Up The Creek Music festival emanated from humble beginnings in 1990. The basic ingredients were simple - a river camp, an eclectic group of friends with many hidden talents and a handful of intrepid river guides.

Mix all of the above and the result – a weekend-long jamming session – around the proverbial campfires and under African skies along the Breede River in Swellendam.

These unofficial musical gatherings soon blossomed into a fully-fledged festival and Up the Creek established itself as one of the country’s most loved, eclectic and premium music and comedy festivals.

This is the festival-with-a-difference - the one where you have 18 of the country’s top homegrown bands on tap throughout a MEGA weekend campout. Great to be back!

Up the Creek 2008 Festival Programme

Friday - 1st February

19h00 – 20h00 Bed on Bricks
20h00 – 21h00 Love Jones
21h00 – 22h00 Foto na Dans
22h00 – 23h00 Wonderboom
23h00 – 00h00 The Parlotones
00h00 – 01h00 Flat Stanley

Saturday - 2nd February

15h00 – 16h00 Ryno Velvet
16h00 – 17h00 Southern Gypsey Queen
17h00 – 18h00 Perez
18h00 – 19h00 Akkedis
19h00 – 20h00 Valiant Swart
20h00 – 21h00 DNA Strings
21h00 – 22h00 Taxi Violence
22h00 – 23h00 Prime Circle
23h00 – 00h00 Dan Patlansky
00h00 – 01h00 Van Coke Kartel

Sunday - 3rd February

10h00 – 11h00 Harris Tweed
11h00 – 12h00 Boulevard Blues Band
12h00 – 13h00 DNA Strings
13h00 – 14h00 Lara Frances

The 2008 Up the Creek Music Festival

Date: 1 – 3 February 2008
Venue: Felix Unite Up The Creek river camp in Swellendam

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