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Watch the gigs on our webcam and chat to us live from the koppi! The main stage action has ended and we are moving the camera to the top of the koppi to see if we can get a signal for the last gigs by Fetish, Firing Squad and Stagepig.

Oppikoppi epiphany

This year's festival marks a turning point in SA music history. Miles Keylock shares the ground-breaking highlights
posted on August 9 at 10am

Still to come ...

Watch the site in the next few days for archived streams of the bands (of course we taped it!). And a big thank you to all the webcam viewers and those ardent online jollers who contacted us from around the world - London, Australia, Glasgow, America, Canada, France, New Zealand, Scotland and our very own blessed South Africa. We hope it was massive.

Monday August 9, 5pm
It's a wrap! Most of the artists, campers, vendors and portable toilets have left the building ... One of the most memorable festivals ever is winding down, with the faithful few watching the last gigs up at the koppi.

On a Sunday

Hot, dusty and laidback ... Sunday rolled on by. We arbed around before the music started and captured it on digital camera

Saturday night live!

Miles Keylock journeys into the extraordinary soundscapes created by Vusi Mahlasela, Boo!, Sugardrive, Blackmilk and Incense
posted on August 8 at 1pm

And the bands played on

Koos Kombuis, Gert Vlok Nel, Paul Riekert ... Chutney de Ridder of 24.com got snappy happy at Saturday's gigs. He also took digipix of a couple of jollers who are enjoying the festival just a tad too much.

Chilling out on Saturday afternoon

The sun never sets on the jazz stage. Miles Keylock gets rustig up on the koppi
posted on August 7 at 9pm

The breakfast show

It's 9am on Saturday morning and everyone's recovering from one helluva party last night. So are all the other people at Oppikoppi - and we've got the pics to prove it. These snaps are dedicated to Daniel, who is stuck in Perth, but had blast at Oppi last year.

Fiendish fun

Friday night's an absolute rip! Miles Keylock forgets about sleep and parties on into the morning with the legendary Valiant Swart and the impressively hard Never Machine Forever
posted on August 7 at 11am

Saturday August 7, 1.30am
While approximately 3 000 jollers streamed in early on Thursday and another 7 000 poured in during the day on Friday, the headcount is still rising ... Word is out that they're expecting around 15 000 people at Infestation. Friday night has come and gone and the queue of cars lining up at the gate reaches back to Swartklip turn-off. It's a three-hour wait, but it's worth it!

Take your pics

Our little "holiday snaps" capture the groot trek to the koppi. Check out the pictures of the main and the metal stages, before the action started, and then compare them with the ones we'll put up on Saturday.

Oppikoppi explodes

Miles Keylock watches the fireworks on Friday night, as Oppikoppi officially kicks into action
posted on August 6 at 12.50am

The party starts Thursday

Unrestrained fun is guaranteed at this year's festival, says Miles Keylock, who was there for the opening night ...
posted on August 6 at 1.30pm

Friday August 6, 5pm
Valiant Swart does a live chat interview with Malu van Leeuwen from 5pm onwards. Watch the live@five broadcast on our Oppicam.

Friday August 6, 1pm
We're up! we're up! Check out the mainstage on our webcam. And read all about what you can expect to see ...

Friday August 6, 10.30am
Oppikoppi is filling up, heating up and getting down. Word is out that they're expecting a record number of 15 000 jollers this year. Campsites close to the stages are already a rarity, and the fleamarket's doing a hopping trade. It's going to be mammoth. Good news is that the showers are hot (sometimes), the beer is cold, and your best bet for breakfast is a slug of jerepigo and a schwarma in the make-shift "foodcourt".

First Contact

We're fully operational in the veld! Get in touch with us via e-mail or ICQ. Our ICQ number is 45739673 (oppi), and we'll be online most of the time ...

WWWe

Responsible for the "techie" side of things, the M-Web Interactive team consisting of Peter Hart-Davis (geek and driver), Lauren Shantall (art surfer and word mistress) and Pieter Redelinghuys (writer, wronger and music lover) has safely arrived at the 1999 Oppikoppi InFESTation music festival. Read about their long trek and catch the latest developments, pics and skinder fresh from the belly of the festival.

Writers and chatters

We'll be featuring live chat sessions with band members and musos during the festival. Check out the list to see who you can meet online. Expect guest appearances from Fetish, Ohm and loads of other surprises. South Africa's top radio personalities and music writers like Michelle Constant, Malu van Leeuwen, Miles Keylock, Chutney de Ridder of 24.com will also be tapping away at the keys so that you can ask them questions about the performers and get them to describe the vibe up at the 'koppi.

Bigger than Woodstock

Oppikoppi, South Africa's largest rock festival, has begun. Riaan Wolmarans of the Mail & Guardian brings you the best of the fest with his guide to surviving Oppikoppi 99. The "1998 Oppikoppi music festival was bigger than ever before, a complete onslaught on one’s senses and sensibilities. And now we’re faced with the 1999 festival, which seems set to make last year’s look like Sunday afternoon tea at grandma’s house ... " See what he has to say about Infestation and watch out for his roaming reportbacks during the event.

Days before the festival revellers were already asking to come to the koppi earlier than Friday August 6. A few eager campers filtered in on Wednesday, but the push for Thursday was so strong that a few bands were booked to play on the evening of August 5 to extend the jol for the early birds. Those who can't make it to Infestation at all, can watch via our Webcam.

Consult our bandstand for the lowdown on the hottest acts appearing at this year's Oppikoppi.

Check in during the four-day rock fest, as SL magazine and ZA@Play bring you constant feedback and live reports on the action, news and more ...

With fresh words, a live stream and digital pictures every day, and every night, our on-the-scene reporters will fill you in on the highlights and the lowlights of the 75 bands, and numerous DJs, giving it their all across five different stages.