This year’s 4U Rage Festival is set to be the best ever, with 80 000 Ragers expected to descend on Umhlanga, Ballito, Durban and Plettenberg Bay to celebrate the end of their exams and the beginning of freedom. Expect prizes, entertainment and a smashing DJ line-up, compliments of 5FM!
Vodacom 4U, BlackBerry and South Africa’s loudest brand G&G Productions will be hosting the craziest 2½ week-long party of pure outrageous action, all happening from the 25 November until the 10 December. Greg Walsh, Managing Director of G&G Productions says, “Rage is about reaching out to our fans, listening to what they want and then delivering back the largest, loudest and most engaging event experience of their lives.”
It all began back in 2001 with only 8 000 Ragers and exploded to a roaring 65 000 attending in 2010. “This year we are going large and are expecting numbers to reach well over 80 000! This is undoubtedly South Africa’s largest youth festival,” said Walsh.
As G&G tradition stands, the DJ lineup becomes bigger and better every year. Renowned 5FM DJs Euphonik, Fresh, Roger Goode, Gareth Cliff, Erica Elle, DJ Kent and Milkshake will be taking 4U Rage Festival by storm, as they each feature between 3 and 8 times over the 2½ weeks. Adding further flavour to the mix are Spindoctor, Pascal and Pearce, Niskerone, Vumar, Justin Miller, Royal K, Ready D and Gareth Devore; as well as Rage resident DJs Mo & Dunn, Yaron, Gio, Garth, Blair, Graeme, and Clint.
The massive and always eagerly anticipated 4U BlackBerry concerts will be hosting live performances by SA’s finest bands including Prime Circle, Good Luck, Locnville, Jax Panik, Lonehill Estate, P.H. FAT, I-Scream and Chocolate, Jack Parow and Die Heuwels Fantasties. There are two concerts in each of Plettenberg Bay and KZN.
Stimorol are also up to something huge in this, their third year of thumping 4U Rage Festival partnership. Ragers can look forward to 2 of the quirkiest nights at Rage this year as Stimorol take their brand Infinity to a whole new level of huh?!?
The 4U BlackBerry Rage squads will be roaming the streets giving away incredible prizes, from 200 BlackBerry handsets and 20 BlackBerry PlayBooks to flips in aerobatic planes, bungee swings off the Moses Mabhida Stadium and fully-catered yacht parties for 20 people at a time.
And the fun continues… The Amazing Race powered by Vodacom 4U and mapped by BlackBerry will take place in Umhlanga on 2 December, Ballito 3 December and Plett 8 December and will be open to all Rage-goers for entry. 40 teams per region will go head to head to win one of Rage 2011’s hottest take-homes, a BlackBerry Playbook. Entries at www.ragefestival.co.za.
Through all of the excitement, safety is paramount. “G&G Productions is dedicated on all fronts, working with the council, fire, police as well as the various municipal health and safety, and risk management departments to ensure the safety of all attendees during the Festival, says Financial Director and Safety Officer of G&G Productions, Bruce Hurley.
“The safety of our Rage-goers is extremely important and as such drinking and driving is strictly prohibited. G&G Productions has provided a safe and efficient, well-branded shuttle system to ensure that Ragers can get to all the hottest parties and ultimately, safely back home. Each trip costs approximately R10 to R30.”
4U Rage Passports are now selling fast as Rage Agents assigned at over 270 schools nationally spread the word and get the year-end celebrations into full swing. Rage Passports are a prepaid, easy access pass into all venues and hot spots under the 4U Rage Festival banner. There are four types of 4U Rage Festival Passports available: VIP Platinum Passport (R1 300), Ballito Passport (R650), Umhlanga Passport (R900) and Plett Rage Passport (R650).
With all Passports, Ragers can look forward to discounts at many fast food outlets, restaurants, bottles stores, clothing stores and activities in each region. Depending on the Passport purchased, holders gain access to up to 42 events in the region. The super exclusive Passports are available from R600 to R1 300 at schools and Vodacom 4U stores nationwide.
More info at www.ragefestival.co.za.