South African events company OppiKoppi is currently expanding at a rate of knots, having doubled in size annually for the last three years, and with four new events slated for early 2008 alone.

With nearly 25 full-time staff now manning its office, OppiKoppi is developing a full-service offering for touring bands that includes promoting, booking, ticketing, a below-the-line agency, web services, a travel agency, equipment rental, and even a mobile hotel – Hotel Crayfish – for a little festival luxury.

South African events company OppiKoppi is currently expanding at a rate of knots, having doubled in size annually for the last three years, and with four new events slated for early 2008 alone.

With nearly 25 full-time staff now manning its office, OppiKoppi is developing a full-service offering for touring bands that includes promoting, booking, ticketing, a below-the-line agency, web services, a travel agency, equipment rental, and even a mobile hotel – Hotel Crayfish – for a little festival luxury.

“We think there is still enormous potential for further development,” says MD Carel Hoffman. “South Africa's economy is growing quite quickly and the percentage of middle class is increasing each year. All of the services we now deliver make us a great one-stop shop for lots of different people.”

OppiKoppi recently began consulting on the Kirstenbosch Sunset Concerts at Cape Town’s National Botanical Garden (5,000-cap). The 19 concerts run from November to March, regularly selling out on the back of a 14-year history. Adding to this, Hoffman is establishing a new series of concerts at the Botanical Gardens in Johannesburg – to launch in January, once a permanent stage has been erected – which he aims to twin with Kirstenbosch.

Other new events for 2008 include Hunters Refresh, a new 15-20,000-capacity urban event in January, sponsored by national radio station Metro FM; RSG Ongehoord, a two-day, multi-discipline event to take place outside Johannesburg in Feb/March for 15-25,000 people; and a new family event in the Bushveld in May, aimed at similar numbers.