FHM to rock at Oppikoppi Smoorvelief!

We totally, completely and utterly love Oppikoppi here at FHM. You could say we're head over heels in love with it, in fact, which makes the title of this year's fest pretty apt...

Oppikoppi Smoorverlief Festival is on from 7-9 August, in dry, dusty Northam, as always. Not only does the fest turn 15 this year, but it's also been declared a National Heritage Site recently too! So, if you needed additional reasons to attend, besides rock n' roll, dust, booze, happy vibes and hangovers, that should take care of it!

We'll be in attenendance, trying to stay sober enough to shoot a little mini-documentary, so come say howzit, and we might make your sunburnt, drunk ass famous! Also, FHM's Music Ed, Big Gord, will be hosting on a few stages from time to time, so pull in and let him know if any of his rampantly biased opinions on the FHM music pages have been wrong lately! Unless you're from Stealing Love Jones, in which case, rather don't.

In order to prepare you fully for the onslaught that is Opikoppi, you can download our amazingly handy FHM's Guide To Surviving Oppikoppi here.

Then, to show you just how seriously we take things, here's a video of FHM in the aftermath of last year's fest, as shot by our good mate Shane from Joburg's mighty metal kings, Pestroy! Then, after you've checked it, have a look at the band line-up below the vid. Just look, okes!

Opikoppi Smoorverlief Festival Band Line-up

Acoustic Africa ft Vusi Mahlasela Habib Koitèa and Dobet Gnahorè
2lani "the warrior"                                                      
340ml                                                                         
3rd world state of mind                                              
aKING                                                                        
Andra                                                                         
Architecture of Aggression                                        
Ashtray Electric                                                         
Balthazar (BE)                                                           
Battery 9                                                                    
Bed on Bricks                                                            
Blunted Stuntman                                                      
Bubbles                                                                     
Cassette                                                                    
Comrade Fatso                                                         
Crash Car Burn                                                         
Dank                                                                          
Dead Alphabet                                                           
Death Valley Blues Band                                           
Deejtea                                                                      
Die Antwoord                                                             
Die Heuwels Fantasties                                            
Die Wedding DJ's                                                     
Dirty Skirts                                                                 
DJ Bob                                                                       
DJ Kenzhero                                                             
EJ von Lyrik                                                               
Farryl Purkiss                                                            
Fokofpolisiekar                                                          
Foto na Dans                                                             
Goldigga                                                                    
Gross Misconduct                                                     
Hannah                                                                      
Ipi Fuze feat. Siya Makhuzene                                  
Isochronous                                                               
Jack Hammer & Friends                                           
Jack Parow                                                                
Josi Chave'                                                                
Karen Zoid                                                                 
Kid Fonque                                                                
Kidofdoom                                                                 
Koos Kombuis                                                           
Kwani experience                                                      
Laurie Levine                                                             
Lowprofile                                                                  
Lucky Fonz III (NL)                                                     
Luke Doucet & Melissa McClelland (CAN)                 
Luna Paige                                                                
Mix 'n Blend                                                               
Mr "Sakitumi"                                                             
Nthabi                                                                        
Pink Noise                                                                 
Pipe Bong                                                                  
Pity the Fool                                                               
Radio Marrabenta (MOZ)                                           
Riku Latti & Albert Frost                                            
Skyewanda                                                               
Steadyrock                                                                
Taxi Violence                                                             
Terminatryx                                                               
The Arrows                                                                
The Cavalier                                                              
The Mean Streets                                                      
The Parlotones                                                          
The Plastics                                                              
The Shadowclub                                                       
The Sick Leaves                                                        
The Uncut                                                                  
Tidal Waves                                                              
Twee Nelle, 'n Bottel en 'n Barnard                           
Van Coke Kartel & Gerald Clark                                
Voicst (NL)                                                                 
Wolraad Woltemade                                                 
Wrestlerish                                                                
Zebra & Giraffe

Right, now that you're all amazed by how rad the bands are, download the fliers here, with everything you need to get rocking!

We'll see you there, gents! No excuses, no nonsense, just all-out rock n' roll! It's gonna be epic!

FHM