Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts 2009/2010 line-up revealed

Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts 2009/2010 line-up:

• 22 November - Johnny Clegg
  
• 6 December - Jesse Clegg
  
• 13 December - Jonny Cooper Orchestra
  
• 27 December - Ashtray Electric and Pretty Blue Guns
  
• 3 January - A Fist Full of Diamonds with Josie Fields, Faryll Purkiss and Dan Patlansky
  
• 10 January - Freshlyground
  

• 17 January - Zebra & Giraffe
  
• 24 January - Fokofpolisiekar
  
• 7 February - aKING
  
• 21 February - Just Jinjer
  
• 28 February - Prime Circle
  
• 7 March - Goldfish
  
• 14 March - The Dirty Skirts
  
• 21 March - The Cape Philharmonic Orchestra
  
• 28 March - Watershed

It's great to see the increasingly popular Ashtray Electric as part of the menu with original indie rocksters, Just Jinjer making their presence known. They're back from their successful stint in the States and hopefully they're here to stay for a long, long time.

Johnny 'the white Zulu' Clegg will open up festivities and he'll be followed soon after by his equally talented son, Jesse Clegg who's taken a different path from his father by shaking up the rock charts in SA.

Definite sell-outs in my book are Freshly Ground, Fokofpolisiekar, Just Jinjer, Prime Circle and Goldfish. If you want to see these artists perform, I suggest you book online at www.webtickets.co.za or via telephone +27 (0) 21 799 8783/8620.

If those artists didn't tickle your fancy then perhaps those part of the Old Mutual Encounters series will:

29 November - Claire Philips and Neo Muyanga
31 January - Lira, Hip Hop Pantsula and RJ Benjamin
14 February - Jamali, Jody, Sasha Lee, Soulstone
4 April (Easter) - Tidal Waves and Tumi Molekane

Artists in the jazz, funk, soul, R&B, rap and folk genres will collaborate in producing once-off performances, showcasing South Africa's broad spectrum of talent.

Here's to summer; let the sunshine roll on!

The Old Mutual Summer Sunset Concerts take place at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden (Rhodes Avenue, Newlands, Cape Town) on Sundays from 5.30pm - 6.45pm.

For further information and ticket prices, telephone +27 (0) 21 799 8783/8620 or go to www.sanbi.org or www.oldmutual.co.za/music .

PS. Beware of con artists who buy tickets in bulk and resell them at over inflated prices! Do not support these unscrupulous people. They did it last year, and they're bound to do it again.