As day turns to night on Friday, 10 March the Cape Town Festival's flagship event, Night Vision, centred in Cape Town's Long Street, will transform the inner-city into a multi-faceted, multi-dimensional late night street-art party. Now in its seventh year, this event is the largest of its kind in the country, and sees over 30 000 partygoers descending on the CBD for the Mother of all street parties.

Kicking off at 18h00 the party grooves until the early hours of the morning. Slip on your party shoes and witness the theatre of life in full swing as surrounding art galleries and quaint venues come alive to the sounds and sight of cutting-edge art and live entertainment in a myriad forms explodes on six stages, and other impromptu platforms dotted throughout the city centre.

There's a feast of music, fashion, dance, street theatre, film and visual art to delight the senses. It's Ragtime with Fashion on Long as trend-setting street fashions hit the ramp in Long street. Magic of the Night will amaze with the mystique of grand illusion and enchanting magic acts. Circus Ninja offers a new take on Urban Street Art with Graffiti, Pavement Art and Totem Pole painting, while DJ's, musicians and Bands pump out the latest grooves on the different stages.

Says Cape Town Festival CEO, Yusuf Ganief: 'Night Vision is South Africa's largest night-arts event and transforms the hub of the city into a fantastic arts playground as thousands of people from all corners of Cape Town gather to enjoy the best of our artistic talent'.

'As our flagship event, it plays a major role in achieving the aims and objectives of the Cape Town Festival through showcasing the City and the City's artists in an exciting and creative manner. We aim to show both our local and international visitors that Cape Town is the creative hub of this continent and a safe place for one and all to enjoy.

Andrew Boraine, Chief Executive of the Cape Town Partnership commented: 'One of the biggest challenges we face in the central city is the absence of people on our streets after working hours and on weekends. Night Vision is one of the events that contribute to the growth of the night time economy. It also helps to promote the growth of the creative and cultural industries.'

Fashion on Long brings you cutting edge trend-setting street fashions found in the ultra-hip boutiques on Long Street. The fashion show will be comp'red by the inimitable Irit Noble and Dino Moran of Good Hope fm will keep the beat pumping out. High school designs made from recycled materials will be modelled by gorgeous young models, and students from City Varsity will put a new spin on the art of body painting. After the show you can wander into the Long Street boutiques as all shops will be open for late night shopping.

The Live Band Stage will pump out the sounds of musicians, bands and DJ's showcasing the best of Cape Town's emerging music talent. Live Bands include Captain Stu & the Lama's, Dirty Skirts, Fly Paper Jet and Roswell Kings.

You can also take the opportunity to watch the streets of the Bo-Kaap come alive to a multitude of sights and sounds, as this historic corner of Cape Town is transformed into a vibrant street party. The Bo-Kaap will offer revellers everything from delicious Cape cuisine, crafts and spices to traditional music by the unique Cape Minstrels and Cape Malay Choirs. This is your chance to get an exclusive insight into the authentic Bo-Kaap lifestyle.

Back in Long Street you can enjoy Magic of the Night with the magic and mystique of grand illusions, death defying escape artists, incredible metamorphosis, amazing telepathy and much, much more.

Circus Ninja presents a new take on Urban Street Art with 'The Bin Visual Involvement' featuring Live graffiti and painting, Totem Pole painting, Mobile Sticker Bins, Tassles on Long and Pavement Art done in chalk.

So get yourself down to Night Vision and enjoy the ride. 32 000 Festivalgoers can't be wrong. It's your City, let's party!

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