On August 1 and 2, 1600 participants from all corners of South Africa as well as Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland will be gathering at the annual Education Africa International Marimba and Steelpan Festival, which will take place at the beautiful St Benedict’s College, Harcus Road, Bedfordview, Gauteng. Continue reading
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Creative excellence rewarded at National Arts Festival
Some of the most exciting productions on the Fringe programme at this year’s National Arts Festival, which ran from 2 to 12 July in Grahamstown, have been recognised for their creativity, experimentation and innovation with the awarding of Gold and Silver Standard Bank Ovation Awards. Continue reading
Artscape Women’s Humanity Arts Festival 2015
HUMANITY is the theme of the Artscape Women’s Humanity Arts Festival this year and takes place in various venues around the Artscape Theatre Centre from August 6 to 9. Continue reading
Cannes’s La Semaine de la Critique (Critic’s Week) films at DIFF
TOP films from the prestigious Cannes’s La Semaine de la Critique (Critic’s Week) will be screened at this year’s Durban International Film Festival. Continue reading
Dorothy Masuka will be one of the headline acts at ZIFF
VETERAN South African singer, Dorothy Masuka, will be one of the headline acts for the music series hosted nightly at the Mambo Club during the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF). Continue reading
Manfred Zylla and the Art of Resistance
Cult Cape Town-based artist Manfred Zylla is keeping things fierce at this year’s National Arts Festival with the launch of a new book of hard-hitting images that pays homage to Pasolini’s last film Salò. Continue reading
Max-Hoba set to rock the National Arts Festival
Amongst those who will be performing at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown is the much travelled Johannesburg-based Max-Hoba. He has just returned from a three-week European Tour where he performed at Primavera Pro in Spain and at Midem in France. Continue reading
BASA’s #artMOVESme graffiti hoarding heads for NAF
Business and Arts South Africa’s #artMOVESme graffiti hoarding is heading for the National Arts Festival, giving festivalgoers and Grahamstown residents the chance to express the different ways that art moves them. Continue reading
National Arts Council dance projects at National Arts Festival
Several dance companies and arts projects funded by the National Arts Council (NAC) of South Africa will be showcased at this year’s National Arts Festival which runs in Grahamstown from July 2 to 11. Continue reading
The NFVF takes film to Grahamstown National Arts Festival
The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), an agency of the Department of Arts and Culture, will once again host the National Arts Festival’s film component. The festival, which takes place in Grahamstown, runs until July 12 and the NFVF participation will run from July 7 to 10. Continue reading
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