Supporting Local Talent

The local performing artists from the whole of the Blue Crane Route Municipality (BCRM), which includes Somerset East (home of the Biltong Festival), Pearston and Cookhouse, form part of the entertainment at the Castle Lager East Cape Biltong Festival 2012.

This section of the programme encourages and gives local performers a platform where they can exhibit their talent. The performances include soloist musicians, poetry, hip hop, gospel music, kwaito, gumboots dance, and traditional dance, ballroom dancing, choral and opera music and pantsula jive.

Gumboots dancing

Traditional dancing

Hip Hop performance

Ballroom dancing

 

So come support local talent Friday the 13^th of July, which will mark the start of the Festival. The over 18 performers such as Ncedani Youth Group, NB Gees, Perfect Harmonies, KWV, Three Tenors, Pier Venter, Lindelwa Mboya, Trevisha Miggels and Sinethemba Alam will be performing on the big stage, the Castle Lager Gig Rig, starting from 13h00 whilst the under 18’s such as Siyakhula Traditional Dance Group, Cookhouse gumboots dance, Siyakhula Gumboots and another Three Tenors, get to showcase their talents on Saturday 14^th July, starting at 11h00 in the Bokjol.