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Dusty Rebels & The Bombshells Rockabilly Festival at the Ostrich Ranch
Sat 14 November 2015 Though the Dusty Rebels & The Bombshells festival has been running for three years, this year was my first. It was fantastic, one-day festivals really are great – there was loads to do but the overall … Continue reading
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Tagged all ages, alternative, art, beards, bikes, bombshell betty, burlesque, cape town, cars, costumes, crowd, dan valley & the countrymen, dancers, dancing, dixie pricks, double bass, dressing up, dust, dusty rebels & the bombshells, evenings, events, fairground, fashion, fashion show, favourites, femme fatales, gigs & festivals, graffiti, halloween, leather, long hair, martin rocka & the sick shop, medicine boy, motorbikes, motorcycle, mr cat & the jackal, music, nature, ostrich ranch, out in the country, outdoors, pageant, photography, pinup, portraits, racing, ratrod cats, retro, rock, rockabilly, roller derby, south africa, south african, summer, tattoos, texx and the city, the damned crows, the taros, them tornados, vintage, weekends
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Tagged all ages, alternative, art, beards, bikes, bombshell betty, burlesque, cape town, cars, costumes, crowd, dan valley & the countrymen, dancers, dancing, dixie pricks, double bass, dressing up, dust, dusty rebels & the bombshells, evenings, events, fairground, fashion, fashion show, favourites, femme fatales, gigs & festivals, graffiti, halloween, leather, long hair, martin rocka & the sick shop, medicine boy, motorbikes, motorcycle, mr cat & the jackal, music, nature, ostrich ranch, out in the country, outdoors, pageant, photography, pinup, portraits, racing, ratrod cats, retro, rock, rockabilly, roller derby, south africa, south african, summer, tattoos, texx and the city, the damned crows, the taros, them tornados, vintage, weekends
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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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Oppikoppi 21: Fantastic Mr Vos Vos Day 1
Friday 7 August 2015 Now in its 21st year, Oppikoppi is legendary among South African music festivals. Its status and distance from Cape Town have always intimidated the hell out of me but attending has always been something I’d hoped … Continue reading
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Tagged acacia, aking, bitches brew, british, bye beneco, camping, catherine grenfell, cortina whiplash, costumes, crimson house, crimson house blues, crowd, curious incident, danish, december streets, doring, dressing up, dust, facing the gallows, farm, favourites, festival, filth, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, hokum, kameeldoring, lanterns, les javan, lights, limpopo, long hair, metal, mr vos vos, new academics, northam, oppikoppi, out in the country, outdoors, parlotones, photography, portraits, powersolo, red bull, red helen, rian malan, rock, rockabilly, singing bassists, slashdogs, smoke, south africa, south african, stage, stoker, sunset, tents, texx and the city, thorns, uk, winter days
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Tagged acacia, aking, bitches brew, british, bye beneco, camping, catherine grenfell, cortina whiplash, costumes, crimson house, crimson house blues, crowd, curious incident, danish, december streets, doring, dressing up, dust, facing the gallows, farm, favourites, festival, filth, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, hokum, kameeldoring, lanterns, les javan, lights, limpopo, long hair, metal, mr vos vos, new academics, northam, oppikoppi, out in the country, outdoors, parlotones, photography, portraits, powersolo, red bull, red helen, rian malan, rock, rockabilly, singing bassists, slashdogs, smoke, south africa, south african, stage, stoker, sunset, tents, texx and the city, thorns, uk, winter days
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McCully Workshop at the KKNK
9 – 11 April 2015 Mid April I joined my dad, my uncle and the rest of McCully Workshop on a short roadtrip to Oudtshoorn where the band played 3 shows at Die Boer as part of the KKNK. Here are some … Continue reading
Snapshots from the tail-end of the KKNK
10 & 11 April 2015 Back in 2007 I went on an epic matric trip to the KKNK in Oudtshoorn. Recently I joined my dad and headed back to the town/fest for the first time in 8 years. Even though … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album launch, events, family, francois van coke, gigs & festivals, kknk, long hair, market, memories, mountains, music, nature, nostalgia, ostrich, oudtshoorn, out in the country, outdoors, personal, roadtrip, ronnies sex shop, south africa, south african, tour, tourist, weekends
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Tagged acoustic, album launch, events, family, francois van coke, gigs & festivals, kknk, long hair, market, memories, mountains, music, nature, nostalgia, ostrich, oudtshoorn, out in the country, outdoors, personal, roadtrip, ronnies sex shop, south africa, south african, tour, tourist, weekends
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