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Operation T Dog Day Fest Fundraiser at The Great Wizoo
Sun 17 January 2016 Last Sunday a bunch of great bands got together at the Great Wizoo to raise money for Nic Gaud‘s dog Tuj’s medical bills. Artists included Matt Vend, 7th Son, Grassy Spark, West Coast Wolves, and Half Price. … Continue reading
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Tagged 7th son, acousitic, animals, cape town, dogs, double bass, fundraiser, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, great wizoo, guitars, half price, hippies, long hair, matt vend, music, party, photography, punk, rock, ska, south africa, south african, summer, texx and the city, weekends, west coast wolves
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Tagged 7th son, acousitic, animals, cape town, dogs, double bass, fundraiser, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, great wizoo, guitars, half price, hippies, long hair, matt vend, music, party, photography, punk, rock, ska, south africa, south african, summer, texx and the city, weekends, west coast wolves
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Rocking the Daisies 2015: Saturday
Sat 3 October 2015 Day 2 of Rocking the Daisies 2015 featured the biggest crowd I’ve ever been stuck in (for German headliners Milky Chance – it honestly took me the majority of their set to get from the far end of … Continue reading
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Tagged accordion, acoustic, afrikaans, aking, al bairre, australian, bongeziwe mabandla, brass, british, cape town, card on spokes, cloof wine estate, costumes, crowd, dancers, dancing, darling, derek gripper, dirty hippies, dressing up, electro, evenings, fairy lights, fire, flowers, george bacon, german, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, hipsters, hog hoggidy hog, hula hoop, international act, jack parow, jon shaban, jumping musicians, landscape, long hair, milky chance, mountains, music, nature, nu world, out in the country, outdoors, parade, peter bibby, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, rock, rocking the daisies, saxophone, scuba, seed experiences, ska, south africa, south african, stage, suitcase hearts, summer, sunset, tattoos, texx and the city, the brother moves on, the kooks, the shabeen, touchwood, trees, tribute, trumpet, weekends, wild lettuce
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Tagged accordion, acoustic, afrikaans, aking, al bairre, australian, bongeziwe mabandla, brass, british, cape town, card on spokes, cloof wine estate, costumes, crowd, dancers, dancing, darling, derek gripper, dirty hippies, dressing up, electro, evenings, fairy lights, fire, flowers, george bacon, german, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, hipsters, hog hoggidy hog, hula hoop, international act, jack parow, jon shaban, jumping musicians, landscape, long hair, milky chance, mountains, music, nature, nu world, out in the country, outdoors, parade, peter bibby, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, rock, rocking the daisies, saxophone, scuba, seed experiences, ska, south africa, south african, stage, suitcase hearts, summer, sunset, tattoos, texx and the city, the brother moves on, the kooks, the shabeen, touchwood, trees, tribute, trumpet, weekends, wild lettuce
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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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Desmond & The Tutus, Grassy Spark, Early Hours & Make-Overs at the Assembly
Saturday 6 June 2015 I don’t remember the last time I was at the Assembly…but I had a great time there last Saturday watching Grassy Spark, Early Hours and Pretoria favourites of mine Desmond & The Tutus and Make-Overs.
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Tagged brass, cape town, crowd, desmond & the tutus, desmond and the tutus, dj, early hours, favourites, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, long hair, make overs, mudblud, music, photography, rock, ska, south africa, south african, texx and the city, the assembly, trumpet, weekends
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Tagged brass, cape town, crowd, desmond & the tutus, desmond and the tutus, dj, early hours, favourites, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, long hair, make overs, mudblud, music, photography, rock, ska, south africa, south african, texx and the city, the assembly, trumpet, weekends
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Cool as Folk at the Sideshow
Saturday 18 April 2015 Last Saturday, the eco-warriors at GreenPop hosted their latest Cool as Folk party to raise funds as well as celebrate the planting of 50,000 trees – no mean feat. The last time I attended a CAF party was … Continue reading
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Tagged cape town, cbd, cool as folk, crowd, dancers, dear mrs panda, early hours, foreshore, fundraiser, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, greenpop, international act, italian, jeremy loops, legoloop, lemonella, paige mac, royal commoners, sideshow, south africa, south african, texx and the city, trees, wild lettuce
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Tagged cape town, cbd, cool as folk, crowd, dancers, dear mrs panda, early hours, foreshore, fundraiser, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, greenpop, international act, italian, jeremy loops, legoloop, lemonella, paige mac, royal commoners, sideshow, south africa, south african, texx and the city, trees, wild lettuce
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