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Tag Archives: rockabilly
Dia de los Muertos at Harley Davidson Tyger Valley
Sat 28 November 2015 Harley Davidson Tyger Valley held a Dia de los Meurtos-themed mini tattoo convention featuring live tattooing, piercing, facepaint and entertainment courtesy of The Ratrod Cats. And of course loads of bikes. Here are some shots from … Continue reading
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Tagged all ages, bikes, cape town, convention, dia de los muertos, double bass, events, gigs & festivals, harley davidson, long hair, motorbikes, motorcycle, photography, piercing, rockabilly, south africa, south african, summer, tattoo, tattoos, tyger valley, weekends, willowbridge
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Tagged all ages, bikes, cape town, convention, dia de los muertos, double bass, events, gigs & festivals, harley davidson, long hair, motorbikes, motorcycle, photography, piercing, rockabilly, south africa, south african, summer, tattoo, tattoos, tyger valley, weekends, willowbridge
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Dusty Rebels & The Bombshells Rockabilly Festival at the Ostrich Ranch
Sat 14 November 2015 Though the Dusty Rebels & The Bombshells festival has been running for three years, this year was my first. It was fantastic, one-day festivals really are great – there was loads to do but the overall … Continue reading
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Tagged all ages, alternative, art, beards, bikes, bombshell betty, burlesque, cape town, cars, costumes, crowd, dan valley & the countrymen, dancers, dancing, dixie pricks, double bass, dressing up, dust, dusty rebels & the bombshells, evenings, events, fairground, fashion, fashion show, favourites, femme fatales, gigs & festivals, graffiti, halloween, leather, long hair, martin rocka & the sick shop, medicine boy, motorbikes, motorcycle, mr cat & the jackal, music, nature, ostrich ranch, out in the country, outdoors, pageant, photography, pinup, portraits, racing, ratrod cats, retro, rock, rockabilly, roller derby, south africa, south african, summer, tattoos, texx and the city, the damned crows, the taros, them tornados, vintage, weekends
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Tagged all ages, alternative, art, beards, bikes, bombshell betty, burlesque, cape town, cars, costumes, crowd, dan valley & the countrymen, dancers, dancing, dixie pricks, double bass, dressing up, dust, dusty rebels & the bombshells, evenings, events, fairground, fashion, fashion show, favourites, femme fatales, gigs & festivals, graffiti, halloween, leather, long hair, martin rocka & the sick shop, medicine boy, motorbikes, motorcycle, mr cat & the jackal, music, nature, ostrich ranch, out in the country, outdoors, pageant, photography, pinup, portraits, racing, ratrod cats, retro, rock, rockabilly, roller derby, south africa, south african, summer, tattoos, texx and the city, the damned crows, the taros, them tornados, vintage, weekends
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Lucky 13: Terminatryx 13 yr anniversary and HorrorFest afterparty with Mind Assault, The Damned Crows and A Murder at Mercury
Fri 6 November 2015 Industrial metal-makers Terminatryx celebrated their 13th anniversary with a free show last Friday at Mercury. It was also the official afterparty for the HorrorFest and featured performances from Mind Assault, The Damned Crows and dark folk duo A … Continue reading
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Tagged a murder, acoustic, anniversary, black and white, cape town, cbd, costumes, dressing up, favourites, folk, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, horror, horrorfest, industrial, long hair, mercury, metal, mind assault, monochrome, music, photography, rockabilly, south africa, south african, south african horrorfest, terminatryx, the damned crows
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Tagged a murder, acoustic, anniversary, black and white, cape town, cbd, costumes, dressing up, favourites, folk, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, horror, horrorfest, industrial, long hair, mercury, metal, mind assault, monochrome, music, photography, rockabilly, south africa, south african, south african horrorfest, terminatryx, the damned crows
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Zombie Fest 2015
Sat 31 October 2015 The official after party to the annual Cape Town Zombie Walk, the inaugural Zombie Fest took place last Saturday (Halloween) at the end point for the Zombie Walk, the Lookout at the Waterfront. Aside from market … Continue reading
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Tagged art of play, blynd tyger, brass, cami chaos, cape town, costumes, double bass, dressing up, dukes, dukes of note, evenings, facepaint, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, halloween, long hair, lookout, market, music, outdoors, photography, ratrod cats, reburn, rock, rockabilly, rudimentals, saxophone, ska, south africa, south african, summer, texx and the city, the damned crows, trombone, trumpet, waterfront, weekends, zombie fest, zombie walk, zombiegamer, zombies
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Tagged art of play, blynd tyger, brass, cami chaos, cape town, costumes, double bass, dressing up, dukes, dukes of note, evenings, facepaint, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, halloween, long hair, lookout, market, music, outdoors, photography, ratrod cats, reburn, rock, rockabilly, rudimentals, saxophone, ska, south africa, south african, summer, texx and the city, the damned crows, trombone, trumpet, waterfront, weekends, zombie fest, zombie walk, zombiegamer, zombies
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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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