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Oppikoppi 24: Nomakanjani 2018 – day 2

Posted on: August 23, 2018

Fri 10 August 2018 Enduring a freezing night in a tent before being woken by bagpipes and a dust-induced coughing fest – it could only be Oppikoppi! Day 2 of OK24 looked like this:

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Tagged acoustic, albert frost, bagpipes, bam bam brown & the wild professors, bongeziwe mabandla, costumes, crash car burn, crashcarburn, crowd, darkie fiction, dawn brothers, dj invizable, dressing up, evenings, events, favourites, gigs & festivals, goodluck, grassy spark, guitars, hip hop, jumping musicians, long hair, metal, music, nature, ohgod, oppikoppi, out in the country, outdoors, photography, retro dizzy, rock, sho madjozi, south africa, south african, spoegwolf, stone jets, texx and the city, van pletzen, weekends, wisdom of movement, wonderboom

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Halloween 2017 at the Voortrekker Monument

Posted on: November 4, 2017

Sat 28 October 2017 I visited Pretoria for the first time for the Halloween party at the Voortrekker Monument. It was a great party featuring 3 stages and performances from Americans Alien Ant Farm, Fokofpolisiekar, Van Pletzen, PHFAT, The Plastics, … Continue reading →

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Tagged afrikaans, alien ant farm, american, brass, costumes, crowd, crowd surfing, dressing up, evenings, events, favourites, fokofpolisiekar, gigs & festivals, guitars, halloween, hello beautiful, international act, marching band, outdoors, ph fat, photography, rap, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, the plastics, the tazers, van pletzen, voortrekker monument, we are charlie, weekends

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League of Doom: Beneath the Mountains of Madness at Mercury

Posted on: September 20, 2017

Sat 16 Sep 2017 The inaugural show from the League of Doom featured The Valley, Ruff Majik, Mad God and Doomorgy. Unfortunately I missed the first band, Electric Bizarre, but here are some photos of the other acts.

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Tagged cape town, costumes, doom, doomorgy, dressing up, evenings, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, league of doom, long hair, mad god, mercury, music, photography, psych, rock, ruff majik, south african, stoner, texx and the city, the valley

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Red Huxley’s final gig at Beerhouse

Posted on: November 10, 2016

Sat 29 October 2016 News of Red Huxley‘s final show came as a surprise to me; I’ve always liked the band and will definitely miss their energy and shows. They said goodbye in style though with a packed show at … Continue reading →

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Tagged beerhouse, cape town, costumes, crowd, dressing up, events, farewell, farewell show, favourites, final show, gigs & festivals, guitars, long hair, long street, music, photography, red huxley, rock, south africa, south african, trio, weekends, zombies

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Shadowfax Halloween 2016 at Mercury

Posted on: November 9, 2016

Fri 28 October 2016 I’ve attended several well-decorated nights at Mercury in the last few months and the Shadowfax halloween party was probably the coolest so far – the organisers went all out with the psychadelic/trance party decor and fake … Continue reading →