The Virtual National Arts Festival has announced that the impressive line up of art and entertainment created for the first-ever online Festival will still be available till 16 July.
Audiences will be able to still purchase tickets and passes and enjoy shows that they might have missed. It is also hoped that a whole new audience will log on to take in the incredible line up of work available to enjoy. The popular vFringe will continue until 31 July.
Artistic Director Rucera Seethal said of the extension, “Creating a Festival in the online space means we have a rich and exciting body of work gathered in one place and we are able to continue sharing that in a way that we would not otherwise be able to with a live festival.”
The online festival also meant that audiences who would otherwise not have been able to attend the festival physically were able to take in the diverse body of work in its online form.
National Arts Festival CEO Monica Newton said of the festival in its current format, “Since 25 June, visitors have joined us from all over Africa and the world and while the new platform was not without its teething problems, we have already presented hundreds of hours of entertainment to our audience. We are thrilled to see that the vFringe is doing really well, with Fringe artists finding it a great platform to securely stage and market their work. Mounting the Festival with just over 100 days to prepare has been an incredible challenge for the team but we have learnt that there is ongoing value in an online arts platform. With the arts community locally and abroad grappling with the devastation of coronavirus pandemic, we do see significant opportunities in the digital space now and in future”.
If you are already a pass holder you can return to the platform at any time until the 16 July to watch on-demand shows while audiences can also still buy single tickets and passes for the curated programme up until 16 July. vFringe tickets, which are all single purchases can be bought up until 31 July.
For everything you need to know about the huge variety of content available at this year’s online fest, simply go to nationalartsfestival.co.za
Our online festival is not over! You can still purchase tickets for the Curated Programme and Standard Bank Jazz Festival till July 16.
— NationalArtsFestival (@artsfestival) July 6, 2020
And there’s LOTS to enjoy on vFringe till July 31.
Stay tuned!!
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