Cotton Fest organizers today announced the festival hosts and confirmed the individual Artists line-up day splits for the long awaited, two day festival taking place next week. Also announced are the five build-up events leading to the main festival. Taking place in Newtown, Johannesburg on the 23rd and 24th April, the festival will feature some of the hottest well known and emerging South African Hip Hop and Amapiano headliners. YFM’s Lula Odiba alongside renowned MTVBase Culture Squad Member Tshego Koke will host the Cotton Stage at the festival on both festival days. The Bettr and Jägermeister stages will be hosted by GenZ frontman and social media youth president Kabelo ‘Uncle Vinny’ Ndlovu as well as renowned funny man Robot Boii. Additional stage hosts include youth culture architects Zeus Omega, Christian Connor, LVee Nkosi and Dynasty. FIVE build up events will take place across the city leading up to the highly anticipated weekend. ZANZOU DATE : Wednesday, 13 April 2022 VENUE : Zanzou, Hatfield in Pretoria TIME : Kicks off at 6pm COVER : FREE COTTON FEST X PUMA SELECT DATE : Thursday, 14 April 2022 VENUE : Dasslers, Braamfontein TIME : Kicks off at 6PM COVER : FREE DRAMA DATE : Friday, 15 April 2022 VENUE : Drama, Braamfontein TIME : Kicks off at 6pm COVER : FREE COTTON FEST MINI RAMP / BEST TRICK EVENT Hosted by professional skater Day Marumo, the day will be supported by Redbull and Oros. DATE : Saturday, 16 April 2022 VENUE : Zone 7, Pimville, Soweto TIME : 11AM – 5PM COVER : FREE ERA OF THE YANOS (Official Pre-Party) DATE : Saturday, 16 April 2022 VENUE : Venue : Great Dane, Braamfontein TIME : 5PM – 2AM COVER : R50 – R100 Phase 2 Day passes cost R300, and are available at Webtickets and Pick ‘n Pay outlets nationwide now. Book here: https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/event.aspx?itemid=1510706511 WHAT TO EXPECT AT THE FESTIVAL · THREE Live Killer Stages o Cotton Stage o Bettr Stage o Jägermeister Stage · Retail Fashion Tuckshop o Cotton Fest Merch o Limited edition clothing items · Cotton Fest X PUMA Customized Merch Station o Free customisation for all on-site purchased merch · Skate Park (hosted by Day Marumo) o Live Skating Competitions and Prizes · Half Court Basketball Area MTV Base Dance Nation Station featuring dance competition, MTV Base giveaways. Gaming area presented by Oros · Power Station Powered by Adoozy) o Power on the go – Festival goers will be able to rent a portable power bank during the festival · Cotton Fest Gaming areaFull Stocked Bars across the Venue · Cotton University Cafeteria hosted by Flying Dish · Free Wifi presented by SpotifyAND MORE For those unable to attend, the festival will be live streamed on www.live.cottonfest.co.za The confirmed day line up splits is as follows: SATURDAY, 23 APRIL 202225K ABIDOZA AKA ALFA KAT AMAROTO AND BEAST AUBREY QWANA AUDIO MARC AYANDA MVP BABY DAIZ BENNY CHILL BLXCKIE BOITY BUSTA 929 CASSPER NYOVEST CH’CCO CHAMPAGNE69 CHRISTIAN CONNOR CIZA CYE D DOUBLE D DEE KOALA DISTRUCTION BOYS DJ KAYMO DJ MEECH DR PEPPA DREAM TEAM DYNASTY ESPIQUET FELOTEE & MYZTRO FIF_LAAA GOOD GUY STYLES HORID.THE.MESSIAH INDIGO STELLA JAZZIQ JUNIOR DE ROCKA JUST MO JÄGERMEISTER BRASS CARTEL KABZA DE SMALL KELVIN MOMO KEYGEE THE VIBE KLY KP ILLEST L-TIDO AND MAGGZ LADY DU LESEDI THE DJ LULA ODIBA MA E MAGLERADOEBOY MAJOR STEEZ MARCUS HARVEY MONEY BADOO MSAKI MSHAYI & MR THELA MUSA KEYS MZU M NADIA NAKAI NASTY C OSCAR MBO PATRICKXXLEE PH PHANTOM STEEZE PRIDDY UGLY RARRI RASPY RICKY TYLER ROBOT BOII ROUGE SEAN KROSS SEMI TEE, KAMU DEE, MA LEMON SFARZO RTEE & READASOUL SHISHILIZA SIR VINCENT & DJ LOYD SIZWE ALAKINE SJAVA SKRYPT SKWATTA KAMP SOUL NATIVEZ STILO MAGOLIDE STOGIE T SUPTA TANGO SUPREME THATO SAUL TREEHOUSE REUNION TSHEGO TSHEGO KOKE TUMI TLADI TYLER ICU UNCLE VINNY VENOM WILLY CARDIAC YOUNGSTACPT YUMBS YUNGKIDDREEZY ZEUS OMEGA ZOOCI COKE DOPE SUNDAY, 24 APRIL 2022031CHOPPA 2SHOES 808SAILIE A- REECE BANQUES BIG ZULU BUZZI LEE CANDII CHAMPURA MAKHENZO CHRISTIAN CONNOR COSTA TITCH CYFRED DA CAPO DALIWONGA DJ CAPITAL DJ FAEFAE DJ LAG DJ RADIX DJ SANDISO & INFINIX DJ SLIM BLVD DJ SLIQE DJ SUMBODY DJ ZAN- D DYNASTY EDDIESOULWORLD EMTEE FLAME FRANK CASINO GEMINI MAJOR HEAVY K HERC CUT THE LIGHTS HOPEMASTA J MOLLEY KAMO MPHELA KASHCPT KHANYISA JACENI KHULI CHANA KID X KIDDO CSA KIKI X CHUCKY KING DEETOY KWESTA KWEYAMA BROTHERS LE SOUL LEEHLEZA & LOLO LEEZY LINDOKUHLE LEGENDARY CRISP LOKI LORDKEZ LUCASRAPS LULA ODIBA M.J MAS MUSIQ MASHBEATZ MELLOW & SLEAZY MOOZLIE MR X MS COSMO MUSTBEDUBZ NO COMPLY NOBANTU VILAKAZI NOTBENJAMIN OKMALUMKOOLKAT PABI COOPER PRIDDY PRINCE ROBOT BOII ROIII SCUMIE SHANE EAGLE SHEKHINAH SHOULDBEYUANG SINO MSOLO SIR TRILL SJE KONKA SLADE SOA MATTRIX SUN- EL MUSICIAN TBO THE BIG HASH THEMBA LUNACY TOSS TSHEGO KOKE TXC UNCLE PARTY TIME UNCLE VINNY UNCLE WAFFLES VINO WOBBLY WTF YAN SOLO YANGA CHIEF YOUNG STUNNA YUNGSERUNO ZAKES BANTWINI ZAKWE & DUNCAN ZEUS OMEGA ZINGAH COTTON FEST INFORMATION Date: Saturday, 23rd – Sunday, 24th April 2022 Venue: The Station (Carr Street & Nelson Mandela Bridge, Newtown, JHB) COVID Processes will apply. 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