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| Bayimba Festival of the arts 2012 |
The 5th edition of the Bayimba
International Festival of the Arts is scheduled from 21st till 23rd of
September 2012 at the Uganda National Theatre in the city centre of
Kampala.
Bayimba Cultural Foundation takes credit for having
established the Bayimba International Festival of the Arts as an
important benchmark for the consumption of Uganda’s finest arts. Every
third week of September, Kampala comes alive as a vibrant and eventful
city when an unparalleled feast of music, dance, theatre, film, and
visual arts from renowned and upcoming artists is brought to Kampala.
The Festival has developed into a
major multi-arts festival with varied and qualitative programming,
presenting exciting, innovative and creative ideas. It is eagerly
awaited by local artists and local people alike while artists from
abroad and visitors from far afield pour into Kampala to take advantage
of the exciting artistic experience – see report 2011
(http://bayimba.org/annual-report-2011/). The Festival has truly become a
highlight on Uganda’s social and cultural calendar and is also
gradually developing into an important (East) African destination
Festival, ensuring regional and international visitation and enhancing
both national and international cultural tourism.
The Bayimba
International Festival of the Arts is undoubtedly Uganda’s number one
Festival – physically, by offering exciting artistic experiences to as
many Ugandans as possible; artistically, by presenting Uganda’s finest
artists and upcoming talents from across the country (discovered through
its various activities, including one-day Festivals throughout Uganda);
demographically, by engaging as many Ugandans as possible, thus making
the Bayimba Festival their own; and organisationally, by being led by a
team of committed and experienced Ugandans.
Past editions
registered a significant increase in the participation of artists from
Uganda, East Africa and beyond while the Festival audience grew from a
mere 100 people in 2008 to 55,000 people in 2011. In its 5th year of
celebration, the Festival is aiming at again the additional value of
artistic performances and productions of participating artists from
Uganda, East Africa and beyond as well as an increase in the number of
our audiences.
The enormous success of the Bayimba
International Festival of the Arts would not have been possible without
the support from a wide range of organisations and individuals that have
sustained and lead to the growth of the Festival. The Festival
continues to look out to widen and diversify its financial and in kind
support base.
Always looking out for new artistic interventions,
new ideas, new engagements and new partnerships, the Festival has grown
to inspire so many stakeholders within the East African region -
http://bayimba.org/
