Carel Hoffmann
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Owner – Hilltop Live / Oppikoppi Productions
Carel: “Ma, Pa, I’m not going to be an engineer anymore…”
Ma: “But, what about your bursary, Carel?”
Carel: “Don’t worry Ma. I’m going to throw massive parties on a plaas.”
Folks, we present to you the good shepherd who is responsible for the annual migration to a farm where thousands rock and roll around in dust, consume copious amounts of beer, and shout OPPI#@ **&KOPPI at the top of their lungs.
What started out in 1994 as a couple of artists from the Voëlvry movement (if you’re younger than 30, Google this now) jamming for a group of about 300 friends, whose entrance fee was a six-pack of beer, has become a revolutionary festival with international acts and an attendance of 20 000 people digitally shotgunning their camping spots and drones delivering their beer.
Carel Hoffman’s official title is “President for Life and very Primed Minister.” He is the ingenious businessman behind Hilltop Live Holdings, Oppikoppi Productions, Ticketbreak SA and Volume Bars. He is a legend and the father of a national symbol. If Alice Cooper had written an album called “What Engineering Bursary?” Carel would be on the album cover. You can thank him later.
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