Nekkies in Rawsonville – it’s one of our favourite music venues, and it’s playing host to the Utopia Festival next weekend over three days, from 26 to 28 April. And the line up of house, electro, rock, and live comedy is genuinely facemelting. Get a load of this:

MAIN STAGE: The Phoenix

Bittereinder
Karen Zoid
Fokofpolisiekar
aKING
Desmond & the Tutus
The Plastics
Hot Water
Mr. Cat & The Jackal
Moving House Tommy Gun
Zaki Ibrahim
DJ inviZAble & Friends
Matthew Mole
Wolftown
Ballistic Blues
3rd World Spectator
Al Bairre
Red Huxley
Nakhane Toure McCree

ELECTRONIC STAGE – The Oasis

Dean FUEL
Killer Robot
Chris Jack
Coco Loco
James Copeland
Toby 2 Shoes
Floyd Lavine
Danalog
Lady M
Regan
Diggin4Dodge
Afterlife
Plaigarhythm
Ian Skene
One Track
Mike Malcolm
Skene
Richard Marshall
Artelligent
Candice Heyns
Matt Blitz
Dan C

COMEDY STAGE – The Rustum August

Siv Ngesi
Christopher Steenkamp
Pete Sserwanga
Schalk Bezuidenhout
Brendan Murray
Gino Fernandez
Dylan Skews
Oliver Booth
Martin Evans
Kagiso Magodi
Paul Snodgrass

Are you joking? That line up is mental.

OPEN MIC – The “Go Bos” Stage

This is your chance to make it to next year’s main stage, kids. Bring an instrument, your band, or even create a band there and then. All you have to do is book a slot and the stage – and maybe world fame, or at least a new girlfriend – is yours!

THE TICKET SITUATION:

Full Weekend: R380
Saturday & Sunday: R320
Sunday: R70

Available from Webtickets, HERE.

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