Browse through the photo gallery below, featuring images of various people, places and peculiarities at the National Arts Festival currently underway in Grahamstown. (Photos byChelsea Haith and Bazil Raubach).
The organisers of the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown have reported that 2013 was turning out to be a solid “business as usual” year for the event, with good weather and numerous sold-out shows as the festival heads into its last few days.
“The first half of the Festival saw us hold ticket sales steady on the 2012 figures,” CEO Tony Lankester said. “Overall sales, in terms of the number of tickets, are just under 3% higher when tested against the comparative point last year. The rand value of the tickets sold has increased by about 8% which is about what we would expect in terms of our ticket pricing.”
A finale fireworks display will be staged on Saturday evening, before the start of the Jonas Gwangwa concert in the Guy Butler Theatre.
The Festival ends with a “50% Fringe” day on Sunday 7 July, with all Fringe tickets being sold at half of the full price, an initiative, now in its third year, which has proven hugely popular with local audiences wanting to cram as many shows into the last day as possible.
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