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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Will Be At Synergy Live 2011

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Will Be At Synergy Live 2011

Synergy Live is proud to announce Black Rebel Motorcycle Club as the headline act of 2011.

After five full-length albums and a decade of international touring,  Black Rebel Motorcycle Club make their South African debut at Synergy Live Music Festival 2011. The American garage rock revivalists made their mark with 2001’s B.R.M.C. and the anthem “Whatever Happened To My Rock ‘N‘ Roll”,  and in it’s wake continued to experiment with their sound over numerous albums and EPs, including the stirring Americana ...

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F.O.O.L. Are Coming To Synergy Live!

F.O.O.L. Are Coming To Synergy Live!

Synergy Live is excited to announce a second international headliner for our Red Bull Studio Live stage – F.O.O.L.!

Making their debut in 2008, the Swedish duo of Rasmus Hermansen and Oliver Nilsson have taken their name to heart – F*ck Our Ordinary Lives – and risen to the top of the hard electro scene, winning over thousands of fans worldwide. With massive support from the electronic music blogosphere ever since the free internet release of their debut EP Diamond Ashy ...

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Synergy Live & CTSP Music Photography Competition

Synergy Live & CTSP Music Photography Competition

Are you an avid live music photographer? Would you like a Photographer’s Pass to one of the premier music festivals in South Africa? If so, read on…

The Synergy Live Music Festival and Cape Town School of Photography are hosting a Live Music Photography competition in collaboration with one small seed.

The competition aims to identify and give exposure to young photographers in South Africa with a passion for live music photography.

What’s the deal?

The ...

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DIRTYLOUD to Headline Electro Stage

DIRTYLOUD to Headline Electro Stage

Dirtyloud can count David Guetta and a slew of headline DJs among their biggest fans as they continue to kick out hit after hit from their studio in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. As one of the hottest new electronic acts to emerge in 2010, their jacking, tough, yet effortlessly groovy sound has come to define the nu-electro style currently taking the world by storm.

Their assault on the sales charts on Beatport is just short of legendary, occupying up to 4 of the ...

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Red Bull Studio Live

Red Bull Studio Live

Synergy Live is excited to announce the addition of the Red Bull Studio Live Stage to our festival this year!

The brainchild of Red Bull Studio Cape Town – musical haven of South Africa’s electronic and independent music scene – the Red Bull Studio Live Stage will play host to some of the country’s most acclaimed and renowned electronic acts, including P.H.fat, Niskerone, Das Kapital, and international headliners DirtyLoud.

Red Bull Studio brings cutting-edge stage design, light and production paired with the ...

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Comedia Delivers The Laughs

Comedia Delivers The Laughs

A festival first this year, Comedia brings it’s acclaimed outdoor comedy programme to Synergy Live.

Last year Comedia put together the largest comedy gathering in Southern African history with over 50 comics being involved in their outdoor summer festivals.  2011 sees them aligning themselves with the finest outdoor festival the Cape has to offer.

Its the comics choice of festival to perform at.  Stand up comedy without the need for filler – no juggling barmen, no clowns, no hypnotists – just pure ...

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Moyo Goes Live At Synergy

Moyo Goes Live At Synergy

Enriching the variety of flavours found in the Synergy Live Marketplace comes South Africa’s renowned moyo Restaurant.

Moyo is the realisation of one man’s passion for all things African – from art and design to music, cuisine and crafts. In 1998, Jason Lurie started moyo as a small 120-seater restaurant in Norwood, Johannesburg, serving exceptional African cuisine amidst soulful vibes.

Today, live African music and sophisticated African dining are the benchmarks of the seven evocative moyo establishments, represented in the Cape winelands ...

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