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TITLES & DATES OF PAST EVENTS

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Singer-Songwriter SHOWCASE  with Kurt Stone & Anthony Caplan - Saturday 20th April 2024 at "The Stage", Bathurst

Kurt Stone and Anthony Caplan regaled their audience with a range of interesting and amusing anecdotes regarding their musical journeys and how they came to write the music that they presented at The Stage in Bathurst on Saturday 20th April, 2024.

MICHAEL CANFIELD - Friday 5th April 2024 at "The Stage", Bathurst

Michael Canfield is a musician which South Africa can count itself very fortunate to have inherited from the USA. He has played with many of the greats around the world, including Chuck Berry, Paul Simon and Billy Idol, among a host of others. His evening on Friday 5th April 2024 at The Stage in Bathurst was an absolute blast from start to finish - a show which everyone who was fortunate enough to see it, will remember for a long time to come.

IRISH EVENING - PADDY'S PUB - Tuesday 2nd April 2024 at "The Stage", Bathurst

WOW, WOW, WOW! An Irish Evening indeed - Paul Spence, Kath McClelland & Axl Forder absolutely took over The Stage in Bathurst on Tuesday 2nd April, 2024 and WOWED the capacity audience with an evening of total fun filled with a litany of Irish songs, jokes and atmospherics. What an evening!

BEST OF THE BEST - Saturday 30th March at "The Stage", Bathurst

Paul Spence, Kath McClelland and Charles Webster covered an amazing medley of hits from the 1950's right up to the present day - all supported by Charles' amazing guitar work and a 3 hour workout by all these really talented and enthusiastic artists.

AXL FORDER "The Naked Actor" - Sunday 24th March 2024 at "The Stage", Bathurst

The Naked Actor”, a solo one-act rollercoaster comedy on the existential theme of being an actor.

Not only a brilliant Rhodes Masters scholar on the verge of his first Doctorate, Axl Forder is also an anarchic young actor with a zany, irrepressible talent to amuse.

DAX BUTLER Accompanied by MICK HOPE BAILIE - Saturday 16th March 2024 at "The Stage", Bathurst

Dax Butler is a South African Original - A musician who writes his own music and presents it in a style that is entirely his own. Accompanied by an old friend who had not appeared on stage for 40 years - Mick Hope Bailie - these two legends entralled the small audience that gathered to listen to their very special brand at the Stage in Bathurst on the 16th March, 2024.

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS COLLEGE (PRETORIA) 1963 & 1964 MATRIC REUNION - Saturday 9th March - CBC Old Boys Club - Pretoria
On the 9th March 2024 the Christian Brothers College Pretoria 1963 & 1964 Matric Classes celebrated their 61st & 60th anniversaries respectively at the Christian Brothers College Old Boys Club in Groenkloof, Pretoria. Sadly a few of those not yet passed couldn't make the event, but please pass this URL onto them if you are able.
STEVE NEWMAN & NISH PILLAY - Thursday 22nd February 2024 at "The Stage", Bathurst
Following Steve Newman (formerly of Tananas), and Nish Pillay's quite remarkable and outstanding performance at The Stage in Bathurst on the 22nd February 2024, Aden Hinds pronounced Steve a "National Treasure" - and quite rightly so.  Those attending the show were very fortunate indeed to see one of the world's great guitarists at work accompanied by a man whose fingers at work on his Indian drum instrument were quite something to behold. Catch these guys in concert wherever you might be. They are very special.
CHARMAINE ALLISON - "Decades of the Divas 2" - Saturday 10th January 2024 at "The Stage", Bathurst
On Saturday 10th January 2024 Charmaine Allison wowed the audience with a real Tour de Force - She had the audience totally enthralled from start to finish doing 2 1/2 hours without a break - Magic!
DIAMOND IS FOREVER - Thursday 28th & Friday 29th December at "The Stage", Bathurst

Paul Spence, Kath McClelland and Axl Forder absolutely WOWED the audience at three packed out shows of their  "Diamond is Forever" performance on the 28/29th December 2023 at the now almost famous "STAGE" venue in Bathurst, EC.

NEW YEAR'S EVE 2023/24 - Sunday 31st December at "The Stage", Bathurst
Kurt Stone, Selena Grant, Marcia Moon, Annie Katz and Tainn Neethling entertained a small audience and group of friends at The Stage in Bathurst on New Year's Eve ............. loads of fun seeing in the New Year.
ROBIN AULD - Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th December at "The Stage", Bathurst

Robin Auld at "The Stage" in Bathurst on the 16th & 17th December 2023 really blew the respective audiences away with renditions of his latest material and some of his great mid-eighties "Springbok Hits" and surfing songs.

