National Arts Festival,
Grahamstown, South Africa,

1 July - 10 July 2004

Every year for 10 days Grahamstown's population almost doubles, as over 90 000 people flock to the city for a feast of arts, crafts and sheer entertainment. Every hall or large room becomes a theatre, parks and sport fields become flea markets, normally quiet streets have to be managed by an army of temporary traffic wardens, and every available bed in the city is booked. The festival offers more than 500 shows from opera, cabaret, drama and jazz to stand-up comics and folk music.