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Cool As Folk 2015 - Joburg
April 10, 2015 @ 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Jeremy Loops performing at Cool as Folk 2014. Image: Timeless Memory Photography
Catch an epic lineup for Greenpop’s 9th and 10th Cool as Folk events with Jeremy Loops (one of Greenpop’s co-founders) and Toya Delazy delivering two home-grown headliners and the biggest names on the SA music scene - it’s all about peace, love, music, nature, bicycles, creativity and revolution!
Greenpop’s kinetic, urban Cool as Folk parties celebrate people and the planet with power in numbers, the wisdom of experience and the energy of blessed unrest.
In this moment we invite you to get green, get going and get grooving. So let’s do this! Together we celebrate the very earth we walk on as we get active (not anxious) for our a sustainable future with a celebration of people and the planet.
Peace Love MUSIC: Expect the highest quality music line-up, wildest entertaining acts and an irresistible sensory experience that will activate partiers finest moves. Jagermeister and Red Bull help us amp up the energy!
Peace Love NATURE: It is all about the trees after all! We’re on a mission to reconnect people with the planet. Houdt takes us into nature with an immersive sensory experience at each CAF event. Stay tuned for more details!
Peace Love BICYCLES: Event-goers can make getting to the show an event in itself and fuel their transport with their own power as they cycle, skate, walk. A fun-filled route to the event with refreshment stops at Puma Select shops in Cape Town and Joburg, secure valet bike parking on site and perks along the way and at the event encourage getting to the event green.
Peace Love ART: A creative fusion of the artistic energy animated by active generations and cultures. At each CAF event we share a unique creation that pushes boundaries and speaks to the moment.
Peace Love REVOLUTION: Let’s get active, not anxious, about the state of the environment. CAF collaborates with Levi’s Pioneer Nation to showcase SA innovators and inspire a green Treevolution.
Peace Love COOL AS FOLK: Like the previous Greenpop Cool as Folk parties, all proceeds from ticket sales will go towards developing future Greenpop projects to plant trees and spread eco-education and inspiration.
Join Greenpop, Jeremy Loops, Toya Delazy, Grassy Spark and so many more to party for the planet!
Toya Delazy. Image: Mark Thomas
Event Details:
- JOBURG
Date: 10 April 2015
Venue: The Bassline, 10 Henry Nxumalo Street, Johannesburg
Cycle/Skate/Walk starts at 18h00 at Puma Select, 81 Juta StreetDoors Open at 18h30
- CAPE TOWN
Date: 18 April 2015
Venue: Sideshow (the old Fez) - 11 Mechau Street, Cape Town City Centre
Tickets on sale at Quicket:
Jeremy Loops
Juxtaposing booming city rhythms with lilting folk, Jeremy Loops is a South African musician based in Cape Town. Debuting at no. 1 and being awarded ‘Album of the Year’ status by iTunes SA, his critically acclaimed debut Trading Change has spawned the hit singles Down South, Skinny Blues, and Mission to the Sun. One of the most prolific artists on South Africa’s touring circuit, Jeremy is enjoying growing success abroad, frequently performing in Great Britain, and currently touring North America on a 20+ show tour that will culminate in several shows at SXSW 2015.
Toya Delazy
One of the biggest names in current South African music scene. Accompanied by her
phenomenal band, Latoya Buthelezi, Aka Toya Delazy’s success story in an extraordinary one. From obscure beginnings in the little known eMahlabathini, Kwazulu Natal, Toya’s music has sky-rocketed, from her first mega-hit “Pump it On” and record deal signing with Sony Music Africa in 2011, to her 3 SAMA awards and BET Awards nomination as Best International Act in 2013.
Both a singer and a pianist, Toya’s performance repertoire ranges from delicate, soulful love songs to upbeat rocking electro tunes, songs which many audience members will be familiar with thanks to her widespread airplay all over the African continent. Her music has been called a mixture of jazz, electro and hip-hop, with a healthy South African flavour. With the release of her second album “Ascension”, and the ultra controversial single “Forbidden Fruit”, Toya is set to take 2015 by storm.
About Greenpop:
Founded by Jeremy Hewitt (aka Jeremy Loops), Misha Teasdale and Lauren O’Donnell, Greenpop is on a mission to (re)connect people with our planet by planting trees and having fun together.
Greenpop plants trees in urban greening and reforestation projects and hosts green events, educational workshops and festivals of action to inspire people to get active about a sustainable future.
- For more information check out their website here.
