Overview It’s difficult to imagine a better spot for a Festival than the Amphitheatre Backpackers, with its amazing backdrop of the Northern Drakensburg mountains and the fact that it is almost exactly half way between Johannesburg and Durban, it is an easy choice as a New Year Destination for people from across the country. Greeted by the friendly and helpful…
With panoramic views of the Drakensberg mountains as our backdrop, tents of all colour, shapes, and sizes started to spring up in the early morning air. The 29th December 2016 brought with it the 6th year of Smoking Dragon Festival to Amphitheatre Backpackers Lodge. The people started to slowly filter onto the grounds with eager helpers wheeling in their equipment…
Our contributor Tee had the opportunity to have a Q & A session with Stelth (from the Lumineers) in the build up to his performance in December at the Smoking Dragon Festival! If you have been living under a rock, there will be over 40 acts performing at this 3-day festival from 29 Dec – 1 Jan at the Amphitheatre Backpackers…
Only 3 hours away from Johannesburg and Durban, nestled between the colossal Drakensberg Amphitheatre mountains, looking onto The Tugela Falls, is a New Year’s event unlike any other. The Smoking Dragon Festival is back for it’s 6th year and has expanded to 4 stages including The Main Stage, Cherch Electric Jungle, Fringe Stage and the sparkling new Ripple Zone. Complete…
— Competition Closed — Smoking Dragon will be celebrating its Fifth New Year’s Eve Festival this year with a three day event (29 December to 1 January) hosted by Amphitheatre Backpackers Lodge, set in the beautiful Northern Drakensberg. We are giving TWO lucky Durbanites the chance to win double tickets to the festival – valued at R1400 per set!!! To enter,…