This past Thursday the 11th of January, 200 VIP guests were treated to a night of good vibes, great music and exciting news as Splashy Fen Music Festival event organisers, Impi Concept Events announced the Main Stage line-up for the #2018 Splashy Fen Music Festival.

With just over two months to go until the Easter-long weekend kicks off in the beautiful rolling hills of Underberg, preparations are well under way for another magical Splashy Fen experience for one and all. And Thursday’s line-up announcement did not disappoint.

The announcement marked a momentous occasion as Splashy Fen announced, with great pride and excitement, that they have secured three international acts who will be joining the line-up this year. Namely, Bowling for Soup from the USA, percussion dance act Napalma from Brazil, and from Australia, the folk duo Pierce Brothers will all be headlining at the festival.

Cheeky Texan outfit Bowling For Soup were formed in 1994 and to date have created 13 successful punk-pop albums. The Grammy nominated band have had popular hits such as β€˜1985’, β€˜High School Never Ends’ and β€˜Girls All the Bad Guys Want’ and promise to keep the energy alive at Splashy Fen this year with songs to sing and jump along to.

Australian folk duo, Pierce Brothers have taken their music from busking on the streets of Melbourne to the world. And now Splashy Fen. Fans can look forward to an irresistible energy from twin brothers Jack and Pat Pierce as they bring their multi-instrumentalists vibes and world-class live show to the stage.

Napalma is the musical inspiration born out of a fusion between Brazilian and African culture and music. Created in 2004 during a carnival in Brazil, the act has been touring and performing around the globe for the past thirteen years. This year, they make a stop in Underberg, to thrill fans with their powerful electronic dance grooves, percussion and rhythms.

In its early days, the festival genre focused heavily on folk and light folk-rock with the inclusion of black music styles, and in later years, alternative rock, and in very recent years, electro.

β€œToday, we are extremely excited and proud to have worked on building such a diverse line-up for 2018.” Says Stu Berry, Festival Director. β€œWe have created what we believe is our strongest main stage line-up to date, with three international performers complimented by South Africa’s top musical acts and bands.”

Splashy Fen

Acts also appearing on the main stage include some of South Africa’s favourites: the likes of Mango Groove, Rubber DUC, Perez, Ard Matthews, GoodLuck, Josh Wantie, Prime Circle, Matthew Mole, Desmond and the Tutus, Veranda Panda and up and coming Cape Town based band Hot Water.

The main stage line-up mixes current chart toppers like Cape Town based trio Goodluck with old school favourites from distinctly different genres such as Bowling for Soup and Mango Groove. Throw in some folk, acoustic, electro pop and rock, and you’re set for a fun-filled Easter weekend with music and entertainment to please everyone.

In its third year under new management, Splashy Fen Music Festival promises another happy experience – with a massive selection of international and local artists, top quality facilities, great family entertainment, exceptional health and security services and a new and improved venue layout; it’s the experience that makes Splashy Fen the great success that it is today.

Splashy Fen 2018 will take place over the traditional Easter weekend from the 31st of March to the 2nd of April when festival-goers will be able to experience a long weekend in the picturesque setting of Underberg, enjoying the best Splashy Fen experience to date.

Tickets are available at www.splashyfen.co.za

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We have x2 sets of double tickets to give away!

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Name x1 international act and x1 local act performing at Splashy Fen 2018 this year?

91 Comments

  • Posted January 18, 2018 12:55 pm
    by Paula Cominelli

    Bowling for Soup and Mango Groove

  • Posted January 18, 2018 12:56 pm
    by Julie Ann Kreusch

    Bowling For Soup is a fabulous international act and my all time favorite Good Luck πŸ˜‰

  • Posted January 18, 2018 1:03 pm
    by Harsha

    Bowling for Soup and Goodluck (so happy they back this year!!!)

  • Posted January 18, 2018 1:04 pm
    by Olga Thangavay

    Bowling for Soup and Mango Groove… what an awesome prize to win!

  • Posted January 18, 2018 1:09 pm
    by Nadia Hall

    Bowling For Soup and my all time Favourite Mango Groove

  • Posted January 18, 2018 1:14 pm
    by Jesse Kaplan

    Bowling for soup and Mango grooveare gonna be special star(s)

  • Posted January 18, 2018 1:16 pm
    by Tracy du Plessis

    Bowling for Soup and Goodluck … pickmepickmepickme πŸ™‚

  • Posted January 18, 2018 1:19 pm
    by Kyle

    Bowling For Soup and Prime Circle πŸ˜€ can’t wait x

  • Posted January 18, 2018 1:20 pm
    by Serisha Pillay

    Bowling for Soup and Perez

  • Posted January 18, 2018 1:21 pm
    by Charne Griffin

    Bowling for Soup & Prime circle

  • Posted January 18, 2018 1:22 pm
    by Marilese Havenga

    Bowling for Soup and Goodluck!! πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ™ŒπŸ»πŸŽ‰πŸ•πŸŽΌ

