During the four-weekend festival, a Kayamandi, Greater Stellenbosch and visiting audience will have an opportunity to see a new and different face of young and authentic artists who are fighting for their own visibility and trying to emerge from the shadow of the disadvantaged background.
This is our third annual arts and culture festival of which the first one was staged in September 2011. The festival is organised and managed by youth of Kayamandi (Township), in Stellenbosch on a voluntary bases. The festival is growing from strength to strength, and it has the potential to be Western Cape landmark festival in years to come.
The KACF is organised in association with the Stellenbosch Heritage Project. The Stellenbosch Heritage Project, recognises, and supports during 2013 the three categories of KACF Drama, KACF Gospel, and KACF Cup.
The title of the 3rd Annual KACF, “Unite” indicates the fundamental problem of the young democratic South Africa. The festival aims to bring together people from different background and facilitate social cohesion. This will be achieved by storytelling (KACF Drama; poetry & theater), playing (KACF Cup 2013; soccer & netball), signing (KACF Music; traditional, modern & gospel), dancing(KACF Dance; traditional & modern), beauty pageant (Miss & Mr. Kayamandi 2013), and Battle of DJs.
The KACF 2013 has not received any financial support or donations. There have been discussions with private organisations, local government, local municipality and academic institutions to partner with the organisers and make this dream a reality. The festival is being organised not as a low-budget event, but as a zero budget event.
Performing arts and other forms of art has a big role to play in empowering and educating our society.The KACF calls for consideration of marginalised art groups and the role these groups play in creation and presentation of art in their different communities with the limited resources they have at their disposal.
Kayamandi Arts & Cultural Festival 