{"id":126736,"date":"2016-07-07T09:56:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T07:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/126736\/ekurhuleni-youth-festival-to-celebrate-homegrown-talent\/"},"modified":"2016-07-08T10:04:58","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T08:04:58","slug":"ekurhuleni-youth-festival-to-celebrate-homegrown-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/07\/07\/ekurhuleni-youth-festival-to-celebrate-homegrown-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekurhuleni youth festival to celebrate homegrown talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGermiston Lake will be a hive of activity this coming Saturday when young revellers flock to the park for a musical festival,\u201d said the metro\u2019s spokesman, Themba Gadebe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe concert will form part of the Ekurhuleni Youth Festival to celebrate sheer musical talent.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Gadebe also said that the festival\u2019s big stage will host some of the well-known chart-topping musicians bred in Ekurhuleni such as Kwesta, DJ Mshega, DJ Shimza, The Muffins, Reason, and DJ Sbu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther well-known musicians set to grace the festival include Cassper Nyovest, M-Tee, Nathi (Nomvula) and Ricky Rick.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe metro will provide buses at all customer care centres which will leave for Germiston Lake at 10am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Entrance is free and cooler boxes are allowed but bottles will not be allowed into the venue.<\/p>\n<p>The festival is set to start at noon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You might also be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/126454\/whats-on-in-germiston-24\/\">Looking for something to do, check out the What\u2019s on<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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