Glastonbury Festival started on Wednesday, 26 June and runs until Sunday, 29 June 2014. It is the largest green-field festival in the world and has hosted some of the world's most famous artists and DJs, with this year's headliners including Metallica, Arcade Fire and Kasabian.
The appearance of Thibo Tazz and DJ Fosta at Glastonbury has arisen out of a partnership between the festival and Bridges For Music, a non-profit organisation working in electronic music in developing countries. Funding for the trip has come from the British Council Connect ZA initiative - an arts programme that aims to build cultural connections between young people aged 18 to 35 in the UK and South Africa, as well as the Department of Arts and Culture of South Africa. British Council Connect ZA and the Department of Arts and Culture of South Africa are currently collaborating as part of the SA-UK Seasons 2014 & 2015.Pioneer DJ have also come on board providing funding in support of the project.
"This project fits perfectly with our British Council Connect ZA project," said Tom Porter, British Council head of arts in South Africa.
"It is about creating opportunity and also ensuring that talent gets an opportunity to perform on stages that are about the quality of the music, and not where the artists come from. Glastonbury is the best festival around; these artists will add to the quality of the event and hopefully encourage more young people in the UK to explore exciting contemporary South African creativity."