  • Posted January 18, 2018 1:29 pm
    by Ruby Hoets

    International act – Bowling for soup and local act – Desmond and the tutus

  • Posted January 18, 2018 1:39 pm
    by Quinton Dos Santos

    Bowling for Soup and Prime Circle! πŸ˜‰ Have never been to Splashy – so need to tick it off my Festival Bucket List πŸ˜€

  • Posted January 18, 2018 1:40 pm
    by Jenni Gardiner

    International – Bowling for soup.
    Local – Prime Circle

  • Posted January 18, 2018 1:47 pm
    by William Young

    International – Bowling for soup
    Local – Matthew Mole

  • Posted January 18, 2018 1:56 pm
    by Kathleen Germaine

    International- Bowling for soup
    Local- Good Luck
    β€πŸ’œπŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ’™
    Would be amazing to go!

  • Posted January 18, 2018 2:03 pm
    by cupidgirl12

    International Act- Bowling For Soup
    Lekker Local Act- Prime Circle 🀘

    Fingers crossed πŸ’•

  • Posted January 18, 2018 2:08 pm
    by Hannah Lingard

    Napalma and Josh WantieπŸŽ‰

  • Posted January 18, 2018 2:16 pm
    by Sharon van Diggelen

    Local en lekker:Mango Groove and Ausie attack: Pierce Brothers

  • Posted January 18, 2018 2:24 pm
    by Keith Dinnematin

    Bowling For Soup & Matthew Mole! I last saw Matthew Mole at Splashy 2014 – too long ago.

  • Posted January 18, 2018 2:28 pm
    by James Jooste

    This will be my first ever splashy… surprised to see the international headliner be bowling for soup but hey I’m game. And always a pleasure to see Good luck live 😍

  • Posted January 18, 2018 2:28 pm
    by Samantha Groom

    Bowling for Soup and Good Luck! My boyfriend and I would LOVE to go <3 I haven't been to splashy in 7 years so it would be AWESOME to go again. April is my birthday month so it would definitely start the month off right for me!

  • Posted January 18, 2018 2:41 pm
    by Stacey Ellis-Clarke

    Bowling for soup (my favourite!!) And Mango Groove (a true reflection of SA) πŸ˜† I have never been able to attend Splashy and my bf has gone every year since inception! Please help me fix this injustice!!! Fingers and toes and knees crossed πŸ™†

  • Posted January 18, 2018 2:42 pm
    by Catherine Hawley Schmuhl

    Bowling for Soup (international – Texas) & Goodluck (local – Cape Town)

  • Posted January 18, 2018 2:46 pm
    by Bridget Bruton

    Napalma✌ Brazil and Prime Circle🀘 proudly South African

  • Posted January 18, 2018 2:47 pm
    by Tracy Jacobs

    International act: Bowling For Soup
    Local act: Desmond And The Tutus
    PLEEEAAASE make my husband and I Winners to go to SplashyFen!
    Our dream of moving to Durban came true and we’re exploring the beautiful city. We’d love to go to SplashyFen for the very first time!!!!! πŸ™Œ

  • Posted January 18, 2018 2:48 pm
    by Tayla Pilkington

    International Act: Napalma & Local Act: Ard Matthews.

    Last year my husband (who had never been to Splashy before)
    and I decided on the Saturday that we just couldn’t miss out on this glorious
    festival so we jumped in our car and off we went.

    This year we will not be making the same mistake!

    This is an absolute must on our yearly calendar going forward and we would love to go for the whole festival this time!

    Winning tickets would be pretty incredible!

  • Posted January 18, 2018 2:54 pm
    by Alicia Kotze

    Bowling for soup and goodluck

  • Posted January 18, 2018 2:55 pm
    by Alicia Kotze

    Bowling for soup and prime circle

  • Posted January 18, 2018 2:55 pm
    by Laura May

    Bowling For Soup and Hot Water ✌

    This would be my farewell weekend before I head to the UK and I couldn’t think of a better way to spend my last weekend in KZN❀

  • Posted January 18, 2018 2:58 pm
    by Donna Peddie

    Bowling for Soup (international)
    Veranda panda 🐼 ( local)

  • Posted January 18, 2018 3:03 pm
    by Carry Paterson

    Pierce Brothers
    Good Luck
    Double tickets for 2 Sons would be the best Easter Gift. Thank you !

  • Posted January 18, 2018 3:08 pm
    by Cleo

    Desmond and the Tutus & Bowling For Soup ..
    Want to take my teen to his first music festival <3 we are so excited!

  • Posted January 18, 2018 3:11 pm
    by Martin Wing

    Bowling for Soup and Goodluck! I’d really like to go to splashy with my fiancΓ©.. would be epic!

