Lusito Land Festival

Lusito Land is one of the most common, crowd pleasing family festivals in Johannesburg. It returns with some of the country’s finest musicians and bands, along with the experience of Portuguese tradition and culture. The festival runs from 24 April- 3 May 2015, at Wemmer Pan, Pioneer Park in La Rochelle, south of the city.

This Portuguese festival has been around since the early 1980s, and although its main focus was on the cuisine and traditions of Portuguese families, it has evolved and includes many other cultures and traditions. The Portuguese traditions remain, making numerous people return each year for their delicious foods and refreshing cocktails like; the prego roll and caipirinhas.

Pebble Bond lets us know why she going back this year…

                                

 

The festival caters to all age groups- with various game rides, restaurants, pubs, street cafés, stalls etc., offering everything from peri- peri chicken to beers and donuts. This festival has a fun fair feel to it, and gets lots of kids and young teen’s attention. There are local bands that perform like, Micasa Music and Dr Victor and the Rasta Rebels.  

 

Lindz dlamini will be attending the festival for the first time this year...

 

 

The festival is priced at R80 for teens/ adults, R50 for children from 6- 12 years and senior citizens. There is also access to safe and secure parking at allocated areas.

With over 100 000 people attending each year, many families and students are looking forward to what the festival has to offer before the peak of winter strikes. Gates open at 10h00 on Friday 24 April.

Eskom to implement Stage 2 load shedding

Eskom asks customers to cut down on the consumption of electricity by switching off geysers and all non- essential appliances, to reduce electricity demand. Several units are currently out of service due to planned and unplanned outages, resulting in a shortage of generation capacity.

Bittersweet, One Direction

British boy band, One Direction, performed in South Africa for the first time this past weekend. Been given the opportunity to work as an usher at the concert on both nights, I experienced overwhelming reactions of the audience firsthand. 

                                                               

As the crowd built up, I barely recognised the band members, but I was aware that they one of the world’s most popular. The anticipation and excitement that came from the crowd was all new to me - I had little knowledge of what I would be dealing with. The fans painted their faces, made banners and bought gifts to get the attention of their idols.

                                  

The performance went on and the fans displayed their excitement by crying, screaming, throwing items, and fainting. Although the job had us on our toes, it was worth every minute. Seeing the joy and excitement in the fans faces made me feel the connection they felt towards the band. The band interacted with the crowd and the sound of their voices made the stadium a lot more warm and loving.

                                   

One Direction will perform their last South African concert in Cape Town tonight, then they head off to Dubai.