Flying high: Cape Town Kite Festival takes place this October

Cape Mental Health’s 30th Cape Town International Kite Festival is almost ready to take to the skies this month. Here are the details…

Oct 17, 2024 - 15:00
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Flying high: Cape Town Kite Festival takes place this October

Cape Town Kite Festival to colour the Cape skies

The 30th annual Cape Town International Kite Festival will take place on 27 October at the beautiful at Melkbosstrand Beach.

The festival has been Cape Town Health’s (CMH) flagship event since 1994, and is one of Cape Town’s most loved events, raising awareness of mental health every October. 

And this year is no different. With this year’s theme being #HopeOnAStringwill, the Kite Festival will aim to raise awareness and funds to help provide essential, cost-free mental healthcare services and interventions to those who require them most.

“Our annual Pop-Up Fly Event will take place at Melkbosstrand Beach on Sunday, 27 October and will feature extraordinary local professional kiters such as Mari and Bradley Ware-Lane, Bobby Gathoo, Brian Skinner, and others – as well as a few international surprises! Come and experience the magnificence of their show-kites as they support mental health awareness!” CMH said online.

Other CMH kite events

As reported by Tourism Update, the festival will also feature its annual Community Fly at Heideveld Sports Field on the Cape Flats on Wednesday, 23 October.

CMH invites children with intellectual disabilities from its Special Education & Care centres in Heideveld, Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain to come join the event with Grade R learners and preschools in the Heideveld community.

The festival will also host its EduKite kite-decorating and kite-making competition for learners from mainstream primary schools and others with special educational needs at Curro Century City on Saturday, 26 October this year.

About Cape Mental Health

Cape Mental Health offers a range of services for people with intellectual disability and their families – ranging from counselling and support, special education and care centres for children and adults, as well as training and employment opportunities for those who are able to work.

The organisation runs three community-based special education and care centres to meet the special needs of 180 children with severe and profound disabilities. These non-residential facilities draw children from poorly resourced communities in and around Heideveld, Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain.

Read more about them here.

Will you be attending this year’s Kite Festival?

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