  • Posted January 18, 2018 3:26 pm
    by Jasmine Suraya van Dyk

    Napalma and Mango Groove. Please please pick me. I’ve never been to Splashy and I’ve watched my friends and family get their tickets and being a student is rough guys! I would be the happiest Durbanite ever πŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ€Έβ€β™€οΈπŸ’ƒπŸ’ƒπŸ’ƒπŸ’ƒ

  • Posted January 18, 2018 3:38 pm
    by Shane Mustaafo Strachan

    Bowling for soup (my teenage heroes) and Goodluck (Jules = drools for days 😍)

  • Posted January 18, 2018 3:42 pm
    by Vee Nealon Burn

    MANGO GROOVE – LOCAL
    BOWLING FOR SOUP – INTERNATIONAL
    PICK ME pick me..Please Please Please.

  • Posted January 18, 2018 3:50 pm
    by Sarah Colville

    BOWLING FOR SOUP – International act
    MANGO GROOVE – Local act
    #Splashy2018

  • Posted January 18, 2018 3:52 pm
    by Kerry-Lee Venter

    Matthew mole and Bowling For Soup!!!! Super frikkin keen!!! Haven’t been to Splashy for 5 years!!!! 😱😱😱

  • Posted January 18, 2018 4:00 pm
    by Danika

    BOWLING FOR SOUP & GOODLUCK!!!! WHOOP WHOOP!!!!! Would be a great first time to go to Splashy!!!!!!!

  • Posted January 18, 2018 4:10 pm
    by Jaime Clark

    Bowling for Soup and Rubber DUC πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

  • Posted January 18, 2018 4:19 pm
    by Abby du Plessis

    Napalma and Desmond And The Tutus πŸ’ƒ I would absolutely love to win these for my first ever Splashy β˜€οΈ

  • Posted January 18, 2018 4:20 pm
    by Jacquie Bate

    Looking forward to seeing Pierce Brothers and good old Mango Groove … amongst the other amazing performers. Lets get splashy!!

  • Posted January 18, 2018 4:20 pm
    by Christo Boshoff

    Bowling for Soup and Matthew Mole πŸ˜€

  • Posted January 18, 2018 4:21 pm
    by u14039126

    Bowling for Soup and Mango Groove πŸ’ƒπŸŽΆπŸŽ΅

  • Posted January 18, 2018 4:28 pm
    by Abby du Plessis

    Napalma and Desmond And The Tutus πŸ’ƒ Desmond And The Tutus do want me to Enjoy Myself after all, which I definitely will if I win these tickets to my first ever Splashy β˜€οΈ

  • Posted January 18, 2018 5:03 pm
    by Daniel Mynarek

    Napalma and Mango Groove pleeeeease. My girlfriend and I want to go so badly. πŸ•ΊπŸ•Ί

  • Posted January 18, 2018 5:26 pm
    by Kirsty Waugh

    Bowling for soup and Goodluck!

  • Posted January 18, 2018 5:33 pm
    by SinΓ©ad Buckels

    Bowling for Soup and Matthew Mole

  • Posted January 18, 2018 6:41 pm
    by Asha Singh

    International act: Pierce Brothers
    Local act: Rubber DUC

  • Posted January 18, 2018 7:03 pm
    by Ferne Kalamer

    Pierce Brothers as international and of course our local favourites – Veranda Panda 🌸❀

  • Posted January 18, 2018 7:22 pm
    by Kristy

    International:bowling for Soup
    Local:prime circle

  • Posted January 18, 2018 7:32 pm
    by Demi Bianca Seaton

    Bowling for Soup is one of the international acts and one of my favourite local acts will be Goodluck πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒ and I need all of the luck to attend my first splashy

  • Posted January 18, 2018 7:40 pm
    by Kate Norman

    Bowling for soup and Mango groove . Holding thumbs for myself ✌️🌼

  • Posted January 18, 2018 8:14 pm
    by Russell Warwick

    Bowling for soup and Goodluck

  • Posted January 18, 2018 8:50 pm
    by Ruhan Venter

    Bowling for soup and Desmond and the tutus!!! Yes please!!!!

  • Posted January 18, 2018 9:01 pm
    by Nathan Roetz

    Bowling for soup and goodluck

  • Posted January 18, 2018 9:04 pm
    by Gerrie Booyens

    Goodluck is local and Bowling for soup is international

  • Posted January 19, 2018 6:58 am
    by Kerryn Rae Hugo

    Bowling for Soup (international) and Prime Circle (local is lekker) πŸ™‚ Please help me get to my first Splashy!

  • Posted January 19, 2018 7:12 am
    by Mandy Brockbank

    Napalma as International and I’m going local “Goodluck” ……here’s to 20 years of wanting to go to Splashy Fen!!! Pick meeeeeee!!!

