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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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BZH 2017 – Paimpol 2017 – Festival du Chant de Marin
Sat 12 August 2017 Paimpol Festival du chant de Marin 2017 The Paimpol festival happens every 2 years and is held in the port where thousands of attendees spend the weekend watching international and local musicians across a variety … Continue reading
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Tagged alan stivell, barque, bcuc, boat, bretagne, breton, brittany, crowd, europe, eurotrip, evenings, events, favourites, france, gigs & festivals, guitars, harbour, harp, international act, malicorne, memories, music, music festival, outdoors, paimpol, parade, photography, sailing, sea, ship, south african, tall ship, travel, travelogue, water, weekends
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After Dark: Majozi & Gemma Griffiths
Wed 29 August 2018 The After Dark series concluded this week with memorable performances from Majozi and Gemma Griffiths. Here are some shots from the night.
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Tagged acoustic, after dark, aquarium, cape town, evenings, fish, gemma griffiths, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, majozi, music, nature, photography, south african, texx and the city, waterfront
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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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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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