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Festival-tivities This weekend is chock-a-block with action: so many festivals, so many choices. The Synergy Live, SoundsWild and River Republic fests are all getting set to rock Cape Town and Joburg while the Annual Comedy Fest and CT International Dance Festival both kick off - and then let's not forget about the Cape Town Festival of Beer, which gets glasses a chinking from tomorrow. In other news, there has been an avalanche of local bands releasing EPs and albums recently. I chatted to both Monark and Al Bairre about their latest offerings. While Daniel Dercksen is left wanting more from the new Bond film and the Klink Awards are announced. We've got tickets to MCQP, The Table Mountain Blues Summit and Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concert featuring Arno Carstens up for grabs! Ruth Cooper, Lifestyle Co-editor & Production Manager (@Biz_Lounge)
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|  | [Ruth Cooper] Cutsy pie indie pop band Al Bairre have been winning over hearts and feet with their feel-good beats and harmonies since 2012. read
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Daniel Dercksen Watching Spectre, the 24th Bond film, I could not help thinking about a quote from William Friedkin's Boys In The Band, where a gay man admires a striking young stud and says: "How can his beauty ever compare with my soul?'' Read | The winners of the 2015 Klink Awards wine tourism competition have been announced after two months of online voting in which 11,373 unique votes were cast... Read | Ruth Cooper Classy Mexican sounds like a bit of an oxymoron; however Del Mar, as part of the Bukhara group, in Camps Bay has perfected this unique and hard-to-achieve mix. Read |
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 | The Real Alternative Music Festival (RAMfest) returns in 2016 featuring the best local rock artists alongside the Los Angeles band, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. read | |  | Ruth Cooper Anthemic pop rockers Monark recently released a deluxe version of debut album 'Negatives'. We chatted to drummer Graeme Wuth to find out more. read | |  | The headline act band for Synergy Live 2015 is to be the Canadian electronic duo Crystal Castles, who will play on the Red Bull Main Stage on Saturday, 28 November. read | |  | SoundsWild returns for its annual festival on Friday, 27 November, 2015, at Carfax in Newtown, Joburg, with international headline acts Crystal Castles and Flux Pavilion. read | |  | The River Republic is standing ready with a great local lineup including The Kiffness, Grassy Spark, Jackal & The Wind, Kings Down South... read | | |
 | The Cape Town International Dance Festival, a collaboration between iKapa Dance Theatre, the Maboneng Township Arts Experience Festival, and Battery Dance begins today with a packed week of dance workshops, poetry and film. read | |  | The Comedy Central International Comedy Festival is an annual, super-sized comedy extravaganza that will bring African and international comedy stars together under one roof for a hilarious, world-class celebration of comedy genius. It will play at the Silverstar Casino, Joburg from 26 November to 5 December, 2015. read | | |
 | Daniel Dercksen With the not-to-be-missed and life-affirming He Named Me Malala, acclaimed Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Davis Guggenheim brings us a profoundly moving and intimate portrait of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai... read | | |
 | The world-renowned exhibition, on loan from the Natural History Museum in London, will open at the Chavonnes Battery Museum, Clock Tower, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town on 1 December, 2015. read | | |
 | Louise Marsland Justin Bonello, Cooked in Africa Films creative director and partner, is celebrating, along with executive producer and managing partner, Peter Gird, the success of the company's Ultimate Braai Master series... read | |  | The Cape Town Festival of Beer is set to return to the Mother City at Hamilton's Rugby club from 27 to 29 November, 2015. It will feature more than 200 beers from 60 local and international brewers. read | | |
 | Prince Harry will be playing in the Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup, which will take place on Saturday, 28 November, 2015, at the Val de Vie Estate in the Paarl-Franschhoek Valley of the Western Cape. read | |  | Soweto locals the Soulistic Fusion Trio have recently won the Red Bull Beat Battle trophy at Walter Sisulu Square, Soweto. They beat Cape Town B-Boys, Ninja Turtles in the final. read | |  | A day at the races in Joburg during the middle of a gorgeous summer is always glamourous and fun. read | |  | Issued by Openfield Johannesburg's largest and most anticipated after-work sporting/social event will take place on Thursday, 7 April, with another capacity crowd of 13,000 entrants projected to enter. read | | |
 | Claire Jackson-Bernardo The definition of an internship is quite clear amongst many sources that can be quickly googled... read | |  | Douglas Kruger Innovation, and the art of capturing ideas on the fly... read | |
 | Al Bairre release music video for from the mini LP, entitled Let's Fall In Love Some More. Directed by Nicholas Preen. - View/Rate | |
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