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The Cape Town International Jazz Festival has proved many skeptics wrong. When the organisers launched the event in 2000, many felt that the event, like other previous attempts to have an annual international jazz festival on the African continent, would fizzle out.  In April 03-04, the festival which attracted 33 500 people this year, turns ten.

Cape Town International Jazz Fest 2008

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The biggest street festival in South Africa is growing and developing into a dynamic creative celebration that the entire city can be proud of!

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The Legend is coming ? ?Virgin Festival by Virgin Mobile? ? the best day of the Summer ? is almost here! The world?s leading international music festival hits our shores in December, with the most eclectic line-up of live international and local talent ? it promises to be an explosion of fun, musical entertainment across multiple stages plus an adrenalin pumping dance stage and just plain good sound!!

?Music and entertainment have played a huge role at Virgin since the ?70?s when I launched Virgin Records? said Sir Richard Branson, ?I am delighted that Virgin Festival by Virgin Mobile will continue to make music a big part of people?s lives and especially here in South Africa.?

The international Festival is one of the crown jewels of the Virgin Group having been around since 1996. Globally, the ?Virgin Festival by Virgin Mobile? has given a platform to established, as well as up and coming talent, and South Africa is going to be no different.

BANDS Snoop Maroon 5 One Republic Eddy Grant The Parlotones Jozi Zebra & Giraffe Dirty Skirts

Bringing music to people?s lives in a way only Virgin can, the inaugural event will see over 18 bands playing for almost 12 hours to an expected crowd of 60,000 between Jozi on 13th December 2008 and Cape Town on 16th December. Organisers of the South African Festival (BIG Concerts) have secured global superstars Snoop, Maroon 5, One Republic, Eddy Grant, The Parlotones, Jozi, Zebra & Giraffe, Dirty Skirts and many more to launch this inaugural music showpiece.

But, while the fab music line-up will take centre stage, this is not all that ?Virgin Festival by Virgin Mobile? has to offer. There is something for everyone with a feast of off stage entertainment, including a food village and Virgin Mobile customers will have VIP access to various on-site activities.

?Virgin Mobile is proud to be the lead sponsor of the Virgin Festival and thrilled in bringing such a diverse lineup for our millions of fans in South Africa?, commented Virgin Mobile?s CEO, Peter Boyd. ?Music is a universal language; it has the ability to bring people together in the most amazing way?

Helen Graham, Station Manager at 5FM, our official radio partner, says, ?5FM is very excited to be part of the team that is bringing the Virgin Festival by Virgin Mobile to South Africa. All of the featured artists have had, and continue to have, success on 5FM and we?re sure that our listeners will be as excited as we are to see them perform live.?

With over 500,000 music fans attending a Virgin Festival somewhere around the world in 2008, be sure to buy your tickets early ? this is one festival you don?t want to miss.

To get the latest updates check out www.virginfestival.co.za ? tell your friends, your family, your boss ? tell everyone ? cos, Music is better on the Grass!

Tickets go on sale on 16th September 2008 through Computicket.
Student: R325
General Admission: R495
Golden Circle: R600

Overtone is proud to annouce that three new artists have been added to the confirmed lineup at ZIMFEST 08! This year, pop icon Ike Moriz, neo-classical outfit Coda and post hardcore experimental alternative rock fivepiece New Altum will be playing at ZIMFEST 08 on the 6th of September at Tafelberg Tavern, Cape Town.

International indie-pop star and actor Ike Moriz has returned from the UK, where he received wide acclaim for his two albums ‘Mirrors & Shade’ and ‘Play Me’. In the US, Ike was described as ‘Bowie without the glam meets Oasis without the self-importance teamed with UK chart alternative without the boredom.’	Representing a fresh new wave of contemporary South African music, CODA brings together local and international influences by combining influences of African music with electric strings and DJ. Barely a year old, CODA has been hailed by many as one of the most exciting new groups in South Africa.	As far as ?sound? goes, New Altum don?t try and go for a particular sound when they write music but rather concentrate on freedom of expression. They believe in the entire production and not just the music. ?People want to be entertained at the end of the day?, so they try and hit as many of the senses as they can.

The festival is gathering momentum as South Africa’s first ever charity fundraising festival for Zimbabwe. The primary beneficiary of the one-day concert is PASSOP (People Against Suffering, Suppression, Oppression and Poverty), an NGO that works primarily with refugees and asylum-seekers from African countries.

Get your ticket!

Zimfest.co.za

ZIMFEST 08: Expanding Lineup