Well well well! Another year has come to a glorious end and that means summer baby!

Greasy tanning oil? Check!
Cheese grater abs? Check!
Gauloises cigarettes? Check!
Dirty porno Italian accent? Check!
Sipping an espresso? Check!
Moose knuckle visible from the cycling shorts? Check!
Driving a Citroen? Check!
Cocaine, crystal meth and strippers in Vegas? Double check!

This brings us onto the Old Mutual Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts, which you might be keen to go to, so let’s have a look at the schedule (Click here to book your tickets):

• 6 Dec – 17:30 Jesse Clegg

• 13 Dec The Johnny Cooper Orchestra

• 17 Dec Carols by candlelight. Start: 20h00, gates open at 17h00. Tickets are available at the Information Centres at select Pick ‘n Pay stores in the Western Cape.

• 18, 19, 20 Dec Carols by candlelight. Start: 20h00, gates open at 17h00. Tickets are available at the Information Centres at select Pick ‘n Pay stores in the Western Cape.

• 27 Dec Ashtray Electric and Pretty Blue Guns

• 31 Dec – 17:30 NYE: Flat Stanley, Loyiso, Loading Zone and Chad Saaiman

• 3 Jan – 17:30 Josie Field, Dan Patlansky and Farryl Purkiss

• 10 Jan – 17:30 Freshlyground

• 17 Jan – 17:30 Zebra & Giraffe
• 24 Jan – 17:30 Fokofpolisiekar

• 31 January – 17:30 Lira and Friends (Old Mutual Encounter)

• 7 Feb – 17:30 aKING

• 14 Feb – 17:30 Jamali and Friends (Old Mutual Encounter)

• 21 Feb – 17:30 Just Jinjer

• 28 Feb – 17:30 Prime Circle

• 7 Mar – 17:30 Goldfish

• 14 Mar – 17:30 The Dirty Skirts

• 21 Mar – 17:30 Cape Philharmonic Orchestra

• 28 Mar – 17:30 Watershed

• 04 April – 17:30 Tidal Waves and Tumi Molekane (Old Mutual Encounter)

Old Mutual Summer Sunset Concert Information:

At the Venue:

Tickets go on sale on the Tuesday preceding each concert, from the Visitors’ Centre Ticket Office only.
On the Sunday of the event, concert tickets can be purchased at all entrances, and includes entrance to the garden if arriving early (keep your ticket to gain entrance to the concert area later).
Concert tickets are limited, but garden entry tickets will still be available if the concert venue is sold out (visitors can picnic on the lawns outside the cordoned-off concert area).
Kirstenbosch is open from 08h00 to 19h00 (Sep – Mar), 08h00 to 18h00 (Apr – Aug).

Telephone Bookings:

Tickets can be booked via telephone from the Tuesday preceding the event – R10 per ticket administration fee applicable. Your tickets will be available for collection from the Visitors Centre.

Ticket Bookings: (021) 761 2866 / 799 8782.
Ticket Information: (021) 799 8783 / 8620 / 8773.

Online Bookings

Online bookings can be made at Webtickets (Click here to book).
When you buy an e-ticket on-line your ticket will be delivered directly to your computer. Not only will you get your tickets right away, but you can print them out anytime before the event.
Each e-ticket has a unique bar-code on the top right of each ticket. This is used to identify the ticket and ensure only valid tickets are granted access into the event. It is important that the bar-code has been clearly printed on the ticket as this will prevent any delays when entering the event. Print your ticket(s) and bring to the event where the ticket(s) will be scanned.
Redeem your e-ticket(s) at the Kirstenbosch Ticket Office from the Tuesday before, or on the concert day.

General Information:

Telephone: (021) 799 8783 / 8620 / 8773.
Gates open at 15h30. Concerts are held between 17h30 and 18h45 and go ahead irrespective of the weather. Refunds are not issued.
No refunds will be issued for any of the concerts.
Free entry for all children under 6 years old.
Special parking is available for the physically disabled – enter at the Top Gate, also known as the Rycroft Gate or Gate 3, and proceed to the workshop area off Camphor Avenue for parking.
Refreshments are on sale at all concerts – picnic hampers can be ordered from the Silvertree Restaurant (021) 762 9585; or from the Tea Room (021) 797 4883.
There will be a Kids’ Zone at the top of the concert lawn with entertainment for your kids during the concert. This area will provide supervised activities for children to participate in, but is not a child-minding service.

Click here to book your tickets for the Old Mutual Summer Sunset Concerts.

Sickie woo!