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Francois van Coke En Vriende – Sun Arena Pretoria
Sat 15 September 2018 ‘Francois Van Coke en Vriende’ was an aptly named, once-off show in Pretoria’s massive Sun Arena and a truly world class production (props to AMP Events). It featured collaborative performances from Francois’ bandmates in Fokofpolisiekar, Van Coke … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, afrikaans, amp events, arena, arno carstens, crowd surfing, die heuwels fantasties, events, favourites, fokofpolisiekar, francois van coke, gigs & festivals, guitars, heuwels fantasties, jack parow, jumping musicians, karen zoid, lights, long hair, majozi, music, photography, pretoria, robfather, rock, south africa, south african, springbok nude girls, stadium, stage diving, sun arena, texx and the city, van coke kartel, weekends
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Tagged acoustic, afrikaans, amp events, arena, arno carstens, crowd surfing, die heuwels fantasties, events, favourites, fokofpolisiekar, francois van coke, gigs & festivals, guitars, heuwels fantasties, jack parow, jumping musicians, karen zoid, lights, long hair, majozi, music, photography, pretoria, robfather, rock, south africa, south african, springbok nude girls, stadium, stage diving, sun arena, texx and the city, van coke kartel, weekends
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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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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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Oppikoppi 24: Nomakanjani 2018 – day 2
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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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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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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After Dark: AKING & Bam Bam Brown
Wed 25 July 2018 The second installment of Texx and the City’s series of intimate shows at the Aquarium featured a stripped down set from AKING and my favourite Bam Bam Brown performance to date. Here are some shots from … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, after dark, aking, aquarium, cape town, cbd, evenings, fish, fisheye, gigs & festivals, guitars, long hair, music, nature, photography, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city
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Tagged acoustic, after dark, aking, aquarium, cape town, cbd, evenings, fish, fisheye, gigs & festivals, guitars, long hair, music, nature, photography, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city
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