DR RICARDO PEACH, DIRECTOR OF THE FESTIVAL

As one of the biggest festivals in the country, The Vrystaat Arts Festival has an enormous artistic offering in 2019. From music productions to experimental dance, craft, sound art, visual art and live art, there is something for everyone. The Festival is now one of the key arts festivals on the African continent and offers a significant range of national and international work in an astounding range of genres. In addition to a large contingent of South African artists, the festival this year hosts creatives from afar away as Australia, Belgium, Canada, the Caribbean, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Malawi, Mexico, Nigeria, Senegal, Singapore, the UK, the US and Zambia (to name but a few). As one of the biggest cultural festivities, Vrystaat will be the first South African cultural entity to follow Khoi-San protocol, recognizing the First Peoples and traditional owners of the land in public platforms and the festival program. This week long festival will be taking place from the 1 – 7 July in the Free state and has a massive support from the different stakeholders in different sectors.