Extra shows, cancellations and changes
Updated: Saturday 7 July 12:20
While the National Arts Festival team makes every effort to ensure the information in the programme is correct, changes to schedules, […]
July 2018
Remixing the street parade: all you need to know
The ninth annual Street Parade will be held on the final weekend of the National Arts Festival, signalling the closing of the 44th Festival and […]
Festival Travel & Stay packages on offer
Come and enjoy the last weekend at the National Arts Festival. We’ve put together some special offers which include luxury accommodation and free tickets. Limited […]
June 2018
PHOTOS: Fun at the new Village Green Fair
Our social media wrangler MICHELLE HODGKINSON took her camera along when she visited the new Village Green Fair on opening day at its new home […]
Festival ‘gives meaning to SA’s constitutional principles’
The National Arts Festival has opened amid a joyful Eastern Cape celebration at Grahamstown’s Festival hub, The Monument, at an event on Wednesday evening that […]
There are no silences here: curators on 2018 programme
The works on the Curated Programme at this year’s National Arts Festival give a vivid, multi-textured impression of our complex local reality, writes Artistic Committee […]
Team Amaz!ng is ready to welcome you
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– Michael, G. (2003). Amazing. Sony BMG.
In much the same way […]
Top 5: Gopala Davies shares his must-see shows
We asked actor and director GOPALA DAVIES what he’s looking most forward to seeing at #NAF18
put your heart under your feet…and walk/To Elu – Steven Cohen […]
June 16: the other boy in the photograph
Photographer Robert Frank is quoted as saying that, “There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.” Using Sam Nzima’s iconic […]
Thandi Ntuli: the disciple of cool
‘A world without music would be like walking in a grey world, difficult to get through. I think art helps us get through some of […]