January is a stupid month. The holidays are over; both your pants and your budget are a little tighter than usual and then those smug US assholes go and drop their Coachella lineup like a bomb and you can only hang your head in disappointment at your own Third World-ness.
Chin up SA music fans! You might not be on your way to the States any time soon, but you can unbundle those undies and get your festival fix a little closer to home. The annual Up the Creek Music Festival is going down in two weeks' time and if you move quickly you can still score some tickets to this sought-after event on the banks of the Breederiver in Swellendam.
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