    1. Every person entering the event, even children and babies, requires their own valid ticket, either electronically on their phone or a printed ticket.

    2. Only tickets that match the indicated age of the ticket holder (i.e. Adult, Pensioner, Under 18, Child, etc.) will be admitted to the event.

        1. The organiser reserves the right to cancel any ticket that is being abused in this regard.

    3. Any person that does not meet the age restriction of the event or their particular ticket will be denied entry and have their ticket cancelled without any refund.

Cancellation of your Booking and/or Ticket(s)

    1. In terms of the Consumer Protection Act you have the right to cancel your advance booking and ticket(s) prior to the event, subject to a reasonable penalty and/or handling fee.

        1. More than 30 days before the event, there will be no penalty, but the handling fee will amount to 10% of the original purchase price of your ticket(s);

        2. Between 30 and 7 days before the event, the penalty and handling fee will amount to 50% of the original purchase price of your ticket(s); and

        3. 7 days or less before the event, the penalty and handling fee will amount to 100% of the original purchase price of your ticket(s);

    2. You will be refunded the original purchase price of your ticket(s), less the penalty and handling fee set out above within 21 days of cancellation.

    3. Subject to the payment method used to pay for your ticket(s) you may be required to furnish the organiser with additional information, such as your bank details, to obtain your refund.

    1. Should the event be cancelled due to any reason that could reasonably be within the control of the organiser, you will be refunded the full purchase price of your ticket(s).

    2. The refund will be affected at the discretion of the organiser, but in any event within three months of cancellation of the event.

Prohibition of Dangerous Conduct and/or Materials

    1. Any person that is intoxicated or in the sole and absolute discretion of the organiser in any way endangers other attendees at the event, may be denied entry or removed from the event (as the case may be) without any refund.

    2. Weapons, other dangerous materials and illegal drugs will not be permitted into the event.

    3. Any person bearing any of the items may be denied entry or removed from the event (as the case may be) without any refund.

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy has been created with the help of the Free Privacy Policy Generator.

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

    Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

    Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.

    Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Open Tickets (Pty) Ltd, Lynnwood Glen, Pretoria.

    Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

    Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.

    Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

    Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.

    Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

    Website refers to Open Tickets, accessible from http://opentickets.co.za or any other website managed by us on behalf of event promoters.

    You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

    Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.

    Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. Learn more about cookies on the Free Privacy Policy website article.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

    Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

    Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

    Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

    Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

    To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.

    To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.

    For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.

    To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

    To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.

    To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.

    For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.

    For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

    With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.

    For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.

    With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.

    With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.

    With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.

    With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service.

You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

    Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company

    Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service

    Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

Open Tickets (Pty) Ltd

NEXT Events & Festivals – Ticket Terms of Service

By purchasing a ticket, entering a venue, or attending any NEXT Events & Festivals event, you agree to these Terms of Service and the official NEXT Events & Festivals Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree, do not continue with your purchase.

All tickets are issued and managed by NEXT Events (Pty) Ltd for official NEXT Events & Festivals. Each ticket is valid only for the event, date, and venue confirmed at the time of purchase, unless reallocated by the Organizer.

Entry is subject to venue capacity, safety procedures, and compliance with event rules. The Organiser reserves the right to deny or revoke entry without compensation in cases of misconduct, intoxication, or failure to follow instructions.

All ticket sales are final. Once confirmed, tickets are non-refundable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

If an event is postponed, rescheduled, or cancelled, your ticket will remain valid for the new date or may, at the Organizer's discretion, be transferred to another NEXT event of your choice within the same calendar cycle.

In exceptional cases where an event cannot proceed, the Organizer may, at its discretion, offer a credit toward a future NEXT event.

The Organizer may reschedule, relocate, or alter the format of any event for operational, safety, legal, or commercial reasons, or due to circumstances beyond its control. Such adjustments do not entitle ticket holders to refunds.

All event programming, layouts, performers, and advertised attractions are subject to change without prior notice.

Attendees must follow the instructions of staff, security personnel, and event signage. The Organizer reserves the right to remove anyone from the premises for intoxication, harassment, unsafe behavior, vandalism, or failure to comply with safety or health protocols.

No unauthorized marketing, flyering, or sales activity is permitted on the venue grounds. No camping or overnight stays are allowed unless specifically authorized in writing.

Attendance is at your own risk. NEXT Events & Festivals, its employees, contractors, and partners are not liable for any loss, theft, injury, illness, or property damage arising during the event, except in cases of proven gross negligence.

The Organizer accepts no responsibility for indirect or consequential losses, including loss of income or opportunity.

Ticket holders are responsible for their own safety and belongings at all times. The Organizer is not responsible for lost or stolen items.

By attending, you consent to photography and filming by the Organizer for use in event coverage, marketing, and future promotions without charge.

Personal information collected during ticket purchases or event participation will be used solely for event communication and operations in line with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). Data will never be sold or shared with unrelated third parties.

The Organizer is not liable for delays, postponements, or cancellations caused by events beyond its control, including extreme weather, natural disasters, pandemics, strikes, venue restrictions, or government actions. In such cases, tickets will automatically transfer to the rescheduled event or may be used for another NEXT event within the same calendar cycle.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa. Any dispute will first be addressed through good-faith discussions, then mediation in Cape Town or Johannesburg. If mediation fails, either party may proceed in the High Court of South Africa.