South Africa — Events
Second New Year (Tweede Nuwe Jaar)
January 2, 2012
On the day after New Year’s Day, South Africans celebrate Tweede Nuwe-Jaar or the ‘Second New Year’. Entire communities turn out to take part in the celebrations which take over the city center at this incredibly colorful event. Visitors can expect to enjoy a lively mix of music, dancing in the streets, costumed parades, food and drink stalls and other attractions as part of this fun and friendly event.
National Arts Festival
June 30, 2012 - July 9, 2012
This eight- or 10-day festival, begun in 1974, celebrates the cultural output of the African continent. Today there is virtually no art form which is not represented - “craftart”, student theater, jazz, street theater and children’s arts have been added to more established categories like opera and drama. Craft and book fairs, workshops and demonstrations also form part of the line-up. The small university city of Grahamstown is the venue for this creative extravaganza.
Out in Africa Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
August 1, 2012 - September 30, 2012
Out In Africa (OIA) is the biggest and most successful lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) film festival in South Africa as well as the whole of the African continent. Screening a program of works that highlight and promote the talents of LGBT filmmakers from all over the world, this is a fabulously flamboyant event that also includes a great party circuit. In addition to the main event in Johannesburg, the festival screens films in Cape Town and Durban.