  • Posted January 19, 2018 8:13 am
    by Sonja Lisa Pithey

    Napalma and Hot Water

  • Posted January 19, 2018 8:13 am
    by Gavin Basdeo

    Bowling for soup and good luck! I’d love to go to splashy, the lineup looks amazing.

  • Posted January 19, 2018 8:16 am
    by thirushan pillay

    Bowling for soup and GoodLuck! I’d love to go to splashy, the lineup looks amazing.

  • Posted January 19, 2018 5:13 pm
    by Ryan Burgess

    Bowling for soup and Mango Groove.
    Gonna be fun

  • Posted January 19, 2018 6:16 pm
    by Sheldon Botha

    Bowling for Soup and Good Luck 😜🎢πŸ”₯

  • Posted January 22, 2018 9:44 am
    by Kirsten Jenna Lee

    Pierce Brothers and Desmond and the Tutus! So so SO excited! <3

  • Posted January 22, 2018 12:06 pm
    by Kate Norman

    Bowling for soup and Mango Groove . Please please pick me. I would give anything to go to splashy. I will wear a shirt evry day with your banding on if i can go……….

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      by Durbanite

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      • Posted January 25, 2018 9:52 pm
        by Kate Norman

        Does this mean what I think it means …..or are you wanting me to mail you for the logo πŸ˜€πŸ˜€

        • Posted February 8, 2018 10:03 pm
          by Kate Norman

          Tried to email twice no response 😒

  • Posted January 22, 2018 11:04 pm
    by Jordyn mcfarland

    Desmond and the tutus – local
    Bowling for soup – international

  • Posted January 23, 2018 6:51 am
    by Fern browning

    Mango groove as local
    Pierce brothers as international😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • Posted January 23, 2018 6:53 am
    by Fern browning

    Bowling for Soup – international 🎳
    Matthew Mole – local 🎀

    Please this would be absolutely amazing 😍

  • Posted January 23, 2018 6:55 am
    by Fern browning

    Napalma as international ✨
    Veranda panda 🐼

  • Posted January 23, 2018 6:57 am
    by Fern browning

    Pierce Brothers – international
    Goodluck – local ✨✨

    This would truly be such a awesome experience I’m excited to go to splashy for the first time My friend and I would love this

  • Posted January 24, 2018 2:00 pm
    by Claire Tramontino

    Bowling for Soup and Goodluck

    I’ve never been to Splashy and I want this year to be my first πŸ™†

  • Posted January 28, 2018 7:47 am
    by Bianca Hauser

    I have never been to Splashy Fen before πŸ™ and promised myself that this would be the year I would do all the things never done before. Try and explore new things is the name of the game! An awesome International Act includes Bowling for Soup and locally we can look forward to Goodluck! EEk would love to win!

  • Posted January 28, 2018 5:54 pm
    by Zane Saayman

    International – bowling for soup
    Local – goodluck

    Would love to go and winning these tickets would help a lot

  • Posted February 1, 2018 9:05 pm
    by Jenni Gardiner

    Bowling for Soup and Josh Wantie

  • Posted February 5, 2018 11:41 am
    by Cara Michelle Stirton

    Bowling for Soup and Desmond & The Tutus 😍

  • Posted February 13, 2018 7:13 pm
    by Sharne Mey

    I would LOVE to see Bowling for Soup (International) & Mango Groove (local) live #SplashyFen2018

  • Posted February 14, 2018 12:37 am
    by ChantΓ© victor

    Pierce Brothers & Matthew Mole ❀️❀️❀️

  • Posted February 22, 2018 1:41 pm
    by Alice Draper

    Pierce Brothers and Mango Groove! Fingers are crossed!

  • Posted March 5, 2018 5:39 pm
    by Mel

    International = Bowling for soup.
    Local = Goodluck.
    Yayee πŸ™‚

  • Posted March 12, 2018 8:30 am
    by Courtney Boswell

    Bowling for Soup & Matthew Mole #SplashyFen2018 πŸ’ƒπŸ’ƒπŸ’ƒ

  • Posted March 12, 2018 8:37 am
    by Nicole

    Bowling for soup and mango groove!! Would love to go 😍

  • Posted March 12, 2018 8:47 am
    by Mireesha Narsai

    Bowling for Soup and Matthew Mole 😁

  • Posted March 12, 2018 8:51 am
    by James Matthew Lait

    Bowling for Soup and Veranda Panda 🐼

  • Posted March 12, 2018 9:04 am
    by Serisha Pillay

    Bowling for Soup and Mango Groove

  • Posted March 12, 2018 1:05 pm
    by Catherine Hawley Schmuhl

    Bowling For Soup and Ard Matthews!

  • Posted March 13, 2018 7:37 pm
    by Caylan Carey

    Bowling for Soup and Matthew Mole

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