or drinks, littering, fireworks, animals, graffiti, independent sound systems, illegal substances or bad attitudes.

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Can’t get enough of the powdered paint parties? Check out the Colour Run South Africa and the Colour Me Crazy Run and Colour Festival Cape Town.

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