Plett Rage 2014 – Destination Freedom
Between 28th November and 7th December 2014, the ultimate student festival that is Plett Rage will kick off – bigger, better, louder, the end of a chapter, and the start of something new awaits South Africa’s Grade 12 learners.
As students down pens and finish the exams that will take them from teenagers to adulthood, they can look forward to experiencing some of South Africa’s hottest bands, DJ’s and activities that will definitely push the limits. The time for worrying and exam stress will officially be a thing of the past as the waves of Plettenberg Bay’s Central Beach and freedom wash over.
Plett Rage 2014 festival goers will experience the likes of DJ Fresh, PH FAT, Gold Fish, Jack Parow, Niskerone, Jeremy Loops, Pascal and Pearce, FokOffPolisiekar and Die Heuwels Fantasties. As South Africa’s longest running student festival, Ragers of 2014 will experience nothing less than an all-star cast of legendary live acts.
A structured and well-managed festival, most of the accommodation venues are within walking distance to and from beaches and shops. This year the team has upped the ante in terms of safety as it will be introducing a new taxi system linked to a 24-hour medical line. A taxi operations centre will manage the transportation of all students attending Plett Rage. Set routes will be implemented to ensure students are aware of which routes and taxis to take. Fees will be set to guarantee standardisation and the use of pre-purchased taxi coupons will be obligatory.
Ten days, six epic festival venues, amazing activations and explosive headline acts, Plett Rage 2014 will be the ultimate, life changing celebratory event for this year’s Grade 12 learners.
Check out last year’s photo gallery.
About Plett Rage
Before 2000, a handful of students used to migrate to the idyllic town of Plettenberg Bay to celebrate the end of school. This trend continued until 2000, when an opportunity was spotted to provide some level of structure and entertainment to this informal student gathering. The vision was to create an entertainment product for (and communicated to) students, and a platform for brands to reach these students.
Plett Rage, vision turned product, was born. 2000 was the first year in which some level of commercialization took place, with events happening on a Sunday night and drawing crowds of 1200 students. Since then, the platform has grown from a few events every Sunday to an institution among students. It is a rite of passage where matriculants get the opportunity to celebrate the end of an era with their friends, and as a community, gets bigger and better each year!