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Here’s everything you need to know about Rage Fest 2018


Johannesburg - More than 15 000 youth from across South Africa and other parts of the world will head to Ballito and Umhlanga in KwaZulu-Natal for eight days and seven nights of beach, sun, fun, parties, music and making new memories.

Now in its 14th year, Rage Festival is introducing several firsts for what is already one of the most innovative festivals of its kind in South Africa. 

G&G Productions, the creators of Rage Festival, continue to add to the festival’s extensive calendar, activities and schedule, creating an even more immersive and incredible experience for Ragers.

HERE’S A TASTE OF WHAT LAST YEAR’S FESTIVAL WAS LIKE: 

HERE'S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL: 

TICKET AND VENUE INFORMATION: 

Festival mega-venue, Sound Factory, is the “home of Rage Festival” and hosts the main parties, stages and line-up. You can now buy Sound Factory tickets for individual nights on 1, 3, 5 and 7 December for only R300 per night. Or get a group of friends together and buy three tickets and get one free. You can buy tickets here. 

THE LINE-UP:

This year’s Sound Factory line-up includes phenomenal international and local talent across multiple stages, sure to produce power sets and pumping beats for the thousands of partiers. Some of the names on this year’s line-up include: Nervo (Australia), Black Coffee, Nasty C, Jeremy Loops, Riky Rick, Mandragora, Township Rebellion (Germany), Timo ODV, Shekhinah, Goodluck, Trancemicsoul and many more.

RAGE FESTIVAL CAMPING:

This year sees the first-ever Rage Festival Camping option, opening up a whole new way to experience festival life; whether you want to bring your own or glamp it up, there is an option for you. Situated next to The Sound Factory in Ballito, Rage Festival Camping amenities include free hot showers (during shower hours), toilets, food and beverage vendors, free shuttle services to the Samsung Superclub, mobile charging stations, a sunset deck with a bar, free water refill stations – and most importantly it’s only 200m from The Sound Factory.

Camping needs to be purchased along with Rage Festival Passports. To find out more, visit here.  

FOR EVERYONE WHO LOVES THE CLUB:

Rage Festival partner, MTV, will be taking over the clubs every night at the Samsung Superclub, Crush Night Club and Raffles. The artists on the Rage Festival Red Square Bass Bin stage at The Sound Factory are also presented in association with MTV. These include: Riky Rick, Nasty C, Shekhinah, Distruction Boyz, Shane Eagle, Chrizz Beatz, J Molley, Vin Groovin, Sliqe, Patrickxxlee and The Big Hash.

BALLITO CABLE SKI PARK:

What’s a festival without a little bit of adventure? Get your energy up before you party all night long at the Ballito Cable Ski Park, a first for Rage Festival. Situated on a lake in the Sound Factory complex, the Ballito Cable Ski Park offers wakeboarding, paintball, fly boarding, BMX dam jumping, stand-up paddle boarding, knee boarding and catching some sun.


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