#Wits100 Parade and #Wits100 Light Show
Fri Sep 2The Wits community takes to the streets of Braamfontein with a parade led by specially designed #Wits100 Floats. The procession starts at 13:30 at Origins Centre (Yale Road South entrance) and heads out through the streets of Braamfontein. It will return to the Library Lawns on campus. Floats and processions are in the spirit of RAG, a Wits fundraising tradition that started in 1922. After the parade, join the picnic on the main campus Library Lawns from 15:00 while Wits museums and theatres are open for throughout the day. Joburgers can also look forward to a once-in-a-100-year light show at the piazza as the sun sets on the city of gold from 19:00-21:00. The interactive #Wits100 light show presented by Marcus Neustetter and The Trinity Session tells Wits’ history through images and light projected on the facade of the Wits Great Hall, accompanied by drummers, the Wits Choir, audience participation.
Free People's Concert
Sat Sep 3Saturday brings an all-day Free People’s Concert happening from 12:00–02:00 at the Digs Fields on West Campus. It’s been 51 years since the first Free People’s Concert was held at Wits in 1971, and in true Free People’s Concert spirit, this is a family-friendly day with performances to cater to all audiences. Artists on the line-up include Mango Groove, Jesse Clegg and Savuka – in a tribute to Johnny Clegg, Samthing Soweto, Holly Rey, DJ Maphorisa, Big Zulu, Khuzani, MFR Souls, the Wits Mass Choir, Mduduzi Ncube, Lwah Ndlunkulu, and more. There's also an Arts and Crafts Market by Rosebank Market, a children's play area, bars, and a food court.
Tickets for the concert are available on Webtickets for R100. Proceeds from the events go to the Wits Foodbank.
Also on the programme...
There are also a host of other activations and events happening at venues across the two main campuses throughout the weekend too.
Look out for theatre shows, art performances and panel discussions at Wits Theatre on Sep 2, 3 and 4 (book your tickets online here), exhibitions at Wits Art Museum, Origins Centre and the Adler Museum of Medicine in Parktown, Yebo Gogga – an interactive science exhibition for kids at the Oppenheimer Life Sciences building (from Sep 2-6), a Park Run around the West Campus on Sep 3 (08:00-10:00, register here), Yoga on the Lawns on Sep 3 at the Wits Science Centre Lawns and a legends exhibition soccer match between Wits University FC and Orlando Pirates Legends at the Wits Football Stadium (Sat Sep 3 at 11:00).
See the official Wits website here for the full round-up of Wits 100 events.
