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The Feast of the Clowns has been part of the city’s calendar since 2000. Hosted by the Tshwane Leadership Foundation (TLF) in conjunction with other local role players, this is a home grown festival, locally owned and managed. It is an annual festival that started as a small street festival and now runs over a whole week. Attended by over 16,000 people including side events and workshops.
The Feast celebrates the vibrant diversity of the inner city, it provides access to well-known artists and exposure to emerging community artists and it transfers artistic skills, and builds a sense of community.
In 2008 Feast of the Clowns 2008 took place from the 11th – 17th August, with the theme “Celebrate our City – reclaim our streets”.
We are greatful for the contribution from individuals, stakeholders and organizations. Thank you for making the festival a success.
These are some of the highlights
· The festival was attended by up to 20 000 people including the side events and workshops · CTMM – Arts and Culture mobilized around 2000 participants to join a very colourful march · 60-70 live artists · An extra fourth stage for the main event · A crime free festival · And lots of fun
In the past acclaimed artists like mime master John Jacobs, dancer-choreographer Gladys Agulhas, the Mamelodi Theatre Company, Ladies in Jazz, PJ Powers, Jo Blue, In The House, Karen Zoid, the play “Mixed Metaphors” by playwright Mike van Graan, Bubbles the Clown, and many others, added value to this event. Besides performances they conducted community workshops transferring skills to local people.
In 2007 further partnerships were formed, African Window Museum partnered with us by displaying the art competitions for two weeks. We were also able to participate at the Gauteng Carnival through our relationship with the City of Tshwane.
Dates for 2009: 10—16 August 2009 |
