The Journey to Jazz festival has returned for a second time around, offering a kaleidoscope of music, art, and cultural experiences in the heart of the Karoo from 1-5 May 2024.
Journey to Jazz 2024’s featured artist
Local resident and internationally acclaimed textile designer and entrepreneur, Frances VH have produced a collection specially curated for the festival called the “Voordeur Collection”, a woven textile fabrication that pays homage to the walls, doors, blooms, and everyday happenings on Prince Albert’s Botterblom Straat.
“This work weaves together curtains that hover over the gap in the wall that makes space for the ‘Voordeur’, the door we use as a physical divide for who and what we let in and that which we would rather keep out,” commented Frances VH.
“Groet is ’n moet”
Translating to “greeting is a must”, curator Kim Winter emphasizes that the saying is symbolic of the little town’s human connection and the reason why it is known as one of the friendliest towns in South Africa.
Here’s a snapshot of the Journey to Jazz 2024 Meet and Greet Activities Programme:
To explore and expand the senses from within, the festival offers two hands-on artistic workshops;
- Connect with Clay and connect with yourself in the meditative practice
- Embodied Drawing Workshop – Drawing with Mindfulness with Rebecca Haysom.
Both workshops emphasise play and process and are suitable for anyone with a bit of curiosity. All materials are provided.
Also, on offer during the week, will be the Prince Albert ‘Markie’, and outdoor space in which to gather, for a quick, light bite, and shop local produce and arts & crafts.
Tickets and costs for all activities are available on Quicket.co.za along with tickets to the various music performances happening in venues across the town. For more information on artists, performances, or activities, please see www.journeytojazz.co.za
To discover more, and see who is on this year’s line-up please see www.journeytojazz.co.za
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