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Cultural Travel FESTIVAL MERRY-GO-ROUND By A.B. Gondwe MZANZI TRAVEL| www.mzanzitravel.co.za|ISSUE 4 | 59
Cultural Travel National Arts Festival, Grahamstown – June/July This is the oldest – dating back to 1974 - and biggest arts and culture festival in South Africa and on the African continent. It has become something of an annual pilgrimage for many South Africans, and for visitors from elsewhere in Africa and further abroad. For ten days the streets, public spaces and buildings of Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape are turned over to the festive crowds and the almost 500 drama, dance, theatre, comedy, opera, and music productions, as well as student theatre, visual art exhibitions, film shows, street theatre, lectures, debates and discussions, workshops, craft fair and a children’s arts festival. Guided tours of the city and surrounding historic places are also available. The jazz productions are a big favourite. Cherry Festival, Ficksburg - November Held each year in Ficksburg in the eastern Free State - claimed by locals to be the cherry capital of the world – this festival has been held continuously since 1969, attracting over 20,000 visitors each year. The town is situated on the banks of the Caledon River in the foothills of the Imperani Mountain, right next to Lesotho. Incorporated in the festival is a jazz festival, while visitors can sample the cherries and other produce of the district, cruise on Africa’s only floating cigar lounge, tour the marvellous old sandstone buildings of the town, sample delicious locally made choclate, or visit the biggest collection of narrow-gauge steam train engines, vintage tractors, classic cars and military vehicles in the world. (Also see our Hidden Gems section in this edition.) Grahamstown, scene of SA’s biggest cultural festival / michaeljung - Shutterstock.com Cape Town International Jazz Festival - April The fourth largest jazz festival in the world, and billed as the ‘grandest gathering’ in Africa, the annual Cape Town International Jazz Festival started life in 2000 as the Cape Town North Sea Jazz Festival due to its association with the North Sea Festival in the Netherlands. After 2005 its name changed to the Cape Town International Jazz Festival after the organisers’ partnership with the North Sea festival ended. Although it is distinctly African in character, jazz greats from all over the world perform here. The festival usually has 5 stages with more than 40 artists performing over 2 nights and the performing musicians are split 50/50 between South African artists and international artists. More than 37,000 music lovers annually attend the festival which is now held in the Cape Town International Conference Centre on the city’s Foreshore. Among the many notable music legends who have performed at the festival are Miriam Makeba, Freddy Cole, TKZee, Hugh Masekela, Freshlyground, Herbie Hancock, Lenny White, Paul Hanmer, Ravi Coltrane, Vusi Mahlasela, Buena Vista Social Club, and many, many more. 1. South African singer-songwriter Vusi Mahlasela performing / Mat Hayward - Shutterstock.com 2. Jazz musicians, Cape Town Waterfront / nnaFelker- Shutterstock.com 3. Oudtshoorn, scene of the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival / robler du Preez - Shutterstock.com 60 |ISSUE 4|www.mzanzitravel.co.za | MZANZI TRAVEL
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