A galaxy of artists from the Sunshine Coast is set to shine at the National Arts Festival from 26 June to 6 July 2025. And for a group of young musicians from Nemato, it will be their first experience on this national stage. Masterpieces,…
Rhodes University deepens its long-standing relationship with the National Arts Festival (NAF) this year with a powerful offering that fuses research, pedagogy, and performance. With Makhanda as its canvas, Rhodes University continues to…
If you were too late to get tickets for a sold-out show at this year’s National Arts Festival, keep your mouse finger at the ready as hundreds of tickets are expected to become available in the next few days. With the scrapping of…
Mid-pandemic, the National Arts Festival predicted that for some, the annual arts pilgrimage to Makhanda may be more challenging this year. So, while a smaller, tighter 11 days of amazing will still be happening live in Makhanda for the…
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT We at the National Arts Festival have been worrying, thinking, worrying, arguing and thinking some more about what we do about the Coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe in relation to our very special annual…
Well, that’s eight days of National Arts Festival done and dusted, as they say, but there’s still another three days of antics and animated action to go in the ‘Festival City’ of Makhanda (Grahamstown). Festival goers and prospective…
The 45th National Arts Festival is set for June and the organisers have revealed more top shows confirmed for the 2019 programme. The full programme will be online from mid-April and all shows will be open for booking on 7 May 2019. The…
“The festival will have water. We’ve got this.” That is what National Arts Festival CEO Tony Lankester wrote in a letter amid worries about water shortages in Makhanda (Grahamstown) ahead of the festival which will be held from June 27 to…
