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BACKGROUND

The Cape Town festival was established in 1999 because of the Planet Hollywood Bombings in 1998 at the VA Waterfront, Cape Town. It started as the One City Many Cultures by Ryland Fisher, then editor of the Cape Times, to address cultural intolerance and racial violence. From 2003 to 2007...

OUR VISION

There is an urgency to re-imagine a new era for artists in South Africa as the fabric and conscience of society. Our vision is to realize this by developing our local artists’ originality and authenticity. The current crisis in the arts industry gives rise to opportunities to expand our vision to embrace…

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Musicians and Artists are going through arguably one of the most challenging times in history to make a living and play an uplifting role as the voice of society. They need income-generating opportunities and support to cope with a struggling economy and world that has gone online and...

CEO MESSAGE

CT Arts Fest – changing consciousness through art – started as a response in 2000 as a call for cultural tolerance and the promotion of our common humanity in response to the planet Hollywood bombing. Today after 23 years, we find ourselves in a world with more challenges, the survival...

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CAPE TOWN ARTS FESTIVAL - BEYOND BUSKING DAY

CAPE TOWN ARTS FESTIVAL – BEYOND BUSKING DAY

CAPE TOWN ARTS FESTIVAL BEYOND BUSKING DAY Artists and musicians are the Zeitgeist of South Africa as a nation," asserts ...
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Beyond Busking Auditions

Beyond Busking Auditions

Cape Town Festival, in partnership with the Castle of Good Hope and supported by the Ariva Arts Foundation The Department ...
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Cape Town Festival launches "We are all we need" at Nassau

Cape Town Festival launches “We are all we need” at Nassau

Cape Town Festival and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sports (DCAS). with project partners, Rootspring NPC, is hosting the ...
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