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Oppikoppi 24: Nomakanjani 2018 – day 1
Thurs 8 August 2018 After only narrowly surviving the zombie flu in 2016 and taking 2017 off, I returned to Oppikoppi for the third time earlier this month. It was a very different festival, for better and worse, but as beautiful … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, black cat bones, blind butcher, bushveld, crimson house, dust, events, favourites, frame janko, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, hip hop, jack daniels, limpopo, long hair, music, nature, northam, oppikoppi, outdoors, photography, pop, rock, satanic dagga orgy, silvablack, sio, south africa, south african, southern wild, spraypaint, stoker, street art, summer, sunset, texx and the city, trees, veld, weekends
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Tagged acoustic, black cat bones, blind butcher, bushveld, crimson house, dust, events, favourites, frame janko, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, hip hop, jack daniels, limpopo, long hair, music, nature, northam, oppikoppi, outdoors, photography, pop, rock, satanic dagga orgy, silvablack, sio, south africa, south african, southern wild, spraypaint, stoker, street art, summer, sunset, texx and the city, trees, veld, weekends
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Oppikoppi 2016: The unsea Day 3
Sun 7 August 2016 By day 3 of Oppikoppi 2016 I was well and truly feeling like death. Two nights of no sleep and a relentless fever are not conducive to a happy festival experience…but what can you do? I think … Continue reading
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Tagged 7th son, acoustic, afrikaans, american, august burns red, bombshelter beast, brass, cape town, costumes, crowd, dj, dressing up, dust, evenings, events, favourites, fever dogs, gigs & festivals, go barefoot, hezron chetty, hip hop, international act, jack parow, japanese, jumping musicians, kongos, late night fox, limpopo, long hair, medicine boy, ok22, oppikoppi, out in the country, petite noir, photography, plants & flowers, rap, raygun royale, ready d, rock, sawagi, saxophone, sick, sky, sol gems, south africa, south african, summer, sutherland, texx and the city, the unsea, trees, tuba, violin, weekends, yelawolf
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Tagged 7th son, acoustic, afrikaans, american, august burns red, bombshelter beast, brass, cape town, costumes, crowd, dj, dressing up, dust, evenings, events, favourites, fever dogs, gigs & festivals, go barefoot, hezron chetty, hip hop, international act, jack parow, japanese, jumping musicians, kongos, late night fox, limpopo, long hair, medicine boy, ok22, oppikoppi, out in the country, petite noir, photography, plants & flowers, rap, raygun royale, ready d, rock, sawagi, saxophone, sick, sky, sol gems, south africa, south african, summer, sutherland, texx and the city, the unsea, trees, tuba, violin, weekends, yelawolf
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Oppikoppi 2016: The Unsea Day 1
Fri 5 August 2016 It’s taken me longer than it should have to post about Oppikoppi. The truth is that I fell in love with the fest last year (my first time) and couldn’t wait to go back, but sadly … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, afrikaans, art snakes, bittereinder, boargazm, bye beneco, cape town, chambers, costumes, crowds, de wallen, dressing up, dust, events, favourites, folk, follow me follow you, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, johannesburg, jumping musicians, limpopo, long hair, memories, music, nakhane toure, nature, newtown knife gang, northam, ok22, oppikoppi, out in the country, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, pollinator, portraits, rap, rock, satanic dagga orgy, south africa, south african, texx and the city, the acateurs, the dandies, the narrow, the plastics, the unsea, thieve, thomas krane, thorns, weekends
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Tagged acoustic, afrikaans, art snakes, bittereinder, boargazm, bye beneco, cape town, chambers, costumes, crowds, de wallen, dressing up, dust, events, favourites, folk, follow me follow you, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, johannesburg, jumping musicians, limpopo, long hair, memories, music, nakhane toure, nature, newtown knife gang, northam, ok22, oppikoppi, out in the country, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, pollinator, portraits, rap, rock, satanic dagga orgy, south africa, south african, texx and the city, the acateurs, the dandies, the narrow, the plastics, the unsea, thieve, thomas krane, thorns, weekends
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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 1
Friday 7 August 2015 Now in its 21st year, Oppikoppi is legendary among South African music festivals. Its status and distance from Cape Town have always intimidated the hell out of me but attending has always been something I’d hoped … Continue reading
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Tagged acacia, aking, bitches brew, british, bye beneco, camping, catherine grenfell, cortina whiplash, costumes, crimson house, crimson house blues, crowd, curious incident, danish, december streets, doring, dressing up, dust, facing the gallows, farm, favourites, festival, filth, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, hokum, kameeldoring, lanterns, les javan, lights, limpopo, long hair, metal, mr vos vos, new academics, northam, oppikoppi, out in the country, outdoors, parlotones, photography, portraits, powersolo, red bull, red helen, rian malan, rock, rockabilly, singing bassists, slashdogs, smoke, south africa, south african, stage, stoker, sunset, tents, texx and the city, thorns, uk, winter days
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Tagged acacia, aking, bitches brew, british, bye beneco, camping, catherine grenfell, cortina whiplash, costumes, crimson house, crimson house blues, crowd, curious incident, danish, december streets, doring, dressing up, dust, facing the gallows, farm, favourites, festival, filth, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, hokum, kameeldoring, lanterns, les javan, lights, limpopo, long hair, metal, mr vos vos, new academics, northam, oppikoppi, out in the country, outdoors, parlotones, photography, portraits, powersolo, red bull, red helen, rian malan, rock, rockabilly, singing bassists, slashdogs, smoke, south africa, south african, stage, stoker, sunset, tents, texx and the city, thorns, uk, winter days
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