Local newsNews

Radio Kalahari Orkes delights the audience at The Pub

The South African Afrikaans folk rock band gave an electric performance at The Pub on Thursday, October 28.

Much-loved for their unique musical brand of Afrikaans storytelling through music, the Radio Kalahari Orkes, headed by brilliant actor and storyteller Ian Roberts, delighted its audience at The Pub last Thursday October 22.

Dewald van Aarde, Johan Haasbroek and Roele Strijdom
Wynand Davel.

The South African Afrikaans folk rock band gave an electric performance before an intimate crowd, singing several of their well-known tracks like “Hoender is ‘n vegetable”. The band also surprised their audience with an English song, saying they wanted to cater for everyone watching in the crowd.

Leigh and Dion Brandt.
Japie and Mauritz Fouche

ALSO READ: Crossing Centre turns 18

Their catchy tunes soon had everyone clapping, singing, tapping their feet or nodding their heads along to the music as the sounds of the violin, guitar and chicken flute filtered through The Pub.

Radio Kalahari Orkes performing at The Pub on Thursday, October 28.
Wena Coetzee, Channell Burger and Carl Potgieter.

The musicians took to the stage at around 19:30, taking a short break in between their set before starting up again.

Jean Coetzee, Lani and Gerhard Lourens.
Mike and Lynette Spencer.
Robert and Zenel Butler.

Do you have more information about the story?

Please send us an email to editorial@lowvelder.co.za.

For free breaking and community news, visit Lowvelder’s website: Lowvelder

For more news and interesting articles, like Lowvelder on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or Instagram 

At Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!

Support local journalism

Add The Citizen as a preferred source to see more from Lowvelder in Google News and Top Stories.

Back to top button