Loads of live entertainment sure to get you grooving at the 2013 Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival

The Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival already boasts with over 100 sport, food and lifestyle events on the calendar, and now festival organisers present a line-up of Garden Route local and national muso’s to get your feet tapping at the main festival grounds.

“We’re celebrating our 30^th anniversary with another festival first,” said Festival Manager Nicci Rousseau-Schmidt. “Our festival stage at the main venue on Waterfront Drive will host a variety of bands and musicians throughout the ten days of the festival, with at least one performance on 9 of the ten days.”

Festival goers can look forward to grooving to the sounds of Rock Cafe Davey Mac and Co, Wendy Oldfield and Lionel Bastos, Mali and Me, Tigger and Lionel, Ian Hall, Nothing Alike, Bullet, Brian Finch and popular Wilderness-based duo Wild Lettuce.

Ticket holders to the Pick n Pay Flavours of Knysna on the 3^rd of July will be entertained by Afro Quartez and Fire n Styx, while 2009 South African Idol Jason Hartman and the Mike McCallagh Band are both sure to make the Pick n Pay Cape Times Knysna Forest Marathon and Half Marathon After Party at the festival grounds THE party of the 2013 festival.

“Music is the main ingredient in any recipe for a successful festival,” Nicci concluded. “And we’ve taken great care in selecting the finest musical ingredients for the 2013 Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival. So join the party and head to the main festival grounds on Waterfront Drive between 28 June and 7 July for some tantalising tunes.”

Please note that bands will perform within the times indicated below, for more information about bands performing at the Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival, contact Trevor Niksch on 083 653 5185. For more information on the festival, please contact Knysna Tourism on 044 382 5510, visit www.pnpoysterfestival.co.za, or if you have a smart phone, be sure to get the innovative Festival App for the full programme, mobile news and on-the-go information. To get it, go to Google Play or Apple iTunes, or simply scan the barcode on the festival website.

Additional Info:

The 2013 Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival offers a full programme of more than 100 events from 28 June – 07 July. Not to be missed highlights include the Knysna Wine Festival on 01 & 02 July – where up to 50 of South Africa’s best wines will be on offer, the Pick n Pay Flavours of Knysna gourmet evening on 03 July – where Knysna Restaurants will compete for cash prizes with their best oyster recipes, and the Tabasco® Oyster Shuckle – on Fire with Nik Rabinowitz on 04 July – where the Oyster Shucking and Oyster Eating competitions will be held. Plus, the Pick n Pay Women’s Walk will take place on Sunday 7 July, a 5km fun walk to raise funds for the PinkDrive, an organisation that provides free breast cancer screening and health education. Tickets for these events are available for purchase on www.pnptickets.co.za