Once I Arrive

by Marley

Innibos every year it builds up like a summer storm in the Highveld. You see the clouds, you feel the electricity in the air the wind in your hair. You know it’s coming especially if it’s been a hot humid day. Just like a storm Innibos build up, changed the energy around town, it rained with arts, music, laughter, good red wine and then just disappeared. Poof. Just like that.

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With Jack Parow

The Tailor Interview

A huge fantastic shout out to the team at Underground Press which made it possible for Marley to interview the ever fantastic Tailor

Innibos with Tailor
Marley van Wetten

About a year or so ago a friend of mine, Werner, sent me a link to a video on Facebook saying “Check this girl out Marley”. So I checked it out, it was “Wolf” by Tailor and after I hit replay for the fifth time I knew I was hooked. In February this year I sat next to Werner at Up The Creek music festival in awe while watching this lady perform. Now in June I was standing right up front by the MK Stage at Innibos watching her, singing with, dancing with and just taking it in for the second time.

Tailor - Courtesy of The Famous Frouws

Hey Tonight - MK Stage @ Innibos

What can a Lowvelder tell you about Innibos? It is the biggest event on our calendar, but it’s also a crazy fever that hits the town, and everyone ends up spending days at work hung over after a night of mid week partying on the festival grounds and around town. Many months of preparation go into hosting one of the country’s biggest festivals and here it is on our doorstep.

For a music fan (a rocker of note) the only stage out of the 7 worth seeing is the MK Kliphard Stage. Here is an opportunity to watch bands that you might not normally see, unless, like me you attend music festivals like STRAB, Up The Creek or Oppikoppi, or if you regularly venture down to Jozi, Pretoria or the Western-Cape.

With so many good people in the Lowveld who are still scared of the Blue Moon road or intimidated by a little bit of good music, then let me tell you: don’t knock down the MK stage before you have at least experienced it. I understand that South African music may not be everyone’s cup of tea, (unlike us at STM)  but there are bands and solo artists performing at the MK Stage this year that might tempt you to go down to your local music store to buy their music.