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SA Events
Barry Hilton "Serial Comic" UK Tour 2011
See Barry Hilton "Serical Comic" Live in London & Bournemouth September 2011.
22-09-2011 @ The Clapham Grand in London CLICK HERE for Tickets.
23-09-2011 @ Marriott Bournemouth Highcliff Hotel CLICK HERE for Tickets.
INXS, JUST JINJER, GOLDFISH Live in London!
There are now just a few days to go until the inaugural Southern Sounds festival! It’s set to be Europe’s biggest tri-nation gathering, bringing together Australians, Kiwis and South Africans based in London and further afield.
Clapham Common will play host to some of the best musicians from around the globe, well stocked bars, amusement park rides, surf simulators, bucking crocodiles and London’s largest ...
Dankfees 2011 UK
The Dankfees is a festival for the South African community, celebrating our unique taste (beskuit, koeksiters, biltong, vetkoek, proper bazaar pancakes, boerewors rolls and much more), our sense of adventure (4X4 route, mechanical bull, cross bow and target shooting) and love of sports (touchies, putt-putt, Saracens kick competition, tug of war). Come and browse the stalls or just relax in the t ...
SUMMER Madness in London!
Welcome to our SUMMER MADNESS Update!
It's been a long winter in the UK and you all deserve an awesome summer. With this in mind we decided to share with you the 3 top South African events in May/June to help kick off your summer in style. Artists performing in London: FOKOFPOLISIEKAR, VAN COKE KARTEL, DJ FRESH, JUST JINJER and GOLDFISH We wish you all the best of summer!
3 Amazing South African events ...
Southern Sounds Music Festival 2011
On Saturday 11th June 2011, the inaugural Southern Sounds music festival arrives at Clapham Common, London. Featuring a selection of outstanding artists from below the Equator, Southern Sounds will celebrate the very best in Southern Hemisphere music under a Northern sky.
Headlining Southern Sounds is one of the world's great bands, Australia’s INXS.With a career spanning 25 extraordinary years and 30 mill ...
FOKOFPOLISIEKAR in London
Fokofpolisiekar and Van Coke Kartel at Clapham Grand – 27 May 2011
TICKETS: Click HereFokofpolisiekar and Van Coke Kartel are two of South Africa’s most celebrated and prolific live rock ‘n roll bands. They are making their way to the Clapham Grand in London on 27 May to blow UK audiences away with the most riveting live experience yet to reach this stage.
Van Coke Kartel has won the award for ...
Sounds of Africa with DJ Fresh
Friday 10th of June 2011
The Egg nightclub hosts the "Sounds of Africa" event with over 40 top international acts playing together for the first time under 1 roof, taking you on a journey through the sounds of Africa hosted by the SA REUNION and powered by DIRTYdubbin.
Its time to be reunited for one night in unison as we celebrate and give in to the calls of the wild. This is Africa in it's most purest f ...
Spring Beach Braai and Potjie Contest NY
DATE: 21st of MAY 2011
You are all invited to a wonderfully South African Experience. A Braai, where you will get to enjoy Potjie Kos, maybe for the first time…maybe for the first time in 20 years.
The Annual Spring Beach Braai and Potjie Contest will be held Saturday May 21st at the Sandy Hook Beach Braai Area in NJ. About an 1 hour drive from Manhatten.
RAIN DATE MAY 22nd. If ...
Township Jazz in London
On Thursday June 9th South African harmonica virtuoso Adam Glasser will be appearing at the Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington, south west London performing a unique evening of melodic township jazz standards and original compositions from his award winning album "Free at First" and his soon to be released new album "Mzansi". Adam will be accompanied by top British jazz musicians Robin Apsland (piano), Alec D ...
CONVICTIONS at Soho Theatre in London
Synergy Theatre Project presents CONVICTIONS New plays written in prison and afterwards Soho Theatre Studio 9-21 May 2011 Press Nights 10 & 17 May at 7 pm
After eleven years of working with prisoners and ex-prisoners to produce shows in prisons and in theatres, deliver wide ranging educational projects for young people and develop playwriting skills, Synergy Theatre Project is presenting its firs ...
