BWOB promises refreshing, relaxed chillout
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | Wednesday April 16, 2025 06:26
Waditso Matong, founder of Bandleng Wao Bitsa and event organiser, the music caters for various genres, with house music taking the forefront. Matong added that the event will start midday until midnight in Lobatse at Pandor Serenity on April 19. He further explained that Lobatse is one of the older towns, which evolved into a home town for the people of area. He also pointed out that there was a gap that they identified when it came to holidays periods, that there was not enough entertainment that people could look foward to. 'That inspired the event, and also we wanted the larger population to experience the warm welcoming culture of Lobatse, hence Bandleng Wao Bitsa.
The event will be hosted at a lavish serene outdoor venue, Pandor Serenity, located in Pitikwe. The venue has a beautiful relaxing green scenery, with a feeling of out of town experience,' he said. Furthermore, he said their target audience are people that want a relaxed environment and not a festival feel and clients that want a laid back event where they could network and socialise. He added that they have various DJs and not stage performing artists, as the strategy was to keep the event intimate and play music only. Their line is predominantly local DJs with only two South Africa DJs being Judy Jay and Chronical Deep. Local DJs include the likes of Basho, Ceedea, DeStinky and Rnb Maestro DJ Frost, to mention but a few. On other matters, he said they will have food and clothing stalls during the event.
He also said their prices differ on the number of stalls, adding that they charge regular standardised stall rates between P1, 000 to P1, 500. He added that they do not allow quartz bottles in the event. He also said they have cleaners who will be picking up empties regularly to avoid clutter and leave them lying around for housekeeping and safety issues. 'Security is a key priority for us; we will engage G4s, professional crowd control bouncers, a security consultant Apache Securities, and car park guards. We are fortunate to have not recorded a single security incident to date, and we aim to keep the record. The main challenge we face is securing sponsorship for the event, and cash flow to do upfront payments to suppliers,' he said. He appreciated their main sponsors, KBL and Blue Crystal Sukiri, for supporting the event. Additionally, he urged the public to give them support by buying their products and services. He said they have pre sold tickets selling for P150 but at the gate the fee will be P200. Cooler boxes will charged P40 until 7.30pm and will not be allowed in after that. He urged people to buy pre sold tickets to avoid paying P200 at the gate and avoid congestion at the gate and long ques.