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Stone Jets at the V&A Waterfront Amphitheatre
Sat 30 April 2016 The Stone Jets played a really lovely show at the Amphitheatre at the end of April; it’s a tricky venue as it caters mostly to casual Waterfront shoppers , passersby and denizens of the foodcourt but … Continue reading
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Tagged amphitheatre, cape town, evenings, events, gigs & festivals, guitars, music, outdoors, photography, pop, rock, south africa, south african, stone jets, trio, waterfront, weekends
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Tagged amphitheatre, cape town, evenings, events, gigs & festivals, guitars, music, outdoors, photography, pop, rock, south africa, south african, stone jets, trio, waterfront, weekends
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One last bash: Julia Robert and The Pranks’ farewell show with Black Lung at Manila Bar
Tues 26 April 2016 Julia Robert and The Pranks both played their last shows (along with Black Lung) at Manila Bar at the end of April. Though tinged with sadness of their farewells it was a really enjoyable night with … Continue reading
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Tagged black lung, cape town, costumes, covers, dressing up, evenings, events, farewell, farewell show, garage, gigs & festivals, guitars, julia robert, long hair, long street, music, photography, post-punk, psych, public holiday, punk, rock, south africa, south african, special guests, texx and the city, the pranks, weekends
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Karnivool and Ohgod at Mercury
Fri 22 April 2016 Australia’s Karnivool graced the mother city with a show at Mercury at the end of April with the support of local instrumental metal trio ohgod. I’m not a big fan of Karnivool and to be honest was … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative, australian, cape town, gigs & festivals, guitars, instrumental, international act, long hair, mercury, metal, music, ohgod, photography, prog, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, weekends
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Tagged alternative, australian, cape town, gigs & festivals, guitars, instrumental, international act, long hair, mercury, metal, music, ohgod, photography, prog, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, weekends
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Queens of the Stone Age Tribute show – QOTSA 2016 at Manila Bar
Sat 9 April 2016 I haven’t been to a show as sweaty, intense or downright fun as the QOTSA Tribute 2016 in a very long time. Say what you will about tribute shows but when they’re as good as this one … Continue reading
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Tagged african survival kit, bam bam brown & the wild professors, blynd tyger, cape town, crowd, crowd surfing, dangerfields, de wallen, evenings, favourites, feverstone, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, julia robert, jumping musicians, kloof street, long hair, loveglove pyrotechnics, manila bar, mr cat & the jackal, music, photography, qotsa, queens of the stone age, rock, slow jack, south africa, south african, southern wild, stoker, sweaty, taxi violence, texx and the city, the sleepers, tribute, weekends
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Jungle & Goodluck at Kirstenbosch
Fri 1 April 2016 British electro-soul outfit Jungle’s Kirstenbosch show has been hotly anticipated by Cape Town for the last few months, and it didn’t disappoint. Even though it rained (like, a lot) during the end of opening act Goodluck’s … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, british, cape town, electro, favourites, gigs & festivals, goodluck, guitars, international act, international artist, jumping musicians, jungle, kirstenbosch, long hair, mountains, nature, outdoors, photography, pop, rain, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, uk, weekends, winter
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Tagged autumn, british, cape town, electro, favourites, gigs & festivals, goodluck, guitars, international act, international artist, jumping musicians, jungle, kirstenbosch, long hair, mountains, nature, outdoors, photography, pop, rain, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, uk, weekends, winter
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