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Oppikoppi 2016: The unsea Day 2
Sat 6 August 2016 Oppikoppi gets cold at night… But like really, really cold. So the fact that I spent Friday night sweating in my bed made me rather concerned… Yup, the flu finally got me, and it made the rest … Continue reading
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Tagged academie, acoustic, adelle nqeto, adventureman, aking, boxer, brass, british, cape town, choir, costumes, crowd, dressing up, duo, dust, easy freak, events, favourites, femi koya, fevertrails, fishwives, fokofpolisiekar, gangsterdam, gerald clarke, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, hip hop, horse, hot, international act, jerry and the bandits, joburg, johannesburg, jon savage, jumping musicians, lights, little simz, long hair, made for broadway, man as machine, marching band, music, naked, nature, new academics, nonku phiri, ok22, oppikoppi, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, prime circle, rambling bones, rap, reason, red bull, riky rick, rock, sannie fox, satanic dagga orgy, shortstraw, shotgun tori, ska, sketchy bongo, south africa, south african, stone jets, sunset, texx and the city, the hip replacements, the kiffness, the mitten fits, the sextons, the unsea, thorns, tidal waves, urban village, we are charlie, weekends, werner von waltsleben
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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 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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Oppikoppi 21: Fantastic Mr Vos Vos Day 2
Saturday 8 August 2015 As mildly traumatic as it is waking up in 5 layers of clothes in a state of humid confusion surrounded by a tent and the nonsensical conversations of your neighbours outside, there’s something reassuring about the situation: you know … Continue reading
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Tagged afrikaans, aka, al bairre, american, bagpipes, black cat bones, brass, british, camping, circle view, costumes, crowd, dance, dancers, dancing, desmond & the tutus, desmond and the tutus, dirty hippies, doring, double bass, dressing up, drummers, drums, dust, favourites, felix laband, full swing, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, international act, jumping musicians, kameeldoring, kid x, kilts, konrad kuechenmeister, light, livingston, long hair, marching band, memories, mordor, music, nature, nomadic orchestra, nonku phiri, okmalumkoolkat, oppikoppi, original swimming party, outdoors, ph fat, photography, portraits, red bull, reunion, rock, sannie fox, saxophone, sibot, south africa, south african, southern wild, spring, stage, summer, sunset, tatran, tattoos, taxi violence, tents, trumpet, tuin, tweak, weekends, werner von waltsleben
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Tagged afrikaans, aka, al bairre, american, bagpipes, black cat bones, brass, british, camping, circle view, costumes, crowd, dance, dancers, dancing, desmond & the tutus, desmond and the tutus, dirty hippies, doring, double bass, dressing up, drummers, drums, dust, favourites, felix laband, full swing, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, international act, jumping musicians, kameeldoring, kid x, kilts, konrad kuechenmeister, light, livingston, long hair, marching band, memories, mordor, music, nature, nomadic orchestra, nonku phiri, okmalumkoolkat, oppikoppi, original swimming party, outdoors, ph fat, photography, portraits, red bull, reunion, rock, sannie fox, saxophone, sibot, south africa, south african, southern wild, spring, stage, summer, sunset, tatran, tattoos, taxi violence, tents, trumpet, tuin, tweak, weekends, werner von waltsleben
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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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