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Tag Archives: francois van coke
Oppikoppi 24: Nomakanjani 2018 – day 3
Sat 11 August 2018 The third and final day of OK24 was my favourite of the festival: it began with the notorious naked run and ended with a spectacular sunset, and sometime after that Hellcats utterly destroyed the top bar … Continue reading
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Tagged 2lee stark, acoustic, afrikaans, bed on bricks, blk jks, brass band, brass cartel, brynn, bushveld, cockles, costumes, crowd, crowd surfing, dressing up, dust, events, favourites, fokofpolisiekar, francois van coke, gigs & festivals, guitars, hellcats, hezron chetty, Jagermeister, jumping musicians, kwesta, long hair, melo b jones, music, naked, nature, oliver mtukudzi, oppikoppi, outdoors, photography, rayban, red bull, red robyn, rock, sky, south africa, south african, stiff pap, summer, sunset, texx and the city, trees, violin, weekends
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Van Coke Kartel: Farewell show at Mercury
Fri 28 July 2017 Van Coke Kartel were always my favourite of the whole Van–Fok–King–Tasties school of bands. I first saw them in 2009 or 10 and have thoroughly enjoyed their shows over the years. Saying goodbye is never easy … Continue reading
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Tagged afrikaans, backstage, cape town, crowd, crowd surfing, evenings, events, farewell, favourites, final show, francois van coke, gigs & festivals, jumping musicians, long hair, mercury, music, photography, retro dizzy, rock, south africa, south african, stage diving, sweet resistance, texx and the city, van coke kartel, weekends
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Tagged afrikaans, backstage, cape town, crowd, crowd surfing, evenings, events, farewell, favourites, final show, francois van coke, gigs & festivals, jumping musicians, long hair, mercury, music, photography, retro dizzy, rock, south africa, south african, stage diving, sweet resistance, texx and the city, van coke kartel, weekends
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Hog Hoggidy Hog’s 20th birthday in honour of George Bacon at the Assembly
Saturday 15 August 2015 George Bacon‘s untimely death was made even more tragic by the fact that it came just a few months shy of the band’s 20th anniversary. On Saturday August 15th the Hogs got together with a long … Continue reading
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Tagged 7th son, anniversary, arrogant sandys, assembly, birthday, brass, cape town, crowd, crowd surfing, francois van coke, george bacon, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, half price, hog hoggidy hog, jon shaban, jumping musicians, long hair, music, peachy keen, photography, punk, reggae, rock, ska, south africa, south african, stage diving, taxi violence, texx and the city, the assembly, theo crous, tribute, trombone, trumpet, weekends
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Tagged 7th son, anniversary, arrogant sandys, assembly, birthday, brass, cape town, crowd, crowd surfing, francois van coke, george bacon, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, half price, hog hoggidy hog, jon shaban, jumping musicians, long hair, music, peachy keen, photography, punk, reggae, rock, ska, south africa, south african, stage diving, taxi violence, texx and the city, the assembly, theo crous, tribute, trombone, trumpet, weekends
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Snapshots from the tail-end of the KKNK
10 & 11 April 2015 Back in 2007 I went on an epic matric trip to the KKNK in Oudtshoorn. Recently I joined my dad and headed back to the town/fest for the first time in 8 years. Even though … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album launch, events, family, francois van coke, gigs & festivals, kknk, long hair, market, memories, mountains, music, nature, nostalgia, ostrich, oudtshoorn, out in the country, outdoors, personal, roadtrip, ronnies sex shop, south africa, south african, tour, tourist, weekends
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Tagged acoustic, album launch, events, family, francois van coke, gigs & festivals, kknk, long hair, market, memories, mountains, music, nature, nostalgia, ostrich, oudtshoorn, out in the country, outdoors, personal, roadtrip, ronnies sex shop, south africa, south african, tour, tourist, weekends
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Francois van Coke: secret single launch at The Eye
Thurs 19 February 2015 Fokofpolisiekar and Van Coke Kartel frontman Francois van Coke recently released a new solo single called Moontlik Nooit. Last Thursday during a ‘secret show’ (which still managed to be totally packed to the rafters) he performed a 5 … Continue reading
