Music Gigs and Venues
Arts Alive International 2011
Pretoria – The 2011 Joburg Arts Alive International Festival promises to be nothing short of spectacular as dazzling world class live shows come to the city.
The City of Joburg has been giving Joburg’s residents the gift of South Africa’s biggest urban arts festival for 19 years. [Read more…]
Flow Festival Finland 2011
Finland is about to have a change of pace. Flow Festival, a well respected music and arts festival, is getting ready to take over Helsinki from the 12th to 14th of August 2011. Returning for its eighth year, Flow is known not only for its top name performers but also for its experimental music, groundbreaking installations, great food, drink and visual arts. [Read more…]
Gilbert & Sulivan Musical Gettysberg
The stage is set in Gettysburg for yet another invasion – a British musical invasion – and it’s coming this summer. The 2011 International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival in Gettysburg will be the largest and most comprehensive event in North America celebrating the works of British lyricist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. The Festival returns for a second year with an expanded program of the duo’s comedic operas, complemented by plays, recitals, and educational seminars. [Read more…]
If you enjoy classical music and watching a live performance by young, talented musicians, then you won’t want to miss Raven in Concert at Coverwood Lakes, Ewhurst, Surrey in aid of The Children’s Trust, Tadworth on the evening of Friday, 17th June, 2011. [Read more…]
Summer Music Festival Tips
Stay ahead of the festival pack this summer with these tips. Festivals abroad have become increasingly popular with music fans in recent years. Whether you are heading off to Sziget or planning a weekend of debauchery at Oxegen, here are a few helpful hints to make your festival fun memorable for all the right reasons. [Read more…]
It is said that, if a regular person’s mind goes at 40mph, the bipolar one hits 1000mph without having to press the pedal. Set in a series of unusual spaces around the UK, The Wonderful World Of… brings together a company of artists including projectionist Dave Lynch, designer Barney George and rock band That Fucking Tank, leading audiences on a promenade journey into this strange, beautiful, breakneck world. [Read more…]
aKING perform at Sowing the Seeds
Sowing the Seeds, the exciting teaser event to SA’s favourite music and lifestyle festival, Rocking the Daisies, gave music fans a taste of what to look forward to in October. The popular experience took place on Saturday, 16th of April, at the Cape Farmhouse in Scarborough. [Read more…]
Locnville announce the release of their new album ‘Running To Midnight’
Lochnville - Running to Midnight
Locnville twins, Andrew & Brian Chaplin, are delighted to announce the release of their second studio album, ‘Running To Midnight’. The countdown has begun as exactly 100 days from today the album will be released in South Africa on Friday 1st July 2011. [Read more…]
Stranglers Founder Returns To The Assembly For A Solo Show
Hugh Cornwell Returns
Hugh Cornwell, the original vocalist and guitarist of the Stranglers, hits the road for a series of UK concerts from April 6th. The man whose credentials include the Stranglers classics Golden Brown, No More Heroes, and Peaches, will not only perform his critically acclaimed solo album Guilty, but due to fan demand, he will also perform epic Stranglers songs never performed before as a solo artist, including The Raven, Schoolmaam and Toiler on the Sea. [Read more…]
The Saw Doctors Return
The Saw Docotors Return
The hook-laden sounds of 1960s rock bands like the Beatles and the Byrds and the working-class imagery of Bruce Springsteen are combined with the musical traditions of Ireland and the intensity of punk rock by the Saw Doctors. The Saw Doctors were a little-known local bar band in Tuam (pronounced “Chewam”) in County Galway when they were invited by Mike Scott to be the opening act on the Waterboys’ 1988 tour of Ireland and the United Kingdom. In the decade since, however, the Saw Doctors have emerged as the most successful Irish rock band since U2. The Washington Post referred to the Saw Doctors as “one of the world’s most appealing roots rock outfits.” [Read more…]
