Have you ever heard concerning the Kultura Competition taking place in Durbanville? This inaugural occasion marks Durbanville’s 200-year historical past. Held from June 20 to 27, 2025, it highlights music, theatre, comedy, and native traditions at Curro Durbanville Excessive Faculty.
The lineup contains Marc Lottering, Barry Hilton, Early B, and Sandra Prinsloo. Public talking and band competitions are additionally featured. A wine pageant that includes high native estates provides to the expertise.
CELEBRATING DURBANVILLE
Naturally, the small city of Durbanville is abuzz with the prospect of this pageant of their city’s honour.
Deon van Zyl Challenge Lead for the Kultura Competition, Curro Durbanville Excessive Faculty
Van Zyl mentioned: “Bringing a tradition pageant to Durbanville is sort of thrilling. Durbanville is an space wealthy in tradition, with an array of performers and artists making it their residence. Moreover, there are lots of faculties within the space with culture-rich programmes, so it’s positively in our blood.”
A STAR-STUDDED LINE-UP AT KULTURA FESTIVAL
They’ve compiled a programme that can cater to all kinds of individuals, starting from severe drama to rap music.
“From severe drama, with the acclaimed Sandra Prinsloo in ‘Kamphoer’ on Friday, 20 June, three unbelievable comedy acts on the Saturday with fantastic names like Marion Holm, Marc Lottering and Barry Hilton.
“We’re enthusiastic about Early B and DJ Vega on Tuesday, 24 June, after which ending the pageant off with a highschool Band Battle the place Francois van Coke will probably be our predominant decide. Francois and his band will even be performing as visitor artists.”
Van Zyl is especially excited to introduce a brand-new present, which was particularly created for the pageant.
“On Sunday, 22 June, the Cape City Philharmonic Youth Orchestra will probably be performing with the well-known singer, Zanne Stapelberg, in a manufacturing entitled Symphony and Track.
“They are going to be performing music from well-known musicals, operas and films to entertain viewers members of all ages.”
AN ARTISTIC ODE TO DURBANVILLE
Having been raised in Durbanville, Van Zyl has an immense affinity for his city.
“Rising up in a culturally wealthy space, similar to Durbanville, is what impressed me to be within the performing arts myself and to turn out to be a trainer.
Durbanville has a wealthy cultural heritage, and the pageant seeks to pay homage to this tapestry of creeds and outlooks.
“Not solely does tradition type an awesome a part of our heritage in Durbanville, however we’re surrounded by wine farms, which can also be a big aspect of the city’s tradition. That’s the reason we aren’t solely bringing tradition to the pageant, but in addition a wine pageant in the course of the first weekend of the pageant.
“Twelve wines in our space will show their greatest wines, and guests will be capable of purchase a tasting ticket on the door to then style these delectable wines.”
The range of his neighborhood is a focus for this occasion.
“As a faculty, Curro Durbanville Excessive Faculty desires to create an area the place anybody and everybody can expertise and have a good time tradition and to carry the neighborhood nearer collectively.
IN THE NAME OF ENJOYMENT
The primary factor Van Zyl hopes you are feeling on the pageant is an awesome sense of enjoyment.
“Be it watching Marc Lottering telling his insanely humorous tales of his life, or dancing to the rhythm of Early B’s music. We hope that the pageant goers will take pleasure in themselves a lot that they are going to come again subsequent yr.”
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