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Don’t miss uplifting performances by The Soil during Pride Weekend at Carnival City


Delivering on its promise to bring superlative entertainers and bands to its stage in 2015, Carnival City is proud to host popular a-capella, ‘Kasi Soul’ ensemble, The Soil, during the much-anticipated Pride Weekend – a comedy, music and gospel festival taking place from 6 to 8 March 2015.
Also collaborating for the Pride Musical Fest on the first day of the Pride Weekend (Friday, 6 March) are Black Motion, Moneoa, RamZ the DJ, and DJ Levis.
“We are pleased to welcome back The Soil to our stage. What a coup to have them performing at the Pride Musical Fest. As comfortable at big musicfestivals and concerts as it is on theatre stages, The Soil has promised to deliver a soul-uplifting performance during the upcoming Pride Weekend,” says Michelle Smith, the Marketing Manager at Carnival City.
The Soil performs an eclectic mix of musical genres such as jazz, hip hop, Afro-pop and Afro-soul. Fusing their harmonious voices and soothing melodies with deep and meaningful messages, they have become renowned for their upliftingsound.


Having paid their dues as a performing group in and around the country, the awe-inspiring talent of this trio of a-capella voices was formally-acknowledged when they won the 'Standard Bank Standing Ovation Award’ in the Fringe Section and the 'Standard Bank Encore Gold Award' at the 2010 National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.
During their career, The Soil has graced stages of South Africa’s biggest music events such as the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz, Grahamstown Arts Festival, Jazz by the River, as well as theatre stages of the Nelson Mandela Theatre as well as the Catalyst Theatre in Cape Town.
The Pride Music Fest is on Friday 6 March at 18:00. The festivitiescontinue on Saturday, 7 March 2015 with the Pride Comedy event at 19:00– Rock the Mother Tongue – featuring comedians Mashabela Galane, Skhumba, Celeste Ntuli, Sfiso Nene, Isaac Gampu and many more.

Tickets are available at Computicket and range in price from R100 to R225. For more info contact (011) 056 5821 or pr@thikhoevents.co.za visit www.thikhoevents.com

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Popular a-capella singing trio, The Soil, features in the pride Musical fest taking place as part of the Pride Weekend at Carnival City from 6 to 8 March 2015.
Tickets are available at Computicket and range in price from R100 to R225. For more info contact (011) 056 5821 or pr@thikhoevents.co.za visit www.thikhoevents.com

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