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Happy 25th birthday to the Vrystaat Arts Festival!

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The Vrystaat Arts Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this year with a program that will captivate audiences with diverse experiences. Festival Director Michael Garbett joins Yolanda Maartens in the OFM Art Beat and highlights that the festival has been providing a platform for diverse voices, genres and cultural expressions for a quarter of a century. Frieda van Niekerk also joins the conversation with some insight in this year’s arts market. The festival is on from 15 - 19 July on the Bloemfontein campus of the University of the Free State. The program is available here https://vrystaatkunstefees.co.za/events/ and tickets are available from Webtickets.
29 May 2025 English South Africa Performing Arts · Visual Arts

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