The Grahamstown National Arts Festival to be held from July 3rd – 13th, 2014 is Africa’s largest and most colourful cultural event that offers a wonderful representation of both indigenous and imported talent. Grab your flights tickets to Africa and treat yourself to a world of arts, crafts and utter entertainment.
The famous Grahamstown National Arts Festival is one of the most popular cultural events of Africa and owes its genesis to the National Arts Festival team. Every year the population of city doubles up for 11 days as holidaymakers from different parts of the world flock for this grand celebration. This is the time when every hall in the region becomes a theatre, sports fields and parks turn into flea markets and most importantly, the normal looking quite streets turn electrifying and mad with merrymakers all over.
The festival features over 500 shows from different genres including opera, drama, cabaret, jazz, comics and folk music organized across the entire city. The magnitude of the carnival can be envisaged from the fact that it lures performing groups from all over the globe, which also include street performances, buskers and live performances amongst a host of other entertaining affairs. Moreover, the fest will also be featuring an Annual Film Fest that is going to showcase some of the most thought-provoking films in the world.
Different festivals that will be a part of this gala event include Children’s Festival, SpiritFest, ThinkFest, WordFest, Jazz Festival, Film Festival and Fingo Festival. Apart from music and theatre activities, art lovers who are already holidaying in Africa or planning to reserve last minute air tickets on flights to the city may also pamper themselves with wonderful shopping scene and shop to their heart’s content with ample of clothing, woven rugs, handmade jewellery and customized telephones. Travellers are advised to make advance booking of the entry tickets.
