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Oppikoppi 21: Fantastic Mr Vos Vos Day 3
Sunday 9 August 2015 With Women’s Day being observed on Monday, Oppikoppi 2015 ended on a Sunday, which I must confess felt a little weird as festival Sundays are usually used to recover from the weekend’s biggest acts the night before. Friday … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, afrikaans, american, anton goosen, bagpipes, birds, black math, brand new, camping, cape town, costumes, crowd, dirty hippies, doring, dressing up, durban, dust, emo, evenings, events, favourites, float parade, gigs & festivals, go barefoot, gogol bordello, guitars, heat, hilltop live, interior, international act, johnny clegg, jumping musicians, kameeldoring, kings down south, landscape, limpopo, marching band, meth breath, moonchild, mountains, music, nature, oppikoppi, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portrait, portraits, rock, russia, russian, satanic dagga orgy, scottish, ska, sky, south africa, south african, spring, summer, sun, sunset, tents, texx and the city, the vanilla, trees, twin atlantic, umlilo, weekends
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Tagged acoustic, afrikaans, american, anton goosen, bagpipes, birds, black math, brand new, camping, cape town, costumes, crowd, dirty hippies, doring, dressing up, durban, dust, emo, evenings, events, favourites, float parade, gigs & festivals, go barefoot, gogol bordello, guitars, heat, hilltop live, interior, international act, johnny clegg, jumping musicians, kameeldoring, kings down south, landscape, limpopo, marching band, meth breath, moonchild, mountains, music, nature, oppikoppi, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portrait, portraits, rock, russia, russian, satanic dagga orgy, scottish, ska, sky, south africa, south african, spring, summer, sun, sunset, tents, texx and the city, the vanilla, trees, twin atlantic, umlilo, weekends
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Oppikoppi 21: Fantastic Mr Vos Vos Day 2
Saturday 8 August 2015 As mildly traumatic as it is waking up in 5 layers of clothes in a state of humid confusion surrounded by a tent and the nonsensical conversations of your neighbours outside, there’s something reassuring about the situation: you know … Continue reading
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Tagged afrikaans, aka, al bairre, american, bagpipes, black cat bones, brass, british, camping, circle view, costumes, crowd, dance, dancers, dancing, desmond & the tutus, desmond and the tutus, dirty hippies, doring, double bass, dressing up, drummers, drums, dust, favourites, felix laband, full swing, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, international act, jumping musicians, kameeldoring, kid x, kilts, konrad kuechenmeister, light, livingston, long hair, marching band, memories, mordor, music, nature, nomadic orchestra, nonku phiri, okmalumkoolkat, oppikoppi, original swimming party, outdoors, ph fat, photography, portraits, red bull, reunion, rock, sannie fox, saxophone, sibot, south africa, south african, southern wild, spring, stage, summer, sunset, tatran, tattoos, taxi violence, tents, trumpet, tuin, tweak, weekends, werner von waltsleben
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Tagged afrikaans, aka, al bairre, american, bagpipes, black cat bones, brass, british, camping, circle view, costumes, crowd, dance, dancers, dancing, desmond & the tutus, desmond and the tutus, dirty hippies, doring, double bass, dressing up, drummers, drums, dust, favourites, felix laband, full swing, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, international act, jumping musicians, kameeldoring, kid x, kilts, konrad kuechenmeister, light, livingston, long hair, marching band, memories, mordor, music, nature, nomadic orchestra, nonku phiri, okmalumkoolkat, oppikoppi, original swimming party, outdoors, ph fat, photography, portraits, red bull, reunion, rock, sannie fox, saxophone, sibot, south africa, south african, southern wild, spring, stage, summer, sunset, tatran, tattoos, taxi violence, tents, trumpet, tuin, tweak, weekends, werner von waltsleben
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Ben Howard at the Grand Arena
Wednesday 22 July 2015 It was freezing outside on Wednesday night – luckily the queue outside GrandWest, though very long, was moving pretty swiftly. Inside it was equally full – it was still early Cape Town had shown up in its masses for Ben … Continue reading
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Tagged atmospheric, ben howard, british, bye beneco, cape town, crowd, evenings, events, favourites, gigs & festivals, grand arena, grand west casino, guitars, international act, joburg, light, lights, long hair, music, photography, seed experiences, singer-songwriters, south africa, south african, stage, texx and the city, winter
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Tagged atmospheric, ben howard, british, bye beneco, cape town, crowd, evenings, events, favourites, gigs & festivals, grand arena, grand west casino, guitars, international act, joburg, light, lights, long hair, music, photography, seed experiences, singer-songwriters, south africa, south african, stage, texx and the city, winter
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Cape Town Nu World Festival 2015 at the city hall
17 & 18 July 2015 Formerly the Cape Town World Music Festival, the newly renamed Cape Town Nu World Festival took place at the CT city hall last weekend. The lineup featured an exciting mix of local and international artists … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, bateleur, beanstalk, blackfoot phoenix, cape town, cape town world music festival, card on spokes, cbd, city, city centre, city hall, crowd, ctnwf, ctwmf, dancing, derek gripper, disco ball, dunkelbunt, events, fantasma, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, hip hop, hippies, international act, kanda bongo man, long hair, mokoomba, native young, photography, rain, riky rick, rock, simphiwe dana, south africa, south african, spoek mathambo, spoek vs spoko, tcheka, the grrrl, thris tian, tourist, turkey, vukazithathe, weekends, winter, zuko collective
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Tagged acoustic, bateleur, beanstalk, blackfoot phoenix, cape town, cape town world music festival, card on spokes, cbd, city, city centre, city hall, crowd, ctnwf, ctwmf, dancing, derek gripper, disco ball, dunkelbunt, events, fantasma, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, hip hop, hippies, international act, kanda bongo man, long hair, mokoomba, native young, photography, rain, riky rick, rock, simphiwe dana, south africa, south african, spoek mathambo, spoek vs spoko, tcheka, the grrrl, thris tian, tourist, turkey, vukazithathe, weekends, winter, zuko collective
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Stelth Ulvang in Cape Town: City & Secret Soiree shows
20 & 22 June 2015 Stelth Ulvang of American folk stars The Lumineers recently completed a tour of Southern Africa that included festivals in Mozambique and Swaziland as well as a bunch of shows around SA. I caught two of his last … Continue reading
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Tagged accordion, acoustic, albert frost, american, bonj mpanza, brass, candles, cape town, cbd, cello, city soiree, crowdfunding, favourites, folk, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, jon shaban, julian redpath, lee thomson, long street, photography, piano, ryan mcarthur, secret soiree, stelth ulvang, texx and the city, the lumineers, the shabeen, thecity, tour, trumpet, weekends, werner von waltsleben, winter, woodstock
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Tagged accordion, acoustic, albert frost, american, bonj mpanza, brass, candles, cape town, cbd, cello, city soiree, crowdfunding, favourites, folk, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, jon shaban, julian redpath, lee thomson, long street, photography, piano, ryan mcarthur, secret soiree, stelth ulvang, texx and the city, the lumineers, the shabeen, thecity, tour, trumpet, weekends, werner von waltsleben, winter, woodstock
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