To kick off this year’s incredible international line-up, the highly requested U.S. award winning, indie band Foster The People will headline the main concert on Sunday 9 October. These Grammy award nominees behind the smash-hits “Helena Beat”, “Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls)” and “Coming of Age” and “Pumped Up Kicks” will ignite Emmarentia Dam with their addictive, quirky dance-infused pop and rock.
At only 24-years old, Mac Miller is part of the new school of hip-hop, a group of fast rising stars who are taking over the scene. In just nine short years since “dedicating his life to hip-hop” at the age of 15, his style has evolved from teenage frat-rapping to a more introspective and spiritual style in later albums like Faces and GO:OD AM. His sound has evolved from what critics call ‘party rap’ to an adaptive free-associative rhyming style, where Mac Miller is not just a rapper anymore, but also an eclectic artist who can easily adapt to different genres and can also craft, both for him and for other artists.
Adding to the already epic lineup is London’s very own one-of-a-kind, unbelievably talented multi-vocalist, beatboxer and live loop master, Beardyman. Known as the ‘king of sound, ruler of beats and destroyer of dance-floors’ Beardyman has won the UK Beatboxing championships twice! “In this age where “live” dance music often constitutes of a bloke fiddling around behind his laptop, it’s refreshing to see someone bring some genuine showmanship to the stage.”- Resident Advisor.
Sunday 9 October: Superbalist.com In The City Concert
Venue: Emmarentia Dam, Emmarentia, Johannesburg
Featuring: Foster The People, Beardyman & many more.
Times: 10am-6pm
Launch Ticket Price: R285
*Launch tickets are limited.
The seventh annual Santa Run will take place on 20 November.
The Santa Run is a bikers’ initiative to collect toys, blankets, stationary and other relevant items for under-privileged children such as orphans, the disabled and the abused.
The Santa Run will take place at Cecil Payne Stadium in Maraisburg and 4 000 people are expected to attend. The bikers, and anyone else who wants to support the initiative, will bring their toys, which will be distributed to various homes to ensure these children receive a gift for Christmas.
The organisers are appealing not only to the bikers’ fraternity but also to businesses and the community at large to support the Santa Run. Over and above toy donations, cash donations can also be made. Donations will be publicly acknowledged.
For more info and their banking details, contact Graham Cusack on 082 990 6884 or Gerard Uren on 082 898 0038. Alternatively email them at SantaRun@live.co.za
The Santa Run is a registered Non-Profit Organisation.
http://roodepoortrecord.co.za/2016/10/02/seventh-annual-santa-run-needs-your-help/
To give back to the community and create some Christmas spirit, West Suburbs Roodepoort Neighbourhood Watch (WSRNW) will be hosting its annual Christmas parade on 26 November. A truck, complete with Father Christmas, and the Wicked Wheels Motorcycle Club, will lead the procession through the streets of Witpoortjie. Along the way they will hand out sweet packets and the children will be afforded an opportunity to have their photographs taken with Father Christmas. The truck will stop at the following points at the following times:
• 8.40am – corner of Quellerie Street and Trezona Avenue
• 9.10am – Laerskool Culembeeck
• 9.35am – corner of Koeberg and Teenstra Streets
• 10.15am – the church in Stumke Street • 10.40am – Witpoortjie Pick n Pay
• 11.10am – Putt-Putt course in Generaal Pienaar Avenue
• 11.40am – Boshoff Street
• 12.20pm – Oak Street
• 12.45pm – Lindhaven Shopping Centre
• 13.25pm – flats in Langenhoven Street
http://roodepoortrecord.co.za/2016/11/16/wsrnws-annual-christmas-parade/
