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Otterlake Easter Festival 720x836 Brace Yourself for the Otterlake Easter Festival!Otterlake Easter Festival is around the corner. The first edition of this very promising festival will be held from the 28th of March to the 31st of March 2013 at Plot 26, Kameelfontein. The venue is close to Roodeplaat Dam (just North of Pretoria).

The festival kicks off on the 28th of March at 7 PM. The rest of the weekend the artists will start playing a 2 PM daily. Gates for the event will open daily from 12 noon. An extra highlight on Saturday evening will be the 2nd traditional Easter Fire Celebration.

Festival goers are invited to spend a magical “Rock for Conservation” weekend at Otterlake Easter Festival. The festival takes place in serene surroundings and festival goers will be able to listen to fantastic music, enjoy meals from an abundance of food stalls, spoil themselves by indulging in the wonderful German cuisine served at the Otterlake Restaurant, enjoy two main bars and various mobile bars.

Camping facilities with toilets & hot showers available for the entire weekend and firewood & ice will be on sale. Besides the fact that you’ll be enjoying the experience of a lifetime you’ll also be contributing towards a very worthy cause: the protection of our country’s Rhinos. Otterlake Easter Festival is also ‘kiddie friendly’ with jumping castles and adult supervised obstacle courses along the river bank. Children under 14 will be able to get in for free. Remember your ID’s please.

The following artists have been confirmed so far for the festival: The Black Cat Bones, Jack Hammer, The Smoking Mojos, Valiant Swart, Howlin Shibanski, Wolfgang Marrow, Aidan Martin, Hoot & Anny, The Dying Breed, The Fake Leather Blues Band, Piet Botha, The Stellas, Die See, Cortina Whiplash, Mrs. B, Guns & Posers, Shotgun Tori, Juggernaught, Kabaal, Sun of the Gun, Crystal Park & The Stray Natives.

Otter Camp Lodge is the festival campers dream. You hire a tent, mattress and bedding from the organizers and they will set it up for you. All you have to do is turn up. Start the party earlier. Get home faster. Save the muscles and lugging for more important things like food, drinks and party clothes. They offer four man tents that sleep two so you can comfortably stand upright and have enough space to be organized. Better still tell all your friends if you want your tents booked together. Make this of this option and you’ll receive a four man pre-pitched tent that sleeps two, two high density and comfortable foam mattresses, bed sheets, covered pillows, bed covers and blankets, a LED lantern, a small carpet, personalized tent number with occupants names, a tent lock and lanyard for key. All this for only R2000 per tent for 28 – 31 March 2013.

Tickets for the event cost only R300 and can be bought on the Otterlake Easter Festival Website.  Buy your weekend ticket for the Otterlake Easter Festival online and you will automatically be entered into a draw to win 1 of 4 double tickets to two sister festivals (the FORR festival in Mozambique and the Mieliepop festival in Mpumalanga). In other words, for only R300 you could possibly attend Otterlake Easter Festival, FORR and Mieliepop this year. Winners will be announced on Thursday 28 March. Terms and conditions apply.

This sounds like it could be a lot of fun. I’m definitely considering packing my festival shoes and my camera to spend an awesome weekend at this festival. Hope I’ll see you there.

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On Sunday I made my way to Fort Schanskop (on the Voortrekker Monument grounds) in Pretoria to catch another edition of Park Acoustics. The Howlin’ Shibanski, Piet Botha, Jack Hammer and The Black Cat Bones were on the line-up for the day.

Jack Hammer made their way onto the stage after The Howlin’ Shibanski. In case you did not know, Piet Botha is the lead singer of Jack Hammer. The band has been jamming since 1984. Jack Hammer must be one of the oldest existing real SA Music acts. Piet Botha has been in the music industry for more than 30 years.

I snapped this close up photo of Piet Botha performing on stage at Park Acoustics and it has been selected as the Daily Cool Photo on Running Wolf’s Rant for the 1st of August 2012.

Piet Botha on stage @ Park Acoustics Piet Botha on stage @ Park Acoustics

Yesterday a photo featuring Aidan Martin on stage @ Arcade Empire was the Daily Cool Photo on Running Wolf’s Rant, feel free to check it out. Watch this space for daily updates on this blog in the Photography and Babes category.

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High on blues at the Big Blues Music Festival

by Lana Oosthuizen on March 6, 2012 · 0 comments

in Music, Opinion

This weekend hosted the annual Big Blues Festival in Kleinmond, a gathering of South Africa’s finest blues musicians. The two day festival crawled with an array of characters of all ages, all with a dedicated devotion to blues music. The line-up was colourful and rich with talent, a refreshing festival to say the least.

Big Blues Festival 01 High on blues at the Big Blues Music Festival

The bands that performed include the likes of Albert Frost and the Blues Broers, Piet Botha and the Lyzard Kyngs, Gerald James Clark, Southern Gypsy Queen, Sixgun Gospel and Black Cat Bones. [Find the full line-up here] The stage was situated right on the harbour of Kleinmond, a quaint little Western Cape town saturated in South African culture.

Some regular Blues legends like Albert Frost and Gerald Clark were among the Friday favorites. The crowd started out a little thin but by the end of the night the brick lain dance floor shook dust.

Big Blues Festival 02 High on blues at the Big Blues Music Festival

Saturday turned out to be a scorcher with temperatures reaching up to 36 degrees. The sun was hot and high and the harbour lifeguards reluctant to let us take a quick dip, the lovely @dundagirl however managed to find a way. Since the first band took stage at 11h00 the vibe was dense with blues lasting well into the night.

At 18h00 it was time for Southern Gypsey Queen who managed to sneak in a few rock snippets, a welcome little ‘surprise’ that had nearly everyone on their feet. The rest of Saturday night was an electrifying wave of blues thanks to Piet Botha, Vusi Mahlasela, Dan Patlansky and others.

Big Blues Festival 03 High on blues at the Big Blues Music Festival

Overall the weekend was a major success, leaving us still #highonblues even as we started heading back to our relative realities. SA Music Zone would urge you to include Big Blues Festival 2013 as a MUST in your live music gig calendar for next year!

This weekend trending in Kleinmond: #highonblues thanks to Dunda Girl, lets make 2013 count!

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