Sacred Heart Music Festival a huge success

Sacred Heart College celebrated Heritage Day in style as they hosted the third edition of their music festival showcasing the rich melodic sounds of iconic South African musicians.

The festival is an initiative to raise funds to provide refugee children access to a quality education; and saw some of the best local artists take to the stage to dazzle the crowd. The line-up included the legendary Sipho Hotstix Mabuse, award-winning DJ Black Coffee and Lira.

Colin Northmore, head of Sacred Heart encouraged people to unite and embrace each other’s diversity, saying we are all Africans. “I am hoping that on a day like this we can share our common humanity and we can come together and enjoy each other’s company.

“I am hoping that more people can join us to get to see what a wonderful opportunity exists when we celebrate the diversity that is South Africa.” He added that if South Africans accept that they are a diverse nation, then the diversity others bring will enrich the country.

The proceeds from the festival will benefit the Three2Six Refugee Project, which provides a bridging educational programme for grades R to 6 refugee children who have been denied access to public education.

The college was founded in 1889 in the dust of the gold rush. Johannesburg, as a city, was formally established in 1886, only three years prior to the formation of Sacred Heart College.

There was entertainment for all ages, including a beer tent, a children’s entertainment area with a jumping castle, face-painting, and a game van with many other activities.

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