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Problem with ‘Print at Home’ function – we’re working on it!

Published on April 28, 2015

Dear NAF Customer Thank you for your purchase. We’re aware of an intermittent problem with the ‘Print at Home’ function and are working to rectify it as soon as possible. Be assured that your tickets will remain on your profile – you’ll find them under ‘MY ACCOUNT’ in the top menu. Once we’ve banished this… Read More

2015 National Arts Festival keeps it sharp and fresh

Published on March 17, 2015

Satire and freedom of expression will seize centre stage at this year’s National Arts Festival, which runs from Thursday 2 July to Sunday 12 July in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape.

National Arts Festival calls for proposals for 2015

Published on August 4, 2014

After celebrating, in 2014, four decades of superb programming, vibrant creativity, courageous experimentation, dynamic international collaborations and a passion for celebrating excellence, the National Arts Festival, Grahamstown is calling for proposals for the 2015 Main programme. The Festival will run from Thursday 2 July to Sunday 12 July 2015. “We are looking for compelling performances,… Read More

The National Arts Festival Stats Celebrate 40 years of Artistry

Published on July 17, 2014

Street parades, a birthday celebration, a dazzling array of international performers from over 40 countries, and over 2800 performances in eleven days all contributed to a record 225 538 attendees at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown this year. Releasing attendance figures this morning, Festival CEO Tony Lankester paid tribute to the artists whose work… Read More

The National Arts Festival Reports Positive Half Way Results

Published on July 10, 2014

Despite the icy weather, South Africans are continuing to support the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown in their numbers, according to organisers who announced positive growth for the event at its mid-point this week. “At the half way point we were about 6% ahead of last year’s figures in terms of actual tickets sold, and… Read More

National Arts Festival announces new award for advocacy through arts

Published on June 24, 2014

The role of the arts in transforming South Africa from an apartheid state to a constitutional democracy will be under the spotlight at this year’s National Arts Festival in Grahamstown. Over the years, the Fringe programme at the Festival has been an open access platform for artists who have engaged the arts for social and… Read More

SA Arts Journalism Awards finalists announced

Published on June 23, 2014

The National Arts Festival and Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) have announced the Silver Awards for this year’s Arts Journalism Awards. From this list of ‘finalists’, Gold Award winners, together with the overall ‘Arts Journalist of the Year’, will be announced in Grahamstown on 6 July 2014. “It is heartening to see that our… Read More

Celebrating Heritage, Legacies and the Creation of a Nation at the National Arts Festival

Published on June 20, 2014

Tracing heritage and legacies and looking back to our roots are themes that come up strongly on the programme at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown this year as 20 years of democracy in South Africa come into focus. In 1993 then-President Nelson Mandela called on the arts community to “look at the ways in… Read More

Next generation showcased at the National Youth Jazz Festival

Published on June 18, 2014

The Standard Bank Jazz Festival, Grahamstown 2014, incorporates a variety of disciplines into its programme. The Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival is a regular highlight at the festival and this year will be no different. It is just one part of the exciting programme which includes Mainstream, Blues/Funk/World Music, Afro Jazz, Modern Jazz, and… Read More

Firsts, finales and f(r)iction on the Fringe

Published on June 12, 2014

The Fringe at the National Arts Festival is always a vibrant, diverse collection of performances because participation is open to all and no selection criteria is enforced. As SA’s ‘most democratic Festival’, if you have the will and a way, you can apply to find yourself ‘on the Fringe’. This year there are more than… Read More

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