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uMhlanga Summer Festival, 2019

uMhlanga Summer Festival, 2019

Date: 2019-11-29

The annual uMhlanga Summer Festival takes place from 14 - 23 December and comprises day-time beach activities, a Carols under the Stars concert and a Miss and Mr uMhlanga pageant.

The season, as always, is about goodwill, family and community. The theme for this year's festival is Colours of Africa: Embracing all that is Beautiful.

Kevin Ellis - experienced eventor, creative and multi-awarded international champion dancer -will be leading the daily activities, together with Gareth Greaves - stylist, creative and designer. This year they are working in collaboration with Wozani Africa Events who will be adding value to the season with a bouquet of additional events and thousands of prizes.

The Beach Festival starts on Saturday 14 December and continues until Monday 23 December. People are encouraged to participate and join in the fun and games on the uMhlanga Millennium Stage with daily activities planned around the main beach as well as on the stage from 10am until 2pm daily.

Always a crowd favourite, the annual al-fresco uMhlanga Carols under the Stars, takes place at the Granada Square in uMhlanga Rocks on Thursday 19 December from 6pm in the courtyard of one of the favourite shopping and dining destination on the uMhlanga Strip. The concert is co-ordinated by Shelley McLean featuring a host of guest artists. The wonderful, versatile Marion Loudon will be one of the vocalists and the MC for the evening.

The annual Miss / Mr uMhlanga Beauty Pageant will take place at noon on Saturday 21 December at the Millennium Stage, co-ordinated by Kevin Ellis and Gareth Greaves. There are fabulous prizes up for grabs: cash prizes to the value of R18000, as well as in-kind prizes of bespoke, tiaras, sashes and medals, all hand made by Gareth Greaves.

A big part of the festival is to encourage awareness about our natural beauty spots in uMhlanga and to actively keep them beautiful - there will be daily beach clean ups, and the organisers are encouraging a "No plastic straw policy" to avoid unnecessary plastic finding its way into the ocean.

uMhlanga Tourism would like to acknowledge their partners, supporters and stakeholders: Durban Tourism; Granada Square; Coca Cola Beverages South Africa; Vodacom; Bon Aqua, Island Tribe; Tsogo Sun; Hirsch's, Chempac; Sibaya Casino and Entertainment Kingdom; Nivea, Vodacom; Bon Aqua, Brenda Quin from Diva Designs, and Cocos at uMhlanga Sands Hotel.