T For Travel

The Cape Town Festival has occurred each year for the last ten years.  This is a festival that happens each March and for those traveling from other regions, navigating around the city is made easier by any of the rental businesses and car hire in South Africa, and by public transportation, and by just simply walking through the downtown center.  This festival is a celebration of the diverse cultures and art forms of the country.  The festival was started by a man who was the editor of the newspaper, Cape Times,  Ryland Fisher.  His goal was to reinforce the idea that although there are so many different cultures in Cape Town, this is still just one city.  The arts have always been known to bring together diverse talent, which fosters a more tolerant and a more accepting attitude between those from different races, religions and belief systems.  This is certainly a time when a visit to the country would be most memorable.

The festival is catered to be accessible to those of various financial means, and interesting to those of all ages.  Not only is this a festival that draws people from around the country and the rest of the world, this is participated in and attended by the local populations as well.  Music line-ups in the past have included those from the world of jazz, such as Robbie Jansen, Leslie Kleinsmith, and Jonathan Rubain, as well as local musicians such as Coda, The Rudimentals,  Alistair Izobel, and Prime Circle.  The past festival held in March of 2009, was a celebration in and of itself as it marked the ten year anniversary of the special event.  The festival has found a home in the Company’s Garden, the largest public park in the entire country of South Africa.  Fisher states that it has been an amazing ten years, filled with the joy of knowing that this has brought the citizens of Cape Town closer together, artistically, socially and culturally.