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SUMMARY:Music Meets the Wild at Cradle’s 10th Birthday
DESCRIPTION:Forget the usual festival routine of concrete\, traffic and city noise. On 17 October\, Gauteng’s music crowd is being invited to trade the urban jungle for an actual one. \n\n\n\nMusic in the Jungle is bringing some of South Africa‘s biggest sounds to the Cradle of Humankind as Cradle Boutique Hotel celebrates its 10th anniversary with a day-to-night experience built around music\, nature\, food and hospitality. \n\n\n\nAnd with Sjava\, Kabza De Small\, Focalistic\, Mörda\, Langa Mavuso\, Thatohatsi\, Thando Zide\, Khuli Chana and Lamiez Holworthy on the lineup\, the music is clearly not taking a back seat. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Different Kind of Gauteng Gig \n\n\n\nThe interesting part isn’t simply who’s performing. It’s where the performances are happening. \n\n\n\nSet within a 9\,000-hectare nature reserve\, Music in the Jungle is designed to move away from the conventional festival environment and place the audience inside the landscape of the Cradle of Humankind. \n\n\n\nFor young Gauteng audiences accustomed to packed venues\, rooftop parties and large-scale city events\, that change of scenery could be part of the attraction. \n\n\n\nThe experience is expected to evolve throughout the day\, starting with more relaxed daytime sounds before shifting into an energetic evening celebration. \n\n\n\nIt’s essentially a day out\, music experience and escape from the city rolled into one. \n\n\n\nA Soundtrack That Moves Across Genres \n\n\n\nThe lineup reflects the increasingly fluid nature of South African music culture. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmapiano\, hip-hop\, Afro-house\, R&B\, soul and contemporary African sounds will all feature\, creating a programme that can move between different moods rather than locking the event into one genre. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom Kabza De Small and Focalistic’s amapiano influence to Sjava’s distinctive hip-hop and storytelling\, Mörda’s Afro-house territory and Langa Mavuso‘s soulful sound\, the bill brings together different corners of the country’s contemporary music scene. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThat diversity also gives the event a distinctly Mzansi character: different sounds\, different audiences and one shared space. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTen Years\, One Big Celebration \n\n\n\nFor Cradle Boutique Hotel\, the event marks a decade of operating in one of Gauteng’s most recognisable natural environments. \n\n\n\nGeneral Manager Wayne Fisher says the celebration was designed around the destination’s combination of music\, hospitality\, nature\, food and community. \n\n\n\nThat makes Music in the Jungle more than a birthday party. It is also an opportunity for the hotel to position the Cradle as a destination for experiences that extend beyond traditional accommodation. \n\n\n\nFor the audience\, meanwhile\, the proposition is straightforward: dress for the jungle\, bring your appetite for music and leave the city behind for a few hours. \n\n\n\nWith additional event details still to come\, Music in the Jungle is shaping up as a different proposition for Gauteng’s October entertainment calendar: less city\, more nature; less ordinary gig\, more destination experience.
URL:https://urbanlifestylesa.co.za/event/music-meets-the-wild-at-cradles-10th-birthday/
LOCATION:Pavilion (Cradle Nature Reserve)\, Farm 520 JQ\, Kromdraai Road\, Krugersdorp\, Gauteng\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Music
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