On the 28th of April I made my way to Park Acoustics at Fort Schanskop (in the Voortrekker Monument Nature Reserve) to enjoy some awesome live acts. Van Coke Kartel, Holiday Murray, City Bowl Mizers, Suburban Saints (from the UK) and Sons of Settlers were on the line-up list for the day. It was the fourth time that Park Acoustics sold out this year. 2,000 people made their way to the venue to enjoy some live music on the day.
Sadly I missed the opportunity to see Sons of Settlers, but managed to catch Suburban Saints (who are from Glasgow, Scotland) entertaining the crowd to the max. Next up were City Bowl Mizers (who just may be one of the most underrated live acts in South Africa). After them the crowd starting dancing their behinds off to Holiday Murray and prepared themselves for the headlining act of the day.
Van Coke Kartel blew the Pretoria crowd away with their awesome live performance skills. I know it’s called Park Acoustics for reason, but there was nothing acoustic about their set at all. These Bellville boys proved once again why they won the MK Award for Best Live Act for two years in a row. Van Coke Kartel are definitely proof that hard work pays off in the long run – they are one of the hardest working acts in the industry and you could see it when they were performing.
Here are some photos that I took during the Van Coke Kartel set on the day:
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The We Are One Colour Festival was held at Emmerentia Dam in Johannesburg yesterday. Once in a while a festival comes along that blows your mind away and this was definitely one of them for your’s truly.
I arrived at the venue at 12 noon and was amazed by the amount of people walking around in plain white clothing. This didn’t last long though. At 1 PM the first powder throwing exercise happened at the We Are One Colour Festival. The result was that people got a little more colourful. I dodged most of the powder thrown at the first session though.
Things got a little different from 2 PM onwards though. The second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth powder throw session left me covered in all kinds of coloured powder. I also had to wipe powder off my camera lens and body regularly (despite the fact that it was covered in a ziplock bag). The vibe went for mildy chilled out to more awesome with every powder throwing countdown. I also had the privilege to order beer at the longest bar I’ve ever seen at a festival. It must have been at least 500 meters long and no one waited for than 10 minutes for a drink (something some festivals can learn from in South Africa).
Check out this video that I took featuring one of the powder throwing sessions below:
In short the day can be described as follows: Awesome Vibe, Awesome People, Awesome Bar, Bright Colours. 15,000 people attended the We Are One Colour Festival (which would’ve been originally known as the Holi One Colour Festival’s Johannesburg Edition). These tickets sold out before any form of a line-up was announced (which should tell you something about Jozi’s love of electronic music). On the day more than 8 tons of powder was sold at the event (which was apparently 4 times the amount that was sold at the Cape Town Holi One Festival).
I also did not see a single grumpy person on the day. People were throwing eachother with powder and enjoying the electro music. Some folks really dressed for the occasion and there was no shortage of stunning ladies. In short: No one had any major complaints. Kudos to the organizers for pulling off one of the best festivals I’ve ever been to.
Check out some of the photos that I took on the day below
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Some of you may have forgotten already, but Rise Against played at RAMFest this year. I was one of the lucky few to photograph Rise Against at RAMFest 2013 Johannesburg just over a week ago.
Rise Against were phenomenal live. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an international act touch base that much with their fans. They made the crowd feel like they could have been in there living room having beer with them. Besides this, the set list was just pretty damn amazing.
Having the opportunity to photograph them while they were playing “The Good Left Undone” was bloody awesome. I was singing along to every single word. And lets not forget that they played songs like “Prayer of the Refugee”, acoustic versions of “Hero of War” and “Swing Life Away” and finished their set with “Saviour”. The set by Rise Against at RAMFest 2013 Johannesburg was something that will always have a special place in my music loving heart. The awesomeness is a close tie with the Smashing Pumpkins set that I saw in 2000.
I’m so glad that I could catch part of this experience on camera. Check out the photos that I took of Rise Against at RAMFest 2013 Johannesburg below.
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