Gariep Arts Festival
gariep art festival also known gariep kunstefees annual fourday afrikaans local music event happens city kimberly south africa usually first weekend september started running year attracting local tourist festival classified regional art festival draw people two major city kimberley bloemfontein surge afrikaans language festival early created event klein karoo nasionale kunstefees kknk aardklop afrikaanse woordfees suidoosterfees new south african democratic government showed preference english lingua franca south africa afrikaans language lost conational language status alongside english one among official language south africa festival sponsored afrikaans language culture association afrikaanse taal en kultuurvereniging atkv targeted primarily afrikaans speaking national interested afrikaans culture event hosted ernest oppenheimer memorial garden created honour late sir ernest oppenheimer influential figure mining well first elected mayor kimberley municipality event attracted visitor event familyfriendly provides different form entertainment childrens amusement park composed big wheel roller coaster bumper car also art exhibition play film festival showcasing new filmmaker childrens theatre art craft food stall wine tutorial live music local performer entertained festival include juanita du plessis marion holm soweto string quartet festival also showcase project uplift young people need community include drama radio presenting writing lyric workshop atkv also provides short course entrepreneurship art graded national qualification framework nqf level accredited artema course directed artist would like make living art course focus providing information local network entrepreneurship business financial management law labour relation project event management afrikaans speaking population south africa afrikaburn national art festival httpmediachefcozasaimspapersmfullpdf