A myriad of festivities awaits football fans visiting South Africa's Eastern Cape – where the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium is situated – for the 2010 Fifa World Cup™. The province will be alight with a fever of festivals, from culture in Grahamstown to cultured oysters in Knysna, from surfer's paradise in Jeffreys Bay to wonder on the "Wild Coast".

A major attraction for tourists looking for a dose of culture in the "province of festivals" will be the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, running over 15 days from 20 June through 4 July.

National Arts Festival, Grahamstown

The festival is South Africa's premier annual arts and culture event, hosting both top-notch international acts and South Africa's best known performers, writers, directors, musicians, dancers and choreographers – "a great mix", says National Arts Festival chief executive Tony Lankester.

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