DOC MACLEAN (Jo Jo Man Blues Tour) - Friday 8th & Saturday 9th December at "The Stage", Bathurst
MUSIC AT THE MILL - Sunday 19th November at Bradshaw's Mill, Bathurst - An afternoon of picnicking & Local Musicians organized by the Bathurst Historical Society

Music at the Mill 2023 - another wonderful picnic afternoon in brilliant sunshine at Bradshaw's Mill in Bathurst, EC, with a collection of great local musicians and fun raffles, all organised as always by the Bathurst Historical Society.

KERRY HILES (A few of my favourite sings) - Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th November at "The Stage", Bathurst

This evening (11th November) This really amazing entertainer once again blew the audiences' minds with her amazing storytelling and vocal range. Her biography reads like a book which she tells with anecdotes that touch everyone in the audience in one way or another. 

MARCIA MOON "Total Eclipse of the Heart"  - Friday and Saturday 3rd & 4th November, 2023, at "The Stage", BATHURST

This weekend - the 3rd & 4th November saw Marcia Moon absolutely slay visitors to her show at The Stage on The Village Green in Bathurst, EC.  WOW / WOW /  WOW

CEDRIC VANDERSCHRIK (Ghost Stories) - Sunday  29th October, 2023, at "The Stage", BATHURST

On Sunday 29th October 2023 the residents of Bathurst and visitors from Port Alfred were privileged to see Cedric perform his show GHOST STORIES (The stories and songs behind the ghosts inside his head) at The Stage on the Village Green in Bathurst EC. 

STRICTLY SIXTIES with Joe van der Linden and Candace Juhl - Saturday 30th September & Sunday 1st October, 2023, at "The Stage", BATHURST

Saturday 30th September and Sunday 1st October saw Joe van der Linden and Candace Juhl really rock the little village of Bathurst at "The Stage" on the Village Green with their "Strictly Sixties" Show, doing a wide range of covers from the era that literally had the patrons rocking in the aisles.

A STAR IS BORN - The Rise and Fall of Judy Garland - A Kerry Hiles Production - Sunday 15th October, 2023, at "The Stage", BATHURST

Sunday the 15th October 2023 saw the audience at THE STAGE in Bathurst Once again blown away by the amazing talent and incredible range of Kerry Hiles in concert as she presented "A Star is Born" - the Rise and Fall of Judy Garland. 

ADEN HINDS .... "Early Dylan and the 60's Folk Revolution" - Saturday 16th September, 2023, at "The Stage", BATHURST

The extremely versatile Aden Hinds entertained the audience with a really interesting and varied selection of numbers from a wide range of artists that contributed to "Early Dylan" and the 60's Folk revolution that he was a part of.

AMY WINEHOUSE .... "The Diva & her Demons" - Wednesday 6th September, 2023, at "The Little Theatre on the Green", BATHURST

THE DIVA & HER DEMONS
Kerry Hiles, Rob Thompson & Kristo Zondagh stage a "Not to be Missed", beautifully rehearsed and presented show
covering the life and times of Amy Winehouse.

THE  BEST OF BOSSA NOVA - Saturday 2nd September, 2023, at "The Little Theatre on the Green", BATHURST

THE BEST OF BOSSA NOVA

An entertaining mix of Bossa Nova Classics and Samba, with Anthony Caplan (Guitar & vocals), Rick van Heerden (Saxaphone) & Stephen Forder (Percussion)

DECADES OF THE DIVAS - 2 - 26th & 27th AUGUST 2023 at "The Little Theatre on the Green", BATHURST

Charmaine Allison's Cabaret, Decades of the Divas at The Stage - Little Theatre on the Green - was a tour de force that had the audience enthralled from start to finish.

JOE VAN DER LINDEN - "RODRIGUEZ & ME" - 11th & 12th AUGUST 2023 at "The Little Theatre on the Green", BATHURST

The 11th and 12th August 2023 saw Joe Van Der Linden, accompanied by Stephen Forder on percussion perform a wonderful tribute to Sixto Rodriguez, the iconic musician who had so much meaning to South Africans during the 70's and 80' ....... sadly the concerts became a celebration of his passing just 3 days before they were to be performed - an amazing show.

THE 15 / 16 July 2023 saw Bathurst host a really successful XMAS IN JULY event with numerous stalls and entertainment throughout the weekend. A really successful effort by all concerned that saw more cars and people than the village has seen for a good number of years. Roll on 2024!

DAVE GOLDBLUM & STEVE MEISE (ZONGLOL0) LIVE AT THE little BISTRO - BATHURST - 12 Feb. 2023
 

ROBIN AULD - SUMMERHILL ESTATE LAUNCH - BATHURST - 7 FEB. 2023

2022 BATHURST HERITAGE DAY LANTERN PARADE
 

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