Nota Revisits His Warning About Cotton Fest As Festival Comes To An End

A man in a white shirt speaks into a microphone at Cotton Fest, with vertical blue lights illuminating the dimly lit festival setting.

Nota Revisits His Warning About Cotton Fest As Festival Comes To An End. Organisers of Cotton Fest announced on Tuesday that the youth-focused music and culture festival founded by the late Riky Rick will not return under its current structure, bringing an end to a seven-year run that helped spotlight a generation of South African artists.

The decision, the statement said, follows internal disputes among shareholders and a divergence of long-term vision that made it impossible to continue the festival in a way that…