{"id":17774,"date":"2026-05-24T10:05:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T08:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.western-cape.online\/events\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=17774"},"modified":"2026-05-24T10:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T08:05:53","slug":"the-porchlights-live-cafe-roux","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/www.western-cape.online\/events\/events\/the-porchlights-live-cafe-roux\/","title":{"rendered":"The Porchlights LIVE! @ caf\u00e9 Roux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Porchlights are rolling back onto the caf\u00e9 Roux stage &#8211; dust on their boots and trouble in tow\u2026 So best you get yourself to Noordhoek\u2019s premier live music spot on Sunday, 30 August, for a night of darkly sardonic country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Porchlights hit like a shot of moonshine: smooth, raw, and a little dangerous. Think Dolly Parton, but after a whiskey bender. Jolie Holland, but with a secret vendetta. And yep, even some Bright Eyes &#8211; because who doesn\u2019t love a little existential dread with their acoustic tunes?<br>Expect lyrical tales of love gone bad, longing for freedom, rehabbing after excess, fast cars and loose women (and men); all pulled from a box of wood and wire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Band Members:<br>Glen Wolter: Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica<br>Dave Ferguson: Vocals &amp; Harmonica<br>Daniel Zachariah Franks: Double Bass, Violin &amp; Vocals<br>Zoe Neville: Vocals &amp; Percussion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Porchlights have been haunting bars, lurking in markets, and occasionally crashing festivals for close to a decade. They\u2019ve earned their stripes \u2013 and their wrinkles. Don\u2019t miss them live at caf\u00e9 Roux in August.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Porchlights are rolling back onto the caf\u00e9 Roux stage &#8211; dust on their boots and trouble in tow\u2026 So best you get yourself to Noordhoek\u2019s premier live music spot on Sunday, 30 August, for a night of darkly sardonic country. The Porchlights hit like a shot of moonshine: smooth, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[616,615,617],"mec_category":[41,2054,40,15],"class_list":["post-17774","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-events-noordhoek","tag-noordhoek-events","tag-whats-on-in-noordhoek","mec_category-music","mec_category-music-night-life","mec_category-night-life","mec_category-wine-dine"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.western-cape.online\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/17774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.western-cape.online\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.western-cape.online\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.western-cape.online\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.western-cape.online\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.western-cape.online\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.western-cape.online\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.western-cape.online\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17774"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.western-cape.online\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=17774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}