The National Arts Festival has announced exciting new additions to the 2023 music line-up. The sounds of South African superstar Vusi Nova and the resonant voice of soulful singer, Ami Faku, will fill the Guy Butler Theatre in Makhanda over the two Festival weekends
Vusi Nova takes to the stage on 24 June at 20h00 and Ami Faku will perform on Saturday 1 July at 21h00 and at 14h00 on the last day of the Festival (2 July).
Vusi Nova
Both artists hail from the Eastern Cape; Nova leaving his New Brighton home at the age of fourteen to pursue a career in music, and Faku growing up in Ezinyoka, where her Father was a pastor, her early years filled with song. The artists share their heritage with another big music name on the bill at this year’s Festival. Eastern Cape born and raised Msaki will be performing at the NAF as the 2022 Standard Bank Young Artist (SBYA) for Music this year.
Ami Faku
Msaki’s SBYA work is an extraordinary journey into creativity at a pivotal moment in her life and career, marking her final performative appearance before a period of reflection and renewal. It encompasses a Guy Butler stage performance titled Embo Time Travel Experiment (30 June at 20h00) as well as Del’ukufa: (Dare to Die) a multi-media exhibition. A magnificent celebration of the catalogue of her songs, Bawo Khusela, will be performed in the Cathedral, arranged and accompanied by a 23-piece choir, uHadi ensemble, and traditional String Quartet, as part of Spiritfest.
The full National Arts Festival program is online at www.nationalartsfestival.co.za and can be searched by date, genre, artist, and production. Tickets can be reserved and paid for online.
