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 Thursdayβs 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 β1985β, βHigh School Never Endsβ and βGirls All the Bad Guys Wantβ 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.
βToday, we are extremely excited and proud to have worked on building such a diverse line-up for 2018.β Says Stu Berry, Festival Director. βWe have created what we believe is our strongest main stage line-up to date, with three international performers complimented by South Africaβs top musical acts and bands.β

Acts also appearing on the main stage include some of South Africaβs 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 youβre 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 β 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; itβs 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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Bowling for Soup and Mango Groove
Bowling For Soup is a fabulous international act and my all time favorite Good Luck π
Bowling for Soup and Goodluck (so happy they back this year!!!)
Bowling for Soup and Mango Groove… what an awesome prize to win!
Bowling For Soup and my all time Favourite Mango Groove
Bowling for soup and Mango grooveare gonna be special star(s)
Bowling for Soup and Goodluck … pickmepickmepickme π
Bowling For Soup and Prime Circle π can’t wait x
Bowling for Soup and Perez
Bowling for Soup & Prime circle
Bowling for Soup and Goodluck!! ππ»ππ»πππΌ
International act – Bowling for soup and local act – Desmond and the tutus
Bowling for Soup and Prime Circle! π Have never been to Splashy – so need to tick it off my Festival Bucket List π
International – Bowling for soup.
Local – Prime Circle
International – Bowling for soup
Local – Matthew Mole
International- Bowling for soup
Local- Good Luck
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Would be amazing to go!
International Act- Bowling For Soup
Lekker Local Act- Prime Circle π€
Fingers crossed π
Napalma and Josh Wantieπ
Local en lekker:Mango Groove and Ausie attack: Pierce Brothers
Bowling For Soup & Matthew Mole! I last saw Matthew Mole at Splashy 2014 – too long ago.
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 π
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!
Bowling for soup (my favourite!!) And Mango Groove (a true reflection of SA) π 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 π
Bowling for Soup (international – Texas) & Goodluck (local – Cape Town)
Napalmaβ Brazil and Prime Circleπ€ proudly South African
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!!!!! π
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!
Bowling for soup and goodluck
Bowling for soup and prime circle
Bowling For Soup and Hot Water β
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 KZNβ€
Bowling for Soup (international)
Veranda panda πΌ ( local)
Pierce Brothers
Good Luck
Double tickets for 2 Sons would be the best Easter Gift. Thank you !
Desmond and the Tutus & Bowling For Soup ..
Want to take my teen to his first music festival <3 we are so excited!
Bowling for Soup and Goodluck! Iβd really like to go to splashy with my fiancΓ©.. would be epic!
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 ππππ€ΈββοΈππππ
Bowling for soup (my teenage heroes) and Goodluck (Jules = drools for days π)
MANGO GROOVE – LOCAL
BOWLING FOR SOUP – INTERNATIONAL
PICK ME pick me..Please Please Please.
BOWLING FOR SOUP – International act
MANGO GROOVE – Local act
#Splashy2018
Matthew mole and Bowling For Soup!!!! Super frikkin keen!!! Haven’t been to Splashy for 5 years!!!! π±π±π±
BOWLING FOR SOUP & GOODLUCK!!!! WHOOP WHOOP!!!!! Would be a great first time to go to Splashy!!!!!!!
Bowling for Soup and Rubber DUC πππ
Napalma and Desmond And The Tutus π I would absolutely love to win these for my first ever Splashy βοΈ
Looking forward to seeing Pierce Brothers and good old Mango Groove … amongst the other amazing performers. Lets get splashy!!
Bowling for Soup and Matthew Mole π
Bowling for Soup and Mango Groove ππΆπ΅
Napalma and Desmond And The Tutus π 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 βοΈ
Napalma and Mango Groove pleeeeease. My girlfriend and I want to go so badly. πΊπΊ
Bowling for soup and Goodluck!
Bowling for Soup and Matthew Mole
International act: Pierce Brothers
Local act: Rubber DUC
Pierce Brothers as international and of course our local favourites – Veranda Panda πΈβ€
International:bowling for Soup
Local:prime circle
Bowling for Soup is one of the international acts and one of my favourite local acts will be Goodluck πππ and I need all of the luck to attend my first splashy
Bowling for soup and Mango groove . Holding thumbs for myself βοΈπΌ
Bowling for soup and Goodluck
Bowling for soup and Desmond and the tutus!!! Yes please!!!!
Bowling for soup and goodluck
Goodluck is local and Bowling for soup is international
Bowling for Soup (international) and Prime Circle (local is lekker) π Please help me get to my first Splashy!
Napalma as International and I’m going local “Goodluck” ……here’s to 20 years of wanting to go to Splashy Fen!!! Pick meeeeeee!!!
Napalma and Hot Water
Bowling for soup and good luck! Iβd love to go to splashy, the lineup looks amazing.
Bowling for soup and GoodLuck! Iβd love to go to splashy, the lineup looks amazing.
Bowling for soup and Mango Groove.
Gonna be fun
Bowling for Soup and Good Luck ππΆπ₯
Pierce Brothers and Desmond and the Tutus! So so SO excited! <3
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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Desmond and the tutus – local
Bowling for soup – international
Mango groove as local
Pierce brothers as internationalππππππ
Bowling for Soup – international π³
Matthew Mole – local π€
Please this would be absolutely amazing π
Napalma as international β¨
Veranda panda πΌ
Pierce Brothers – international
Goodluck – local β¨β¨
This would truly be such a awesome experience Iβm excited to go to splashy for the first time My friend and I would love this
Bowling for Soup and Goodluck
I’ve never been to Splashy and I want this year to be my first π
I have never been to Splashy Fen before π 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!
International – bowling for soup
Local – goodluck
Would love to go and winning these tickets would help a lot
Bowling for Soup and Josh Wantie
Bowling for Soup and Desmond & The Tutus π
I would LOVE to see Bowling for Soup (International) & Mango Groove (local) live #SplashyFen2018
Pierce Brothers & Matthew Mole β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
Pierce Brothers and Mango Groove! Fingers are crossed!
International = Bowling for soup.
Local = Goodluck.
Yayee π
Bowling for Soup & Matthew Mole #SplashyFen2018 πππ
Bowling for soup and mango groove!! Would love to go π
Bowling for Soup and Matthew Mole π
Bowling for Soup and Veranda Panda πΌ
Bowling for Soup and Mango Groove
Bowling For Soup and Ard Matthews!
Bowling for Soup and Matthew Mole