Delightful Delicious Festival

Delicious describes everything that brings delight to one’s life.  Delicious to us is pink, fluffy and all things sparkly. When we heard that DSTV was hosting an event that features both food and music, two things we can’t live without in the form of Delicious Festival it definitely brought some delight to us. What more could we ask for right? Spending a glorious South African Summer day in the sun with good food, good music and amazing people is an opportunity anyone would be stupid to pass up and here is our little take of the very tasty festival this past weekend.

The perfect South African summer Sunday saw us head to the Blue Hills Equestrian Estate, the venue for Delicious festival. We made our way to the VIP parking which was a breeze and headed straight for the buzzing Food market. We browsed our way through the numerous food stalls (all of which were busy busy), where we were confronted with an abundance of yummy goodies from cute little gourmet burgers, to Paella, to waffles, to delicious smoothies and a whole lot more. We had a hard time deciding what to try and now we definitely know where the extra killo’s we gained came from.

After we got some snacks we browsed the cute little pop up Ocean Basket restaurant and the DSTV stand where we watched a cook off between Mastercheff finalists and…we enjoyed a little chill time on the grass where we were just in time for a performance by the Soulful Lira. We have to say Lira looked fantastic in her yellow and black polka dot dress accentuated with a dash of pink- perfect for the occasion. Her performance was divine and she had the crowed eating out of her hands as she wooed them with her emotion filled vocals and impressive dance moves. All we saw were happy faces as the energy filled crowd sang and danced along to Lira. A true star talent, Lira definitely proves that dynamite comes in small packages.

Lira handed the MIC over to another South African talent the handsome Danny K. Danny had all the ladies and even some guys mesmerized and we can’t say if it was due to his seductive singing or his good looksJ. He charmed the crowed with his vibey, upbeat performance where he sang new tracks from his album as well as edgy little mashups of his own tracks with hits from Daft Punk and Kanye West.

 

After Danny K it was time for South Africa’s most loved band Mi Casa. Mi Casa’s performance as always was impeccable. They all looked adorable in black pants, white shirts and cute little bow ties. Led by the super gorgeous and ever so charming J’something (singer), Mi Casa are truly capable of melting hearts and souls with their smooth music. Performing tracks like All the Glory, La Vida, These Streets the highlight came when they performed the most recent release Jika. The crowd absolutely went crazy as they all did the Jika dance in unison with J’something as he sang. On a serious note though, not only can J Something sing but he also has dance moves to match and we could watch him all night long. We and we are sure others that were there are more in love with Mi Casa now after their performance. Mi Casa cleared the stage for the legendary headlining act British Band Jamiroquai.

Seeing Jamiroquai live was a childhood dream come true. They took to Stage just as the sun was completely set and the New moon was above. This created the perfect ambience and setting for the legendry British Band.  Jamiroquai was everything we hoped for it to be and a more.  Jay Kay moves his legs in a way not many do. His dance moves complimented his performance and went together just like peanut butter and jelly. Singing a mixture of old and new tracks Jay Kay tickled the crowds fancy and kept them dancing song after song.

We had an absolutely awesome day at Delicious Festival and cannot for the next one.