Biggest BOKTOWN in the UK Ever
Win Tickets to join THE SPRINGBOK SUPPORTERS CLUB in the UK’s Biggest BokTown ever!
Just Tell us what Brandy is now found in over 30 countries worldwide? (eish that’s easy)... go post your answer on www.facebook.com/klipdrifteurope
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KLIPDRIFT and The Springbok Supporters Club presents the BIGGEST BOKTOWN in the UK ever!
Say WHERE?
Harlequins Rugby Club The Stoop “ 300m from Twickenham S ...
Aaron Mokoena to inspire World Cup spirit in London
Yesterday, 2 March, was exactly 100 days until the start of the World Cup... so with 99 days remaining the excitement really starts! And for those in London, you can also be part of spirit of the pre-World Cup fever as the Homecoming Revolution has secured Bafana Bafana captain, Aaron Mokoena as one of the speakers at their London event on 21 March at Kensington Olympia.
This is a fantastic opportunity fo ...
New SA day on Grand Cayman in Caribbean
Launching in February, Hammerheads Bar on Grand Cayman will be adding South Africa to it's ongoing ‘Around The World In 30 Days’ series of events.
Each month, Hammerheads host special nights designed and created to celebrate specific countries around the world. As there are literally tens of thousands of expats living on Grand Cayman, Damian Norman, owner of Cayman DJ's, and the company organising these e ...
7th Son take 'rude, rock, reggae' to Germany
Touring Germany in early March, is a band from Cape Town who refer to their sound as ‘rude, reggae, rock’. They are 7th Son.
Formed 10 years ago, in the summer of 2000, it wasn't long after the release of their first entirely self-produced album Fire in the Rain that the band began touring the rest of the country regularly, playing all major clubs and festivals.
In June 2009, under Musketeer Records, 7th ...
New eco village for Splashy Fen
Splashy Fen celebrates its 21st festival this Easter and with the coming of age, comes greater awareness and responsibility. With this in mind, the organisers of South Africa’s longest-running annual music festival have joined forces with The Green Depot and the Corner Café in Durban to create an eco village that will give festival-goers an opportunity to see green initiatives in action and encourage a more ...
Music conference in SA for second year
Music Exchange, South Africa’s first independent music conference, returns for a second year, from 22-23 March at the Protea Victoria Junction Hotel in Cape Town. In line with the ever-changing landscape of the music industry globally, a strong digital theme will be an integral part of the keynote talks and panel discussions.
The highlight is the keynote address by Charles Goldstuck, the CEO of Touchtunes ...
Prime Circle play rock festival in India
Its been a decade since Prime Circle started and they will be kicking off their international touring for 2010 with two high profile shows in India, 20-21 February.
With shows on February 20th in Delhi and February 21st in Bangalore, Prime Circle they will play the Rock 'N India festival alongside headliners Backstreet Boys and Richard Marx. The festival was inaugurated in 2008 and has seen the likes of Me ...
SPOTLIGHT: What's on - week 7
By now you have all survived Valentine’s Day and the Chinese new year as the year of the tiger began on 14 February.
With the Super 14 and Winter Olympics full steam ahead, there is more of that this weekend. If you’re wanting to get out and about, here are a few SA suggestions:
1. Sokkie in Scotland this Saturday
A fun night for the whole family, search ‘sokkie’ on the SA PROMO site for more details of ...
Kalahari Surfers in London
The African Soul Rebels tour 2010 features musicians who have used their roots to ignite discussions on the nature of the societies that nurtured them.
Taking place at the Barbican in London on 20 February, the sixth chapter in the celebrated African Soul Rebels concert series is the most eclectic and thought-provoking yet, bringing together Africa’s most radical artists, whose innovative use of politics, ...
SPOTLIGHT: What's on - week 5
The first weekend in February is upon us and the latest issue of SA PROMO is online to keep you busy with interesting weekend reading. Don’t forget to also visit the SA PROMO website regularly as it is updated daily with all sorts of things positively South African.
For those who wish to head into London, we have movies, clubbing and some rock music as suggestions of what to do with a SA touch!
1. 1995 Wo ...
