PAUL CLUVER WINES HOST TOP INTERNATIONAL ACTS AT AMPHITHEATRE

The 12th Paul Cluver Forest Amphitheatre concert season starts on 4 December 2010 until 12 March 2011. The line-up for this season includes The Parlotones, Nataniel, Arno Carstens, Imogen Heap, Watershed, Stef Bos and Freshly Ground.

While the line-up to date has been predominantly South African, this year it includes two international artists namely Imogen Heap and Stef Bos.

Imogen Heap is a Grammy Award winning multi-instrumentalist from the UK. She will be on tour in South Africa for the first time. Stef Bos, the Dutch balladeer, now residing part time in RSA, is a return visitor to the amphitheatre. He will be performing "Gelukkig" with the "Februarie Susters" - a local singing foursome who hail from the Paul Cluver farm.

The concert venue is a unique open-air forest amphitheatre, towered by ghost gum trees. It only seats 600 - making it an intimate venue for concert goers and performers alike. Open air, star-lit and unplugged - all the seats are in the "golden circle".  Ticket prices range from R175 to R395, depending on the artist.

The amphitheatre was created and built by Dr. Paul Cluver - the pioneer of grape growing and wine making in Elgin. The idea for a forest amphitheatre came to him one winter's morning while walking his dogs through a thicket of eucalyptus trees on the farm. "Inspired by the amphitheatres of Europe I told my son I needed a chain-saw and a bulldozer for a week or two", chuckles Dr. Cluver "and then I built it". The first concert season was hosted by the Cluver family end 1999.

Performances take place on Saturday evenings - weather depending. Cancelled performances are either rescheduled or tickets are refunded. Patrons are encouraged to bring along their own picnic fare or to pre-order picnic hampers. The wines of Paul Cluver are available for sale at the venue.

"If you're not into long queues, traffic jams and vying with 7000 others to find a seat or a view of the stage, then this is the venue for you!"  Take a drive to the countryside, to the Paul Cluver Wine estate, Elgin -only 50 minutes from Cape Town CBD, 45 minutes from Stellenbosch and Hermanus, and 20 minutes from Somerset West.

Concert bookings and picnic orders are through Computicket on 083 915 8000 or book online on www.computicket.com.  For more information visit the Paul Cluver website www.cluver.com