The Charles H. Wright Museum invites you, your family and friends to Encounter... Explore... & Enjoy... the 26th African World Festival on Detroit’s beautiful Hart Plaza.

This year’s Festival is larger than ever with a performance by the O’JAYS and our special guest MONIQUE. Feel the energy as the stage quakes during the annual step competition and treat yourself to a unique array of mouth watering foods and cultural shopping experiences.

Hey Kids, there is BIG fun for you too!
at this year’s African World Festival. Play your favorite game: Basketball, Video, Soccer or Rock Climbing. Learn the martial art of Capoeira, Cricket or Belly Dancing.

Explore our new Watoto Village with storytellers and arts & crafts. Then, groove to the amazing South African Drum & Dance Troupe, SOWETO STREET BEAT, with its 100 Djembe Drums getting you into the beat. Face painting, stilt walkers, step shows and great food all await you!

     
STAGE ARTIST/ GROUP Time/Day

Friday Aug. 15th
Ebony Hillbillies 11:30am
Magic Komba 1:00pm
Woodward Avenue "Parade of Nations" 1:00pm
Campus Martius Park to Hart Plaza

AFRICAN WOLRD STAGE
  Friday Aug. 15th  
  Opening Ceremony 1:45pm
Odu Afrobeat Orchestra 7:00pm
Sharrone's Fashions 8:00pm
Rootz Underground 9:30pm

  Saturday Aug. 16th  
  Libations 12:30pm
QueenMother OsunDara
The Skyline Doubledutchers / Demonstration 1:30pm
Graffiti Groove 2:00pm
CORE 2:45pm
AWF08 Step Show Competition 3:00pm
DJ Sam
Soweto Street Beat 5:00pm
Allen Bigger's Natural Hair Designs 8:00pm
Radio One's KISS FM presents Mo'Nique 9:00pm
The O'Jays 9:30pm

  Sunday Aug. 17th  
  Libations 12:00pm
Kefentse Chike
"Spirit of the African World" 12:30pm
Int'l Gospel Music Performances
Bill Moss, Jr. 2:30pm
WEDDING of THORNETTA DAVIS & JAMES ANDERSON 3:30pm
Praise Unlimited 5:30pm
African Highlife JuJu Band
Daddy Saj (Sierra Leone) 8:00pm

UNDERGROUND CAFÉ
  Friday Aug. 15th
  Emcee: Righteous Knowledge 5:00pm
Broadside Press Poets 5:30pm
DJ Invisible 6:30pm
Black Star Community Bookstore presents 7:30pm
DJ Invisible 9:00pm

  Saturday Aug. 16th  
  Emcee: Jy Obadele 5:30pm
DJ Invisible 6:00pm
Savallace 6:30pm
DJ Invisible 7:30pm
Omar Tye, comedian 8:00pm
Jessica Care Moore presents... Tracie Christian; Ber-henda Williams; Rhonda Welsh; Tava Simon 8:30pm
MonicaBlaire 10:00pm

  Sunday Aug. 17th  
  Emcee: Omari King Wise 3:00pm
DJ Glenn 3:00pm
Nandi's Knowledge Café presents… 3:30pm
Triple Threat 4:30pm
Khary WAE Frazier "Mic Messengers" 5:00pm
Black Bottom Collective 7:45pm

NILE RIVER JAZZ CLUB with WVMV Smooth Jazz 98.7
  Friday Aug. 15th  
  Live Jazz DJ: David Cameron 12:00pm
Henry Gibson 3:00pm
Magic Kompa 7:00-8:30pm
The Woodward Restaurant Jazz Jam #1 - ONE OH ONE 9:00pm

  Saturday Aug. 16th  
  Live Jazz DJ: David Cameron 12:00pm
Arts League of Michigan Jazz Ensemble 1:00pm
Mark Mixx featuring Tha Street Jazz Cartel 3:30pm
Kimmie Horn 7:00pm
The Woodward Restaurant Jazz Jam #2 - ONE OH ONE 9:00pm

  Sunday Aug. 17th  
  Live Jazz DJ: David Cameron 12:00pm
Talita Long 2:00pm
Loba Ensemble 5:00pm
Thornetta Davis' Wedding Night Jazz Jam #3 7:00pm

PYRAMID ARTS STAGE
  Friday Aug. 15th  
  Orquesta La Inspiracion 6:00pm
The Ebony Hillbillies 7:30pm

  Saturday Aug. 16th  
  Gil Bert Evans Hustle Demo & Class 1:30pm
House of Bastet - Belly Dancing Demo & Class 4:30pm
Cornell Batie - Ballroom Dancing Demo & Class 5:30pm
"The Dunham Legacy" - Penny Godboldo Institute 6:30pm

  Sunday Aug. 17th  
  Detroit-Windsor Dance Company 3:30pm
Asi Es Mi Terra Ballet Folklorico Mexicano 4:00pm
The Skyline Doubledutchers Demo & Class 5:00pm
Spirit of the Moment Praise Dancers 5:30pm

AFRICAN FAMILY WATOTO VILLAGE ("Children's Activities")
  "The Musical Maze", Make & Take, Face Painting Fri-Sun 12:00-7:00pm

  Friday Aug. 15th  
  DJ Glenn 4:30pm

  Saturday Aug. 16th  
  The Skyline Doubledutchers Demo & Class 12:30pm, 3:30pm, 6:00pm
DAAS Quartet 3:00pm & 4:00pm
Mama Jahra Michelle McKinney 5:30pm
Storyteller

  Sunday Aug. 17th  
  The Skyline Doubledutchers Demo & Class 2:00pm, 4:00pm, 6:00pm
Mama Jahra Michelle McKinney 5:30pm
Storyteller
Thiosane Drummers & Dancers 7:00pm
Nsoroma Institute

GENERATION NEXT KINGDOM PRESENTED BY RADIO ONE
  Radio One DJs Fri-Sun 12:00-9:00pm
Free Throw Contests - All Ages Fri-Sun 12:00-9:00pm

  Friday Aug. 15th  
  Yoga - House of Bastet Demo/Class 3:00pm
Soccer 6:00pm
Note: PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Saturday Aug. 16th
  Capoeira 5:00pm
Soccer 6:00pm

  Sunday Aug. 17th  
  Yoga - House of Bastet Demo/Class 3:00pm
Steven Pierce, Exercise Personal Trainer 6:00pm

DRUM KINGDOM
  Caribbean Mardi Gras Productions Fri 5:00-9:00pm
Soweto Street Beat Sat 12:00-11:00pm
Sun 12:00-9:00pm

WALK-ABOUTS
  Omowale Cultural Society African Drummers & Dancers
Caribbean Mardi Gras Productions

THE CHOIR STAND
  Fri/Sat 12:00-11:00pm
Sun 12:00-9:00pm

AFRICAN WORLD GALLERY
  African Women Economic Consortium Fri-Sun 5:00pm

  African Caribbean Chamber of Commerce Sat 3:00pm

AFRICAN FAMILY ELDER VILLAGE Fri-Sun 12:00-9:00pm

HEALTH IS WEALTH PAVILION Fri-Sun 12:00-9:00pm

ARTIST VILLAGE Fri-Sun 12:00-11:00pm

AWF MARKETPLACE VENDORS Fri-Sun 12:00-11:00pm

TASTE OF THE DIASPORA - KITCHENS Fri-Sun 12:00-11:00pm