Getting the Festival underway...

"A Medley of Musicals," the Gala Opening Concert on Friday night, is in the best traditions of musical theatre...

A lively production of excerpts from "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and "Annie Get Your Gun," lasting approximately one and a half hours, showing the talents of many Scientology artists of all ages.

Each subsequent evening show of the Festival will feature short excerpts from famous musicals, such as "Toad of Toad Hall" and "The Wizard of Oz."

The cast of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, with producer  and director, Wendy Bowman.

Produced and directed by Wendy Bowman. 

Followed by a wonderful weekend...

Saturday and Sunday will be crammed with a treasure-trove of workshops where you can learn an art or craft from an expert in the field. If you've always wanted to do something creative, but haven't quite known how to get started, this is the ideal opportunity to learn the basics!

For the full programme of workshops, go to Workshop Schedule. You'll be able to access a printable copy of the schedule from this page.

Evening Concerts

Saturday and Sunday evening feature unforgettable variety concerts that seem to get better and better each year. The Schedule of Events will give you the full programme.

Video Preview

For a brief preview of what to expect, watch the Arts Festival video, currently on YouTube! Video

Tickets for 2010

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Arts Festival of Southern Africa

The Arts Festival of Southern Africa takes place at the beginning of March each year.

The Festival is there to encourage artists in any and every field of the arts. Artists are an invaluable part of our society. A nation in which its artists are suppressed - and there have been a great number - is a drab and unhappy nation. 

Based on the now famous Saint Hill® International Arts Festival, our Arts Festival has gone from strength to strength and is the highlight of the year for performers, artists, and audiences alike!

The philosophy behind the festival...

"The rehabilitation of that art-ability of a culture is a tremendously valid undertaking, and will repay a culture a thousand times over for any effort made in that direction. A culture is only as great as its dreams and its dreams are dreamed by artists."

L. Ron Hubbard (Science of Survival, Book 2, Chapter 18)

This statement by world-renowned humanitarian and philosopher, L. Ron Hubbard, is the inspiration and philosophy behind the Arts Festival of Southern Africa, which has as its purposes:

• To rehabilitate the art-ability of people;
• To create a safe environment for Artists that is without criticism, invalidation or evaluation, and where Artists of all levels feel confident to create their art;
• To provide a platform where professional Artists or people who are considered to be experts in their field can deliver workshops to help, assist and train would-be Artists, thereby awakening the art-ability of people;
• To impart the technology in the field of Arts as contained in the works of L. Ron Hubbard. Our concerts are renowned for their friendly and welcoming atmosphere. Our audiences are there to see you win, not fail!

The arts can be tough, especially when lack of recognition or invalidation of your skills is used to put you down. Our Festival is intent on building up your confidence while having a great time, to the point where previous fears of performing or showing your art, fades away and you will finally know your own worth.