Abstract
The Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees/Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK) is held annually over the Easter holiday in the South African town of Oudtshoorn, and has managed to surpass other festivals of its kind in South Africa in terms of numbers of visitors, making it the most popular arts festival in the country. Oudtshoorn, the home of the KKNK, is situated in the semi-arid region known as the Klein Karoo that lies in the southern Cape. The idea for the festival was conceived in 1994 and was meant to serve two main purposes: the first, to establish a cultural and linguistic haven for Afrikaans speakers of all groups and races in a post-apartheid South Africa; and the second, to give the host community of Oudtshoorn a financial injection by using the festival as a mass tourism attraction. This report attempts to discuss the 2004 KKNK on two major levels. The first will be an evaluation of the artistic highlights as seen on the festival programme, while the second area of discussion isolates certain concerns at and with the KKNK. Both angles of reflection ultimately prompt the following question: how has the KKNK evolved, if at all, since 1995?
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