Hart van Windhoek

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Hart van Windhoek
General information
place NamibiaNamibia Windhoek
genre Afrikaans : rock , pop
Website www.hartvanwindhoek.com
Visitor numbers
2010 15000
2011 17000
2012 15000
2013 10000-12000 (20000)
2014 14000

Hart van Windhoek ( German  about Windhoek's Heart ) was an Afrikaans music festival in the Namibian capital Windhoek . It was held annually between 2010 and 2014 on two days in September or October. The main sponsor was the South African magazine Huisgenoot .

history

Hart van Windhoek started in 2010 at the Wanderers Sports Ground in Windhoek-Academia . Due to the large number of spectators in the first year, it was decided to move to the Doc-Jubber hockey field in Windhoek-Olympia .

Audience development

In the first year of the event, 2010, around 15,000 fans of Afrikaans music came to the festival. In 2011 the number rose to 17,000 visitors. In 2012 around 15,000 visitors again visited the event. In 2013 the number of fans fell to 10,000 to 12,000, but according to the organizers this was up to 20,000 visitors. In 2014, 14,000 people attended the festival.

Participating musicians

Below is a selection of participating musicians at Hart van Windhoek. Up to 65 musicians and music groups took part in each festival. Many came back every year. Mostly Namibian and international musicians performed on Friday, and South African artists on Saturday. In 2011 the Irish band Westlife played as an international top act .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Thousands of fans flock to the Hart van Windhoek Music Festival. Allgemeine Zeitung, October 19, 2010, p. 6 ( Memento of May 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on May 30, 2014
  2. ↑ a b Thousands were at the music festival on the weekend. Allgemeine Zeitung, September 19, 2011, p. 8 ( Memento of May 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 30, 2014
  3. ↑ a b Duisende by Hart van Windhoek 2012. Die Republikein, September 10, 2012, accessed on Wed. 30, 2014
  4. ↑ Hart van Windhoek: Friday flop and Saturday great. Allgemeine Zeitung, September 2, 2013 ( Memento of May 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved on May 30, 2014
  5. ↑ Afrikaans music is one of them. Allgemeine Zeitung, September 6, 2013 ( Memento of May 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on May 30, 2014
  6. ↑ 14,000 visitors to the music festival. Allgemeine Zeitung, weekend supplement , weekend , p. 6
  7. ↑ Hart van Windhoek keeps getting better. Namibian Sun, September 3, 2013 ( Memento from May 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved May 30, 2014

Coordinates: 22 ° 36 ′ 16.7 ″  S , 17 ° 5 ′ 15.5 ″  E