Africa-Press – Eswatini. House On Fire will be accepting vendor applications for the Standard Bank Luju Food and Lifestyle Festival from Friday.
This has been revealed by the Project Coordinator Karla Smith in a statement on Friday.
The fourth edition of the event is expected to commence from September 30 to October 1, at House On Fire, Malkerns Valley.
Smith mentioned that application forms for aspiring traders in the food, fashion, design and lifestyle sectors, as well as for the children’s Honey Bee Park would become available on the new Standard Bank Luju Food and Lifestyle Festival website.
According to Standard Bank’s Head of Brand and Marketing Sibusile Sigwane, the announcement of the fourth edition of the emphasized the bank’s commitment to the local economy and the arts industry.
“Since the inception of the festival in 2018, the Luju ecosystem has grown tremendously and consists of a number of stakeholders who benefit from this event. This includes over 500 temporary staff, security personnel, entrepreneurs, traders, local artisans and artists.
“Our unwavering commitment to collaborate with all of our partners once again to successfully host the Luju Festival is enshrined in our brand purpose; ‘Eswatini is our home, we drive her growth!’ For us, that means despite these unprecedented and challenging times, we are bold and continue to look for ways to stimulate the economy through creating spaces and platforms that promote local talent and business enterprises,” Sigwane stated. Meanwhile festival Director Jiggs Thorne explained that the Standard Bank Luju Food and Lifestyle Festival had become an aspirational regional event.
He said the rapid growth of the festival footprint, in spite of the challenges posed by Covid-19, was an encouraging sign of the festival’s increasing relevance in the domestic and regional tourism sectors.
“To support this growth trajectory we have decided to expand our camping and glamping options for this year,” Thorne stated.
According to the statement, Eswatini’s leading food and fashion festival celebrates the local, the wholesome, the creative and the delicious, proudly showcasing the amazing and diverse tastes of Southern Africa, while supporting local artists and artisans.
To avoid disappointment, members of the public have been urged to make sure they secure tickets as soon as they become available. Thus the online tickets will be available from Friday.
It was also mentioned that more details on festival tickets, camping, glamping and travel packages will be released in due course.
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