ATKV Franschhoek Oesfees highlights 2013

More than 5000 Cape music enthusiasts joined over 100 uniquely South African performers including Mango Groove, Emo Adams, Radio Kalahari Orkes, Die Heuwels Fantasties, Donovan Copley's Hot Water, Tribal Echo and a host of other home-grown performers at this year's sixth annual ATKV Franschhoek Oesfees. The annual event, which takes place in association with the ATKV (Afrikaanse Taal en Kultuurvereniging), took place at the Solms-Delta wine estate on Saturday 23 March. An event like few others on the South African cultural calendar, the Oesfees brings together farm workers and farm owners from the valley to kuier and vastrap, celebrating their hard work and the Cape's rich cultural heritage with traditional Boland rural music and kaapsekos. Since 2008, Solms-Delta and the ATKV have taken the traditional harvest celebration to the next level, growing it from a small event to a full house with big name performers.