From classical to kwaito: 83 of SA’s best on stage
The event is the perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon, and kick off the December holidays in style.
To the Roots will host South Africa’s best loved music and artists, performing together in aid of the National Youth Orchestra’s Bursary Fund at the magnificent Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens on 11 December. Shortstraw, Bombshelter Beast, Goliath and Goliath and the National Youth Orchestra are all in the line-up.
The event is the perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon, and kick off the December holidays in style.
The National Youth Orchestra, who are the green and gold team of our most talented young musicians, is embarking on an adventure in cutting-edge South African performance in a new collaboration with Bombshelter Beast, a genre-busting music collective of some of SA’s most colourful and innovative musicians. Think Black Cat White Cat meets Brenda Fassie – add an opera singer, a Polish refugee, a Manchester born kwaito star and SA’s most cunning linguist, and you have half the picture.
The other half is best experienced live! Be taken on a journey from baroque to boeremusiek, comedy to kwaito, and a lot in between – a new South African sound that’s best served hot! Bring comfortable shoes to dance in – your feet will thank you.
Multi award-winning Jozi indie rock band Shortstraw, who have just released their single T-shirt, are thrilled to be able to play at To the Roots and contribute their talent in aid of the National Youth Orchestra’s Bursary Fund.
National Youth Orchestra concerts are made possible by the National Lotteries Commission, the Department of Arts and Culture, the SABC, the Academy of Sound Engineering and the SAMRO Foundation.
Tickets are R150 per person online at www.plankton.mobi and through Computicket, or R170 at the gate. Children under 12 will not be charged an entrance fee. Gates open at 12 noon on Sunday 11 December, and the performances will end at approximately 5pm. Everyone is welcome to bring picnic baskets (no glass or alcohol) and blankets. An on-site restaurant and tea garden, both serving alcoholic beverages will be available. For more information, please visit www.sanyo.org.za.
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