The City of Cape Town has arranged a spectacular street festival to 'welcome the world to the Mother City', on the eve of the Fifa 2010 World Cup kick-off.
The event on Thursday, June 10 will include a two thousand (2 000) strong carnival parade, the switching on of special soccer-themed lights in Adderley Street, and a star-studded concert at Grand Parade, to signal Cape Town's hospitality for the World Cup kick off on June 11.
About seventeen thousand (17 000) revellers are expected to gather at the Fifa Fan Fest on the Grand Parade and another fifty thousand (50 000) in the streets of Cape Town's inner city.
The star-studded line-up caters for all tastes, and includes international crooner, Eddy Grant, and the Haindling Bavarian Band. All other performers are South African, including several new Cape Town acts.
All media are invited to join Executive Deputy Mayor Ian Neilson for the following media preview:
Date: Tuesday 1 June 2010
Time: 18:00 (6pm)
Venue: City Hall Balcony, Grand Parade, Darling Street, Cape Town
Issued by:
Communication Department
City of Cape Town
Pieter Cronjé
Director Communication
2010 Spokesman
City of Cape Town
Tel: 021 400 4592
Cell: 082 465 4965
Leonora de Souzwa-Zilwa
Events Manager
City of Cape Town
Cell: 082 658 3279
Frikkie Odendaal
Afrikom Strategic Communications
Tel: 021 423 7263
Cell: 082 577 0409