Cape Town Kite Festival

cape town international kite festival

Cape Town International Kite Festival

It is said that imagination is the highest kite one can fy, so this October Cape Mental Health invites you to rise against the wind and join us at the Hybrid 27th Cape Town International Kite Festival. From 2 to 31 October, bold kites all over the world will soar skywards to show that #EveryoneDeservesToFly.

Cape Mental Health’s annual fagship event is going hybrid for its 27th edition, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal is to raise over R100 000,00 to enable this hardworking non-proft organisation to continue providing essential free mental healthcare services and ensuring that everyone, regardless of who they are or where they live, can enjoy equality in mental health access and care in an unequal world.

Flying against the winds of adversity, this year’s interactive event combines real-life open-air kite-fying with online kitemaking workshops, competitions and videos.

Join kiters all over the globe and fy your kite at the Hybrid 27th Cape Town International Kite Festival, anywhere and anytime between 2 and 31 October. Share your photos, videos and messages of encouragement, tagging #EveryoneDeservesToFly and @CTKiteFest, and feature on the offcial CTKiteFest social feeds.

Access all CTKiteFest online content including a variety of kite-making workshops and interviews with our kiting friends from all over the world and fnd out why they fy in support of Cape Mental Health. Get inspired by the magic of soaring kites with activities for the little ones, or let your imagination fy high with our creative innovation competition!

The Hybrid 27th Cape Town International Kite Festival promises to be an uplifting mix of magical, carefree fun. In South Africa, October is on the cusp of summer and an ideal time to get outdoors, fy a kite, laugh and enjoy a sense of play and freedom. Hold onto your kite line and let go of anxiety, stress and - most importantly - help raise awareness and funds for Cape Mental Health, because #EveryoneDeservesToFly.

FLASH FLY KITING POP-UP EVENTS

People all over the world will be fying their kites at the Hybrid 27th Cape Town International Kite Festival between 2 and 31 October.

Cape Mental Health invites you to view kites at Dolphin Beach on 10 October (World Mental Health Day), and at Zandvlei Nature Reserve on 23 October 2021. Gather family, friends or colleagues, wear green and plan a ‘fash fy’ to enjoy time together in the fresh air at a safe, social distance while giving hope and raising funds for Cape Mental Health.

The Cape Town International Kite Festival is the oldest kiting event in Africa and has been proudly hosted by Cape Mental Health since 1994, to raise funds and promote mental wellness. It is traditionally one of the biggest kite festivals on the African continent and attracts professional kiters from around the world who fund their way to Cape Town in support of Cape Mental Health (unlike other international festivals where the kiters’ travel is usually sponsored by the organisers). For more information on the Hybrid 27th Cape Town International Kite Festival, please visit: www.capementalhealth.co.za/ EveryoneDeservesToFly.