Virgin Festival

Virgin Festival has been postponed

The Virgin festival has been postponed to early 2009 in order to secure the international line-up that is more in line with what Virgin Festival stands for throughout the different countries. “Our criteria for a successful Virgin Festival are a great Greenfield venue, an impressive and eclectic international line-up, a huge local line-up, the [...]

2 more bands for Virgin Fest announced!

Today, The Virgin Fest has announced 2 more bands that will be rocking Cape Town and Jozi in December!
They are:

Sugababes
Goldfish

Goldfish are one of the most exciting live electronica acts in the world right now and they come from a small city on the southern-most tip of Africa, Cape Town!
Sugababes are an English pop group trio [...]

The Virgin Festival extends to Durban for 2008!

5FM and Virgin Mobile have announced that Maroon 5 and One Republic will be performing in Durban on the 14th of December as part of the Virgin Festival!
Durban has always been snubbed by other events like My Coke Fest, but this year, at least 2 of the international artists that are performing as part of [...]

Virgin Fest Bands announced!

Here are 8 of the bands and artists that will be playing at the Virgin Fest in December!

Eddy Grant
Maroon 5
One Republic
The Parlatones
Zebra and Giraffe
Jozi
Snoop Dogg
Dirty Skirts

As you can see, this is only the start! There are still a number of bands and artists that will be announced in the upcoming weeks, so stay tuned!

Welcome to the Virgin Festival Blog!

The Virgin Festival by Virgin Mobile is the world’s leading international music festival that hits our shores in December! With 18 bands, 12 hours of music and over 60 000 people expected to show up between Jozi and Cape Town, this is going to be one of the biggest music festivals in South Africa to [...]