Dubbed The Natives Experience (With Friends), the show will be hosted at Maitisong Theatre on May 28. The show, which promises stellar performances, will see Sereetsi & the Natives serenade patrons with all of the band’s discography during a three-hour set. Explaining to Arts & Culture how the event was conceptualised, the main vocalist, Tomeletso Sereetsi said: “On Thursday I posted on the Sereetsi & The Natives page, ga se gore ke le biletse ha Maitisong for three hours of Sereetsi & The Natives tunes? It's been a while." He stated that the post received an overwhelming response from 'the natives', as fans and supporters of the works of Sereetsi & The Natives are usually referred to. “They popularly demanded that I, as a matter of urgency, furnish them with a date and make tickets available so they can enjoy the experience,” he said. Sereetsi said the show is called The Native Experience (With Friends) because it will afford the natives an opportunity to enjoy all the discography of the Sereetsi & The Natives in one night, something which has been a rarity ever since the COVID-19 pandemic. He said although he has managed to get gigs here and there, they have not accorded him enough time to engage intimately with his fans.
“This is a rarity. Since the entertainment industry was opened following the COVID-19 shutdown, we have been booked in a handful of festivals and corporate gigs. The standard is that we do not more than 60-minute sets at the events, which leaves out at least two-thirds of our discography,” he added. According to Sereetsi, the Native Experience (With Friends) will provide the full menu of the Sereetsi & The Natives buffet, which runs through a slew of unreleased numbers and three full-length albums, namely the Four String Confessions (2015), Motoko (2018) and I Am Afrika (2021). Furthermore, he said their longtime venue sponsor, Maitisong came on board to help them put together this show, adding that Maitisong has over the years become their home after hosting some of their best shows there in the past. Sereetsi said the natives have come to expect only the best culturally enriching and entertaining shows from Sereetsi & The Natives in that theatre.
