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Up the Creek 2013 Line-Up Released

by Henno Kruger on November 12, 2012 · 0 comments

in Music, Music News

Up The Creek 2013 123x300 Up the Creek 2013 Line Up ReleasedUp The Creek 2013 is coming at the end of January next year and it’s going to be another awesome one – I can fill this on my trousers. The line-up for the 2013 edition of what has become one of South Africa’s most renowned music festivals was recently announced.

Without further ado, the line-up for Up The Creek 2013 includes: Karen Zoid, ISO, YOAV, Jeremy Loops, BEAST, Dave Ferguson, Goodnight Wembley, Machineri, Tailor, Tombstone Pete, Piet Botha & Liz, Peachy Keen, Lucy Kruger, The Mysticcs, No One`s Arc, the Black Cat Bones, Nomadic Orchestra, Grassy Spark, Dirty Bounce, December Streets, Woodstock Mafia, Trenton & the Radicals, Saint Fearless, Desmond & The Tutus, Taxi and Friends, Janie and the Beard, Shotgun Tori, Akkedis, Nik Rabinowitz, Peter Mitchell and DJ Dirtroad.

I fell in love with this festival in 2012 and I don’t intend to miss the 2013 edition. The vibe is just absolutely awesome and pretty damn addictive.

In case you forgot, Up the Creek 2013 takes place from the 31st of January to the 2nd of February next year near Swellendam in the Western Cape. Tickets are available at Ticketbreak or on the Up The Creek Facebook page. Ticket prices are as follows:

  • Thursday to Sunday: Pre-sales: R600, Gate R650
  • Friday to Sunday: Pre-sales: R550, Gate: R600
  • Saturday to Sunday: Pre-sales: R450, Gate: R500
  • Kids of 13 years old or younger can enter for free

If you want to rock out in a little more comfort, then the Heartbreak Motel is for you. There are various options of pre-pitched tents, hot showers, clean toilets, buffet breakfast and other luxuries. For more info and bookings visit http://www.heartbreakmotel.co.za/.

The organizers are running various exciting competitions for Up the Creek 2013 and you should not forget that you can also stay up to date about Up The Creek 2013 by following @Upthe_Creek on Twitter or by checking out the Up The Creek website. In case you are wondering: Up the Creek Music Festival is organized by Red Hot Events and Blue Moon.

Watch this space for regular updates in the Music News category on Running Wolf’s Rant.

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Innibos 2012 Review

by Louise Pieterse on August 12, 2012 · 0 comments

in Photo Albums, Photography

Making the trek down to Nelspruit this year for my first Innibos was no small feat. But with a line up like the one at the MK Kliphard stage I simply could not miss it.

Shows over the weekend included Oros in ‘n Lang glas, Die Tuindwergies, Karen Zoid, Frankie Fire,Bittereinder and VanFokKingTasties. But what does one do in Nelspruit when you wait for the proper shows to begin at 16:00? You would definitely not find me listening to the newest local “talent”. One ‘sokkie treffer’ after another kept the generic beer tent stages filled so I opted for browsing the super sized church bazaar aptly named “Die Bosmol”.

But when the MK stage opened it was local rock at its best. You won’t find me going back for Innibos as a whole anytime soon, but you will see me going back to the MK Kliphard stage! It gives you the chance to see the best from the local rock scene (both famous and not so famous) just with less dust than Oppikoppi!

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Oppikoppi 2011 Unknown Brother Oppikoppi 2011 Unknown Brother Photos (In Black and White)In 2011 I made my way to Oppikoppi Unknown Brother. It was the 13th Oppikoppi festival that I attended since 1998 (including 3 Easter Oppikoppis). My friends and I  were there from the Thursday to the Monday morning and it was an awesome tune-packed, dust-infested and booze-enhanced weekend in the Limpopo bushveld. It was also the first time that I received media accreditation for an Oppikoppi festival.

There were some truly great moments during last year’s festival. Isochronous, Ef-El, Fuzigish and Southern Gypsey Queen gave the weekend a kickstart on the main stage on the Friday night. Saturday was chock-a-block full with memorable performances by The December Streets, Lise Chris Band, Harpdog Frost (Albert Frost and Rob Nagel), Mr Cat and the Jackal, Matthew van der Want & Chris Letcher, Holiday Murray, Karen Zoid, Bittereinder, Jax Panik, Not My Dog, Desmond & the Tutu’s, Gazelle, Zebra and Giraffe and Van Coke Kartel. And Sunday was just the cherry on the cake, spawning awesomeness with performances by Die Tuindwergies, Wrestlerish, Dance You’re On Fire, Dan Patlansky, Die Heuwels Fantasties, Tumi and the Volume, David Kramer and friends, The Used (from the USA), Die Antwoord and Sum 41 (from Canada). Quite a mouthful, isn’t it?

Check out these 52 Oppikoppi 2011 Unknown Brother photos that I took last year. I’m pretty sure that will bring back some rad memories for all of you who attended Oppikoppi Unknown Brother

Now you’re probably feeling up for Oppikoppi 2012 Sweet Thing, right? Check out this blog post on Gevaaalik.com featuring some Oppikoppi Tips (Warning, it’s in Afrikaans). You might also want to check out the Oppikoppi Sweet Thing Line-Up Times, the Oppikoppi Sweet Thing Map, the Oppikoppi Sweet Thing Rules, 5 Stories from Oppikoppi Festivals of Yesteryear, Some Oppikoppi Advice for Geeks from Sheldon Cooper, Some Oppikoppi Advice from Boromir and Some Survival Tips for Oppikoppi Sweet Thing (Sourced from Social Media). If you want the bulk of it all, listen to this podcast on SA Music Zone (also in Afrikaans). I trust that you will find some useful information out of all of these links.

Between 16,000 and 17,000 tickets have been sold for Oppikoppi Sweet Thing so far. A record attendance is expected for the festival this year. If you haven’t bought your ticket yet, you should really move your behind and get to it. Tickets are bound to sell out (like they have in 2010 and2011). To get your ticket to South Africa‘s premier music festival, head on over to the Standard Bank youth portal for your discounted R600 tickets. They supplement each ticket for the fans and you DO NOT have to be a Standard Bank client to make use of this service. You can also obtain tickets on the Oppikoppi Festival Facebook page for R700 or for R750 from Ticketbreak.

Watch this for regular Oppikoppi, Photo Albums and Music News updates on Running Wolf’s Rant.

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