WATCH: Liefde by die Dam

JOIN some of South Africa’s top artists for the annual Liefde by die Dam concert at Emmarentia Dam on Sunday, August 5 at 10am.

Liefde by die Dam, named after Valiant Swart’s famous hit song with the same name, strives to serve as a platform to showcase the best local music. The programme, in partnership with Jacaranda FM, features music for young and old, which makes it an ideal day out with your family or ‘besties’.

The line-up for this year’s event includes Die Heuwels Fantasties, Karlien van Jaarsveld, Francois van Coke, Koos Kombuis, Elvis Blue, Bongeziwe Mabandla, Martin Bester and Bouwer Bosch. The MC will be the popular Afrikaans comedian Schalk Bezuidenhout.

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Die Heuwels Fantasties, Karlien van Jaarsveld, Francois van Coke, Bouwer Bosch and Elvis Blue have all been making headlines in the past few years with the release of new singles and albums and they have collectively won numerous prestigious local music awards. Add to this already impressive line-up, one of SA’s most influential singers, the legendary Koos Kombuis, the captivating new face of Afro-Folk Bongeziwe Mabandla, as well as the very popular Jacaranda FM presenter and singer Martin Bester, and the stage is set for a fantastic, memorable concert.

Pierre Greeff from Die Heuwels Fantasties says that Liefde by die Dam is a very special event.

“A concert with a phenomenal lineup, and we also aim to pay some love forward. Bring your own picnic blanket and leave it behind after the concert. The Liefde Wen team will make sure that the blankets find new homes where needed.”

Line-up:

• 11am – Martin Bester.

• 11.40am – Bouwer Bosch.

• 12.25pm – Bongeziwe Mabandla.

• 1.30pm – Karlien van Jaarsveld.

• 2.30pm – Koos Kombuis.

• 3.15pm – Elvis Blue.

• 4.15pm – Die Heuwels Fantasties.

• 5.15pm – Francois van Coke.

For your day out at the dam there will be a delicious range of South Africa’s best artisan food traders. You can also bring your own picnic baskets. Tickets cost R165 and R75 for children 12 years and younger. Kids under three years old enter for free. Do not miss this event. Buy your tickets at Computicket.

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