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George Ezra at the Durbanville Racecourse
Saturday 29 August 2015 George Ezra recently played an all-ages show at the Durbanville Racecourse with the support of Beatenberg, Hot Water and Bongeziwe Mabandla. The northern suburbs venue made a nice change from the city, and gave what could’ve been … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, all ages, beatenberg, bongeziwe mabandla, british, cape town, crowd, durbanville, family, folk, george ezra, gigs & festivals, guitars, hot water, international act, music, outdoors, photography, picnic, pop, racecourse, rock, seed experiences, south africa, south african, spring, tents, uk, weekends, winter
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Tagged acoustic, all ages, beatenberg, bongeziwe mabandla, british, cape town, crowd, durbanville, family, folk, george ezra, gigs & festivals, guitars, hot water, international act, music, outdoors, photography, picnic, pop, racecourse, rock, seed experiences, south africa, south african, spring, tents, uk, weekends, winter
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Tweak’s 10 year reunion show at the Assembly
Saturday 22 August 2015 I was never a big fan of Tweak back in the day and kinda skipped the whole high school punk/ska phase in general, but I do remember them, as do a whole lot of other people who packed … Continue reading
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Tagged assembly, black and white, cape town, cbd, costumes, crowd surfing, dressing up, events, farewell show, final show, gigs & festivals, glam, half price, inflatables, jumping musicians, last show, long hair, loveglove pyrotechnics, monochrome, photography, pop, punk, reuinion, rock, ska, south africa, south african, stage diving, texx and the city, tweak, veladraco, weekends, werner von waltsleben
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Tagged assembly, black and white, cape town, cbd, costumes, crowd surfing, dressing up, events, farewell show, final show, gigs & festivals, glam, half price, inflatables, jumping musicians, last show, long hair, loveglove pyrotechnics, monochrome, photography, pop, punk, reuinion, rock, ska, south africa, south african, stage diving, texx and the city, tweak, veladraco, weekends, werner von waltsleben
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Hog Hoggidy Hog’s 20th birthday in honour of George Bacon at the Assembly
Saturday 15 August 2015 George Bacon‘s untimely death was made even more tragic by the fact that it came just a few months shy of the band’s 20th anniversary. On Saturday August 15th the Hogs got together with a long … Continue reading
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Tagged 7th son, anniversary, arrogant sandys, assembly, birthday, brass, cape town, crowd, crowd surfing, francois van coke, george bacon, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, half price, hog hoggidy hog, jon shaban, jumping musicians, long hair, music, peachy keen, photography, punk, reggae, rock, ska, south africa, south african, stage diving, taxi violence, texx and the city, the assembly, theo crous, tribute, trombone, trumpet, weekends
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Tagged 7th son, anniversary, arrogant sandys, assembly, birthday, brass, cape town, crowd, crowd surfing, francois van coke, george bacon, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, half price, hog hoggidy hog, jon shaban, jumping musicians, long hair, music, peachy keen, photography, punk, reggae, rock, ska, south africa, south african, stage diving, taxi violence, texx and the city, the assembly, theo crous, tribute, trombone, trumpet, 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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Ben Howard at the Grand Arena
Wednesday 22 July 2015 It was freezing outside on Wednesday night – luckily the queue outside GrandWest, though very long, was moving pretty swiftly. Inside it was equally full – it was still early Cape Town had shown up in its masses for Ben … Continue reading
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Tagged atmospheric, ben howard, british, bye beneco, cape town, crowd, evenings, events, favourites, gigs & festivals, grand arena, grand west casino, guitars, international act, joburg, light, lights, long hair, music, photography, seed experiences, singer-songwriters, south africa, south african, stage, texx and the city, winter
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Tagged atmospheric, ben howard, british, bye beneco, cape town, crowd, evenings, events, favourites, gigs & festivals, grand arena, grand west casino, guitars, international act, joburg, light, lights, long hair, music, photography, seed experiences, singer-songwriters, south africa, south african, stage, texx and the city, winter
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