Midstream Spring Fest attracts thousands
More than 9 500 people attended the fifth Midstream Spring Fest at the Midstream College, Centurion.
Midstream Estate hosted its biggest Spring Fest on Saturday at the Midstream College in Centurion, Pretoria.
This after the organisers of the fifth festival, including Midstream College Primary, Midstream High School and Midstream Ridge Primary, saw the number of visitors increase by almost 25% this year.
Photo: Ron Sibiya
“The event was a huge success as it attracted approximately 10 000 people,” Event organiser Yolande van Heerden told Rekord, citing that this was the highest number of people to attend the event since it was launched more than five years ago.
She said the number of attendees actually increased by about 2 000 people this year from a total of 8 100 in 2019.
She added that she was pleased by the turnout since this year’s event was the first after Covid-19 restrictions.
“The festival is registered for 10 000 people but due to popular demand we are considering making it bigger.”
According to Van Heerden, the secret for their success lay in providing activities that meet the community’s needs.
She said the event was suitable for the entire family as it had offered children unlimited access to games without paying an extra fee. It provided adults with top class entertainment, and the best food and drinks, she said.
“Children entering the event play all available games for free for the whole day. We do not charge them extra to play inside the play area,” she said, adding that they allocated three entire rugby fields to children’s games.
“The games include carnival rides, water games, sports games and a special play area’s for toddlers with dedicated babysitters.”
Midstream marketing manager Berdine Smit echoed Van Heerden’s sentiments and said the event was one of the best in the country.
“This is one of the biggest estate festivals in South Africa,” Smit said.
She said thousands of community members were treated to music as top singers including Lloyd Cele, Brenden Peyper, Bernice West, Early B and Francois van Coke, among others, shared the stage.
The event also provided business opportunities to a lot of entrepreneurs as it accommodated around 50 market stalls selling various products.
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