by 2summers | May 30, 2018 | Arts and Culture, Music/Festivals, Swaziland
Last weekend I attended the MTN Bushfire Festival in Swaziland. It was my second time at the festival (read about my first Bushfire in 2012) and my seventh trip to Swaziland, one of my favorite countries on earth. But this was my first time doing the full Bushfire...
by 2summers | Aug 16, 2013 | Arts and Culture, Food and Drink, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre, Johannesburg Transportation, Music/Festivals
I love downtown Joburg. Everyone knows this. I am constantly singing the inner city’s praises and defending it against detractors. I visit the inner city as often as possible and I love discovering fun things to do there. Downtown Jozi at its best, viewed at...
by 2summers | Aug 14, 2012 | Limpopo, Music/Festivals
As I told you in my previous post, I survived OppiKoppi 2012. It was challenging at times but totally worth it. For those of you considering a maiden OppiKoppi voyage next year, here are ten tips for a successful experience. 1) Come prepared, but make sure you have...
by 2summers | Aug 13, 2012 | Arts and Culture, Limpopo, Music/Festivals
Last night I returned from OppiKoppi, South Africa’s largest and most legendary music festival. “Oppi Koppie” means “on the hill” in Afrikaans. About 20,000 of us gathered for three days on a dusty farm in rural Limpopo province. We...
by 2summers | May 29, 2012 | Music/Festivals, Swaziland
Before this past weekend, the last music festival I attended was the legendary HFStival — sometime around the turn of the millennium in a grimy, beer-sodden stadium in southeast Washington D.C. It was oppressively humid and there were more than 70,000 attendees,...