TheEerste Alternatiewe Afrikaanse Rockkonsert (first Alternative Afrikaner Rock Concert) was a concert held on March 25, 1988, in theJohannesburg Pool Club. The concert was organized by Dagga-Dirk Uys (now known as Dirk Ace)[1] and Boogie Gottschalk ofShifty Records, and was known as the beginning of theVoëlvry Movement.[2]
Artists that performed there included André Letoit (today known asKoos Kombuis) andJohannes Kerkorrel's Gereformeerde Blues Band,Bernoldus Niemand and Die Swart Gevaar ("the black danger"), as well as other groups such as the Genuines, Koos,[3] and Die Kêrels ("the boys"). This was Niemand's first live performance. The concert was attended by around 900 people.[4]
The concert was originally to be held at theYeoville Recreation Center, which belonged to thecity government, but when the city council proclaimed blacks unwelcome there, the venue was shifted to the Pool Club on Von Wielligh Street.[2] TheCape Times (July 1, 1988) called the concert "a (sic) unprecedented orgy of Afrikaner anarchy".[4]
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