Bridging generations and celebrating creativity. The National Arts Festival at 50 South Africa’s longest-running and most diverse arts festival, the 2024 National Arts Festival will feature a diversity of works across language and genre. From familiar favourites to ambitious new ideas, and over 200 options to choose from, there is something for everyone on the programme this year. Curated Programme highlights Theatre Dance Music Visual Arts Jazz Book now Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Boléro Vuyani Dance presents a requiem to awaken us Book now Sipho ‘Hotstix’ Mabuse The gentle giant of jazz returns at 72 Book now Mandisi Dyantyis The award-winning Afro-Soul-Jazz artist performs with an 8-piece band Third Space Three works co-created in a groundbreaking multi-national dance development programme Nature is Louder Mook Lion and artists from Makhanda activate public spaces with a collaborative, site-specific and large-scale public mural Book now The Stranger Brett Bailey’s meditative, ritualistic performance explores the myth of Orpheus Book now 10 Years of Empatheatre They celebrate with a retrospective of two works: Lalela uLwandle and The Last Country Book Now 1789 Grapple with ideologies of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity in Sibikwa Art Centre’s cutting-edge new work Book now Izandi zemilambo yabo kuthi/ the sounds of their rivers in us Mandla Mbothwe pays tribute to artists we have lost Meet the 2023 Young Artists Spirit, ritual & celebration The 2023 Standard Bank Young Artists chart new paths View the Curated Programme Look out for … See more See more See more View the full programme 2023 Standard Bank Young Artists Book now Zoë Modiga Music Nomthandazo: amahubo Book now Darren English Jazz The Birth Book now Stephané Conradie Visual Art Wegswysers duur die Blinkuur Kgomotso ‘MoMo’ Matsunyane Theatre Ka Lebitso La Moya Book now Lorin Sookool Dance Two Sides of Skollie's Coin Book now Angel Ho Performance Art Dis MY KANT Book now Plan your trip View the full programme FAQs