The Hipnotik Music
Festival which is hosted at House On Fire (Malkerns, Swaziland). It is an event
aimed at celebrating the rapid growth of the Hip Hop culture in Swaziland and
the Southern African region. The event’s primary target audience is the youth
of the Kingdom, as well as neighboring countries.This is no ordinary event, Hipnotik is a platform
for the Swazi youth to not only be exposed to the hip hop scene outside of the
country but also be able to interact or even share the stage with some of their favorite international hip hop artists.
The festival is aimed at inspiring and motivating
the youth to dare to dream and have the courage to persevere to make a career
out of their musical passion. The nascence of the hip hop movement in Swaziland
gives hope to the individuals that do not conform to the mainstream
idea of success being a white collar job. At this crucial development stage,
the aspiring hip hop artists need to be given a platform to showcase their art. Hipnotik is the only youth event that provides such a platform at such a large scale in the Kingdom. The
show has given about 10 Swazi artists the opportunity to share the stage with
some of the biggest names in the hip hop scene so far.
Hipnotik also has beneficiaries in various local
commercial business entities including hospitality, tourism, FMCG and
entertainment businesses within the Kingdom.
Companies that have worked with Swazi Jive in
making Hipnotik Music Festival a success include:
•House On Fire (Swaziland’s leading cultural and
events venue)
• Swaziland Beverages (a company that encompasses the production,
marketing, sales & distribution of Beverages in Swaziland.)
• Happy Valley
(Luxury hotel in the Ezulwini Valley,Swaziland operated by Status Hotels)
•
Debonairs Pizza Swaziland (A leading pizza restaurant franchise in Africa)
[Official Ticket Outlet]
• Home & Office (Office material printers and
suppliers)
• And most recently added Yebo Art Reach as our Corporate Social
Investment.
Here is a timeline for our roll out plan to make
catching up easy:
• Tuesday 30th April, we unveiled the first
international artist: PRO Linda Mkhize, also known as 'ProKid. The second artist to which was revealed on the 4th May - RED BUTTON.
Pro
The next artists we revealed on the 11th of May
was a group - Cashtime Fam! Cashtime Fam consists of Five members namely,
Smashis, Kid-X and the award winning members of Teargas who are, K.O, Ntukza
and Ma-E. We are confident that Kid-X and Smashis will be with us during
Hipnotik 2013 but the teargas members might have other commitments (We will
definitely keep the Hipnotik fans updated).
Cashtime Fam
The final South African acts to be revealed
on the 17th of May were; Kwesta (Mr Cool) & The Repertoires (Running
With The Reps). These are the last South African performers to
be added to the already star studded line up.
Kwesta and The Repertoires
The aim for this year is to exceed all
expectations people have for "Swazi shows" and we believe we are
on the right track with these additions to the line up. Kwesta the
Boomshakalaka hit maker is very excited about performing in the kingdom
and he will be traveling with "Cashtime fam" to join the Swazi
Jive team days before the festival. The Repertoires made an unofficial appearance
at the 2012 Hipnotik Festival but they still managed to attract
a large crowd. We are happy to have them on the line up as main acts this year.
We plan on choosing
one deserving dance crew from Swaziland to hang out with the
Repertoires in order to learn from them during the course of the
festival. All dance crews interested in participating / performing
can email manager@swazijive.com
One of the Hipnotik youth festival's main
objectives is to place deserving local artists on the same stage as
international artists to prove that our own artists have as much talent as the
performers we tend to look up to. Swazi entertainment promoters & corporations
are responsible for organizing our industry in a way that will allow local
talent to be strive after initially being recognized. This year's The Hipnotik Youth Festival is providing this
platform yet again and the headlining artists representing Swaziland are Psycho
lution, Qibho Intalektual & award winning DJ/Producer Tendaness. Swazi Jive will also be introducing an artist
dubbed "Mnandi" during the festival. Tendaness will be headlining the pre-party for VIP
guests the night before the festival which will be his first performance in the
kingdom over the past year.
DJ Tendaness
There are very exciting artists lined up beyond
the headlining acts which include Kena, Mageez, Ghetto Villah
amongst the artists representing Manzini!
Tickets are now available at Spur Ezulwini. You can also call 76809260 / 7619 2770 / 7622 5282 to reserve/ order your tickets. E150 General Pre-Sale • E180 @ the Door • E400 VIP, includes access to VIP Exclusive Pre-Party the night before the event and access to VIP Parking on the night of the event.
**Those interested in renting stalls should contact
Sakhile Nkhambule on 7622 5282 / manager@swazijive.com
Press Release by: Mvuyo (@MvuyoSD on Twitter)
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