Absa Kirkwood Wildsfees celebrates a festival of firsts

“A festival of firsts” is the theme for the 2013 Absa Kirkwood Wildsfees, which annually attracts more than 45 000 visitors to picturesque Sundays River Valley in the Eastern Cape.
Wildsfees firsts include being the first – and only - game auction in South Africa where disease-free buffalo from the Addo Elephant National park are for sale; the first major festival to be wheelchair friendly; one of the first South African festival to go green; and the first to host a mohair expo. It is also the first and only festival to include a mix of over 300 specialist stalls, agricultural and wildlife expos, supervised kiddies play area, “wild rides” and live entertainment. New firsts for 2013 include an “extreme fishing” tournament, a “Lang Lag Tafel where diners will savour ‘smileys’ (sheep heads) while being entertained by a comedian,” tandem skydives, and the “Loerie in die bos” rock experience.
Award winning, anthropologist, singer, songwriter, academic, activist and French knight - Johnny Clegg heads the three-day line-up of top artists from around the country. The Absa Kirkwood Wildsfees - something for everybody young and old kicks off on Friday, June 28 and will end on Sunday, June 30.
Tickets are available from the Absa Kirkwood Wildsfees office on 042 230 0064 or go to www.wildsfees.co.za for more information.