Cape Town — Organisers of the Rocking The Daisies (RTD) festival have announced that both the Cape Town and Joburg shows will be postponed due to the storms that hit the Western Cape.
This past weekend, the Western Cape was hit by devastating storms that caused damages to houses and city infrastructures.
As such, the RTD organisers made the decision to postpone the shows.
They said the decision was made by all the correspondence teams involved to ensure maximum safety to all festivalgoers.
“This decision has been made after extensive correspondence with safety teams, suppliers, stakeholders, and city officials off the back of official statements made by the Western Cape government regarding the disaster.”
With the Western Cape being devastated by severe weather, our hearts are with the disaster management efforts currently underway across communities in the region more severely affected than our festival. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/z8WpGIS8LH
— Rocking the Daisies (@RockingTheDaisy) September 27, 2023
According to IOL, Organisers have also shown their support for those affected by the weather disaster and will be donating a percentage of all tickets retained by festival goers to the Gift of the Givers Flood Relief Fund.
RTD said they were working with all artists teams to ensure the lineup will remain unchanged, which includes Brtish rapper Stormzy and American rapper Denzel Curry, among many other headline acts.
The new dates for the shows will be 17-19 November for Cape Town and 19 November for Jobrug. RTD explained why they mad the decision to postpone both shows, even though weather only affected Cape Town.
“Our international artists make the trip to SA on the basis of two shows, both contractually and financially. We also view the shows as one weekend for our team, cross-connected suppliers and overall logistics of the event. So, delaying one and not the other is not a viable option.”
“Not only for the overall running of the festival but also as an ask for artist teams who would need to make the big trip twice on already dull calendars with multiple moving parts in extended teams.”
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Compiled by Matthew Petersen
