Riky Rick launches Cotton Fest’s 2020 artwork
JOBURG – The date and venue for the 2020 second annual Cotton Festival have been confirmed.
Following an announcement in August about the second annual Cotton Fest, festival founder and curator Riky Rick together with his team launched the festival’s highly anticipated artwork.
The 2020 edition is taking place on 1 February at The Station in Newtown.
The festival follows a successful interest and culture created last year. The focus has since been placed on the creation of new and improved artwork for next year.
According to the Cotton Fest organisers, the team realised the logo’s popularity within the sub-culture when various graffiti pieces popped up in and around Johannesburg.
Young stylistas adapted the merchandise and kept rocking it at events over the past few months. Social media was abuzz months after the festival took place. The logo had made a statement and wasn’t going anywhere.
The design team then worked on a new creative for the 2020 look and feel for the festival and it has since launched online.
Riky Rick said, “Apart from the huge support we got from young people last year, the love we received for our simple logo was just insane. We were never ready for it to be honest. So we decided to flip it up again for the festival next year – we kept the aesthetic clean and fresh. We included some feel-good characters to the logo. We tried to keep in tune with the drip, keeping in the fun and lightheartedness.
“Hope the kids and culture love it because it is all about them.”
Merging both known and unknown South-African talent, the Cotton Fest showcases the diversities in hip-hop while fusing the gaps within the different local movements. The one-day urban music and fashion explosion is back with plans to be even bigger and better.
Cotton Festival 2020 plans to bring together 100 unique acts performing on three different stages. Media giants MTV and YFM return as media partners. Desperados join the party as an affiliate brand partner.
The festival tickets are on sale at Webtickets and Pick n Pay outlets nationwide.
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