Johannesburg,
South Africa - From the creators of H2O comes Octopia FSTVL (pronounced
"festival") – an electronic music festival with a fresh future
forward approach to event décor, production, music and expression, a perfect
paradise for house, hip hop, EDM and trance music lovers. Presented by the H2O
team who has pioneered the South African dance scene for the past 20 years,
this fest boasts nearly 70 performers and DJs - 8 of which are the finest on
the international circuit. It will take place at the well-known and well-loved
party venue - Wild Waters, in Gauteng on 8 October.
Grammy
Award-winning German DJ and producer, Paul van Dyk is the event’s main
headliner, he will be gracing the 8 Energy System - main stage. This will be
his first performance in South Africa since 2012 and one of the first after a
life threatening accident from which he ha just recently recovered. This main
arena will also feature major international acts such as Dutch superstar duo
Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano, House heavy weight Ferreck Dawn and Swiss
based Psy-trance connoisseur Liquid Soul together with the likes of Armada
Music's own South African DJ and producer, Protoculture as well as local house
music powerhouse, F.Eu (DJ Fresh and Euphonik).
The 3
Hearts Project stage, which is powered by SA’s dance floor elite; Truth
Nightclub, Electric Circus and Vimo & His Ous, will feature Berlin-based DJ
and producer, Oliver Dollar, local house DJ, Ricardo da Costa and Divas on
Decks founder, Lady Lea.
Octopus
Valley, a stage that is powered by Sunday Funk, is the place to be if you love
techno and tech house. Catch the likes of local house maverick, Jazzuelle and
Paris' own, Technasia.
The
Illusions side stage - which is powered by Household Funk & the Deep
Revival crew - presents artists like local vocal powerhouse, Timo ODV and Dutch
deep house DJ, Alex Cruz.
Over on the Bass Union stage - which is powered by Lush and
Hip Hop and High Tops – commercial house and hip-hop will be the order of the
day. Here, your hosts with the most will be DJ Warras and Morgan Beatbox. You
can expect to see DJ Switch, Sliqe, PH and more.
Nicci
Beach powers the Blame It On The Dance floor stage where you can dance to commercial
and deep house cuts courtesy of Bobstar Delux and more after 11pm. Don't miss
this after party stage.
Octopia
FSTVL promises to be an all-day event to remember. As brothers Paul & Dave
Forbes and partner Itsik Bouhbot, owners and promoters of H2O and Octopia
FSTVL, comment: “We are pushing the boundaries with this event and are putting
in a lot of effort to create something new and fresh for the SA dance scene,
focusing on décor and production for something never seen before! “
The
event is brought to you by LENOVO, in association with Svedka, Lovoka and Ice
Watches.
Catch
the wave now and buy your tickets early to avoid disappointment.
Important
information:
Octopia
FSTVL
Date: Saturday
8 October
Venue:
Wild Waters, Boksburg
Starts:
12 pm
Tickets:
Early bird general access tickets are R299 while V-VIP tickets are R1399.
Tickets
and package deals are available at http://octopia.nutickets.co.za
Links
Website:
www.octopiafstvl.com
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/Octopia-FSTVL
Twitter:
www.twitter.com/OctopiaFSTVL
Instagram:
www.instagram.com/Octopiafstvl
