29th Cape Town Kite Festival returns this October
When #TheSkyIsYourCanvas, flying kites becomes a colourful expression of freedom, creativity, and joy. With each kite soaring high, dreams take flight, painting the heavens with vibrant hues of hope and imagination.
This October, Cape Mental Health is inspiring children, youth, and the young at heart to soar high by flying kites, raising awareness for mental health.The 29th edition of the festival will take place at Melkbosstrand Beach in Cape Town on Sunday, 29 October 2023.
The annual Pop-Up Fly enjoys wonderful support as hundreds of people flock to the beach on this family day to enjoy viewing the kites’ flown by South African kiters Mari Ware-Lane, Bradley Ware-Lane, Bobby Gathoo, Brian Skinner, Wesley Beales, Frans Marais and others.
The annual flagship event will also raise funds that fuel the vital mission of providing essential, cost-free mental healthcare services and interventions to those who require it most.
As part of Cape Mental Health’s aim to uplift less fortunate communities and the most marginalised of people, the Cape Town Kite Festival will also feature its annual Community Fly at Heideveld Sports Field on the Cape Flats on Tuesday 3 October 2023.
Cape Mental Health invites children with intellectual disabilities from CMH’s Special Education and Care Centres in Heideveld, Khayelitsha, and Mitchells Plain to join in the fun at the community fly, and other Grade R learners and preschools in the Heideveld community flock to join the festivities.
“In October, the sky which has no limits, will become a beautiful canvas adorned with messages of hope and encouragement. In times of trouble and adversity, hope, support and kindness help us to hold on. Hope is the anchor that supports our mental health and gives us the courage to take one more step. It reassures us of better days to come; hope removes fear.
As kites soar against the adverse winds, it helps us to dream about a future filled with possibilities, holding on and never giving up.” – Dr Ingrid Daniels, Cape Mental Health CEO.