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Oppikoppi 2016: The unsea Day 2
Sat 6 August 2016 Oppikoppi gets cold at night… But like really, really cold. So the fact that I spent Friday night sweating in my bed made me rather concerned… Yup, the flu finally got me, and it made the rest … Continue reading
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Tagged academie, acoustic, adelle nqeto, adventureman, aking, boxer, brass, british, cape town, choir, costumes, crowd, dressing up, duo, dust, easy freak, events, favourites, femi koya, fevertrails, fishwives, fokofpolisiekar, gangsterdam, gerald clarke, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, hip hop, horse, hot, international act, jerry and the bandits, joburg, johannesburg, jon savage, jumping musicians, lights, little simz, long hair, made for broadway, man as machine, marching band, music, naked, nature, new academics, nonku phiri, ok22, oppikoppi, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, prime circle, rambling bones, rap, reason, red bull, riky rick, rock, sannie fox, satanic dagga orgy, shortstraw, shotgun tori, ska, sketchy bongo, south africa, south african, stone jets, sunset, texx and the city, the hip replacements, the kiffness, the mitten fits, the sextons, the unsea, thorns, tidal waves, urban village, we are charlie, weekends, werner von waltsleben
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Tagged academie, acoustic, adelle nqeto, adventureman, aking, boxer, brass, british, cape town, choir, costumes, crowd, dressing up, duo, dust, easy freak, events, favourites, femi koya, fevertrails, fishwives, fokofpolisiekar, gangsterdam, gerald clarke, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, hip hop, horse, hot, international act, jerry and the bandits, joburg, johannesburg, jon savage, jumping musicians, lights, little simz, long hair, made for broadway, man as machine, marching band, music, naked, nature, new academics, nonku phiri, ok22, oppikoppi, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, prime circle, rambling bones, rap, reason, red bull, riky rick, rock, sannie fox, satanic dagga orgy, shortstraw, shotgun tori, ska, sketchy bongo, south africa, south african, stone jets, sunset, texx and the city, the hip replacements, the kiffness, the mitten fits, the sextons, the unsea, thorns, tidal waves, urban village, we are charlie, weekends, werner von waltsleben
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Shortstraw, Grassy Spark, Young Hands & Veladraco at Manila Bar
Fri 29 July 2016 Balloons, a pinata, crowd-surfing and not least of all a formidable line-up of high energy bands came together at Manila the last weekend of July, where the space got so packed with sweaty revelers it was really tough … Continue reading
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Tagged balloons, brass, cape town, crowd surfing, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, jumping musicians, kloof street, long hair, manila bar, music, photography, pinata, pop, rock, shortstraw, ska, south africa, south african, stage diving, texx and the city, veladraco, weekends, young hands
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Tagged balloons, brass, cape town, crowd surfing, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, jumping musicians, kloof street, long hair, manila bar, music, photography, pinata, pop, rock, shortstraw, ska, south africa, south african, stage diving, texx and the city, veladraco, weekends, young hands
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Rocking the Daisies 2014
Saturday 05 October 2014 Rocking the Daisies managed to expand from its colossal 17,000-odd crowd last year to around 20,000 this past weekend. The weather was great and, as usual, there was plenty to see and do. I may have gone … Continue reading
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Tagged american, australian, beatenberg, belly dancers, bongeziwe mabandla, british, camping, cape town, clouds, crowd, crystal fighters, dancing, darling, dressing up, electronic, eppelsauce, festival, flint meet spark, floyd lavine, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, international act, international artist, lasers, light, lights, los tacos, mgmt, mokoomba, mountains, music, nick turner, nomadic orchestra, ottoman slap, out in the country, outdoors, pat mccay, people, photography, portraits, reburn, rock, rocking the daisies, rudimental, shortstraw, sky, summer, sun, tattoos, tents, the presets, weekends
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Tagged american, australian, beatenberg, belly dancers, bongeziwe mabandla, british, camping, cape town, clouds, crowd, crystal fighters, dancing, darling, dressing up, electronic, eppelsauce, festival, flint meet spark, floyd lavine, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, international act, international artist, lasers, light, lights, los tacos, mgmt, mokoomba, mountains, music, nick turner, nomadic orchestra, ottoman slap, out in the country, outdoors, pat mccay, people, photography, portraits, reburn, rock, rocking the daisies, rudimental, shortstraw, sky, summer, sun, tattoos, tents, the presets, weekends
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Rocking the Daisies 2013: Friday
Friday 4 October 2013 Last year was my first time at Rocking the Daisies and I was impressed by the size and professionalism of the festival. I’ll be honest, while this year’s Saturday’s internationals totally blew my mind (and expectations), … Continue reading
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Tagged beach party, beards, black cat bones, cape town, crowd, crowd surfing, daisies, darling, dirty skirts, favourites, gangs of ballet, gigs & festivals, goodluck, guitars, jumping musicians, kidofdoom, long hair, nature, out in the country, outdoors, people, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, rock, rocking the daisies, shortstraw, sky, south africa, south african, stage, stage diving, summer, weekends
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Tagged beach party, beards, black cat bones, cape town, crowd, crowd surfing, daisies, darling, dirty skirts, favourites, gangs of ballet, gigs & festivals, goodluck, guitars, jumping musicians, kidofdoom, long hair, nature, out in the country, outdoors, people, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, rock, rocking the daisies, shortstraw, sky, south africa, south african, stage, stage diving, summer, weekends
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49M Rocking the Daisies 2012 – Friday
Friday 05 October 2012 This year was my inaugural Rocking the Daisies, and what a year to pick – all (15 000 I think) festival tickets sold out meaning the place was packed, the weather was mild during the day … Continue reading
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Tagged 49m, bateleur, beach, beast, beatenberg, benguela, camping, cape town, capitec, cloof wine estate, costumes, darling, dressing up, gigs & festivals, guitars, inge beckmann, iso, isochronous, jon savage, kongos, lights, long hair, machineri, music, out in the country, outdoors, outside, photography, rocking the daisies, shortstraw, south africa, summer, the brother moves on, the sleepers, water, weekends
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Tagged 49m, bateleur, beach, beast, beatenberg, benguela, camping, cape town, capitec, cloof wine estate, costumes, darling, dressing up, gigs & festivals, guitars, inge beckmann, iso, isochronous, jon savage, kongos, lights, long hair, machineri, music, out in the country, outdoors, outside, photography, rocking the daisies, shortstraw, south africa, summer, the brother moves on, the sleepers, water, weekends
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