Fly a kite at the Cape Town International Kite Fest

For the last 30 years, the Cape Town International Kite Festival, Cape Mental Health’s flagship event, has brought #HopeOnAStringas colourful kites of all shapes and sizes take to the sky each October to create mental health awareness.

The sky becomes a radiant canvas that symbolises the freedom, creativity and joy of mental well-being, shared by families, friends and communities. Each tug of a string is a reminder of the strength and resilience within us all.

This year, Cape Town International Kite Festival’s annual Pop-Up Fly Event will take place at Melkbosstrand Beach on Sunday, 27 October, 2024 and feature extraordinary local professional kiters such as Mari and Bradley Ware-Lane, Bobby Gathoo, Brian Skinner, and others – as well as a fewinternational surprises! Come and experience the magnificence of their show-kites as they support mental health awareness!

Other activities & events

As part of Cape Mental Health’s aim to uplift less fortunate communities and the most marginalised of people, the Cape Town International Kite Festival will once again feature its annual Community Fly at Heideveld Sports Field on the Cape Flats in October 2024. Cape Mental Health invites children with intellectual disability from CMH’s Special Education & Care Centres in Heideveld, Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain to join in the fun at the community fly, as well as other Grade R learners and preschools in the Heideveld community.

The Cape Town International Kite Festival will also host its EduKite Competition – a kite-decorating and kite-making competition for learners from mainstream primary school schools and schools for children with special educational needs, with monetary prizes for the winning teams.

Take your kite to new heights, capture those enchanting moments in photos and videos, and spread messages of inspiration for mental health awareness this October. Share your kite-flying adventure by tagging #HopeOnAString and @CTKiteFest and standing a chance to be featured on the official CTKiteFest social media channels.

Explore the captivating content on the CTKiteFest website, featuring an array of activities, and embark on a virtual journey to ignite your creativity and foster an appreciation for the art of kite flying.

In a nutshell

The Cape Town International Kite Festival
On Sunday, 27 October, 2024
Info: https://capementalhealth.co.za/HopeOnAString
Facebook: www.facebook.com/CTKiteFest
Twitter: @CTKiteFest
Instagram: @CTKiteFest
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