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The National Arts Festival transforms Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape each July. As well as mainstream art, opera and theatre, there are fringe and student components to the festival, including theatre performed in many of the languages spoken in South Africa. The big
Arts Alive Festival is held in Johannesburg in September and October. This is a great time to hear excellent music, on and off the official
program. There are also a lot of workshops exposing South Africans (and visitors) to the continent's rich cultures, so long denigrated during the apartheid years. Pretoria hosts the
Jacaranda Festival during the third week of October when the petals are peaking. The immensely popular
Pretoria Show is held during the third week of August.
Apartheid-induced cultural boycotts starved South Africa's mad sports fans - and competitors - of competition. Any international
cricket or rugby game is therefore a big event.
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