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Freshlyground return to Music in the Gardens

Freshlyground are set to return to the Old Mutual Music in the Gardens stage on 23 August, where they will be joined by Mathew Gold, whose smooth and dreamy voice helped propel GoodLuck's Taking it Easy into the top 10 tracks to come out of South Africa during 2011.

GoodLuck enjoyed working with Gold so much that they decided to produce his first album. "The Rush" features award-winning artists and producers including Goodluck, AKA, Crazy White Boy, The Kiffness and Mr Sakitumi, Justin de Nobrega and Raiven Hunter. No Ordinary Guy - the first release from "The Rush" - received a Record of the Year nomination at the SAMA 2014 awards.

Tickets are available before concert day via www.plankton.mobi for R50 per adult and on the day from the entrance for R100 per adult. Children under 12 enter for free.

Freshlyground return to Music in the Gardens

The season

The remaining programme for the 2015 Old Mutual Music in the Gardens season:
* 23 August: Freshlyground & Mathew Gold. Walter Sisulu National Botanic Garden;
* 30 August: The Parlotones & Trevor Rebello. Pretoria National Botanic Garden;
* 30 August: Johnny Clegg*. Walter Sisulu National Botanic Garden;
* 13 September: Ringo & Bantu Soul. Pretoria National Botanic Garden;
* 27 September: Zolani, Bobby van Jaarsveld & Janie Bay. Walter Sisulu National Botanic Garden;
* 4 October: AKA, Tresor & Yanga. Pretoria National Botanical Garden; and
* 28 November: Carols by Candlelight ft. Bala Brothers. Walter Sisulu National Botanic Garden.

* Tickets are available before concert day for the Johnny Clegg performance on 30 August, 2015 at Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden via Computicket for R190 per adult and children under 13 for R80. Event gates will open at 3pm and concert will start at 5pm.

For more on the Old Mutual Music in the Gardens music series, go to www.dogreatthings.co.za.

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