House Party Live Deep House Picnic at Kopanong in Dobsonville
About this event
House Party Live and Outreach Events stage the Deep House Picnic at Kopanong’s Outer Field in Dobsonville, Soweto, on Saturday 31 October 2026. Music runs from 12:00 to 23:00 across an open field setup, with food stalls on site. Tickets are on sale now through Webtickets, priced from R50 to R100.
It’s a full-day session built around Deep, Soulful, Old School and Afro House. No DJ names have dropped yet, so the lineup is the one detail still pending ahead of the day.
- Date: Saturday 31 October 2026, 12:00 to 23:00
- Venue: Kopanong Outer Field, Cnr Main Rd & Luthuli, Dobsonville, Johannesburg
- Lineup: Top DJs to be confirmed, covering Deep, Soulful, Old School and Afro House
- Tickets: R50 to R100 general admission
- Where to buy: Webtickets online or WhatsApp 076 752 0126
The Kopanong setup
The organisers describe a lush, high-vibe field where picnic blankets, food stalls and a community of house lovers settle in for the full eleven hours. Catering is handled on site, so the plan is to arrive, set up and stay put until the 23:00 close. Since the sun will be out for most of it, shade and a folding chair are worth packing.
Gate entry is part of the picture too. The event’s own wording welcomes both early birds and people joining at the gate, which points to walk-up sales running alongside the online option.
Tickets, coolers and the fine print
General admission runs from R50 to R100, with the exact tier breakdown visible only once you’re logged in on Webtickets. Nothing suggests a sell-out is coming, and with just under four weeks to go there’s no indication tickets are tight. There’s a WhatsApp buying option as well, on 076 752 0126, for anyone who’d rather skip the website.
- Platform: Webtickets, general admission R50 to R100
- Buy online: Webtickets
- Buy on WhatsApp: 076 752 0126
- Gate sales: indicated for walk-ups in the event wording
- Cooler fees: R100 small, R200 big, payable at entry
- Hookah: banned, rentals available at the venue
The cooler rules deserve a proper read before you pack. Small coolers cost R100 to bring in and big ones R200, both payable at the gate, and hookah is banned outright. If a pipe is part of your usual picnic ritual, the venue rents them on site.
Getting there and what to watch
On parking and transport, the listing stays quiet. Kopanong is pinned at the corner of Main Road and Luthuli, so arriving before the midday opening is the safer bet if you’re driving, and e-hailing drop-offs on Main Road are the simpler route. No age limit is published either, so confirm through the WhatsApp line if you’re bringing under-18s.
One scheduling note worth knowing. Y’s LYFE festival lands at Marks Park in Emmarentia on the same Saturday, so Joburg house fans will be splitting between the two ends of town. Social media chatter around the Dobsonville picnic has been quiet so far, which fits an event still in early promotion, and the lineup announcement is the moment that usually changes it.
It also lands in a busy stretch for deep house day events, with Jullian Gomes taking his Ultimate Deep House Session to Hartbeespoort and Aero Manyelo playing Bad Manors in Johannesburg this month.
If a full day of deep, soulful and old school house under the spring sun sounds like your kind of Saturday, this one’s for you. Buy your ticket on Webtickets while the R50 tier is still showing, and keep an eye out for the lineup drop.
