AFRICA TO AUSTIN 2026 FESTIVAL - Drum & Dance Workshops!

AFRICA TO AUSTIN FESTIVAL 2026

NOVEMBER 6 TO 8, 2026 (Friday to Sunday)

Ancient rhythms. Living traditions. One unforgettable weekend!

Join Master West African Percussionist Aboubacar Sylla and Bramaya West African Drum and Dance Ensemble for a landmark celebration of African and African diaspora art forms — three days of live performances, drum and dance workshops, and community gathering in the heart of Austin!

Africa to Austin Festival 2026 marks the first time Austin has hosted a West African drum and dance conference of this scale — bringing together master artists from Guinea, Zimbabwe, and Ivory Coast to teach, perform, and share the living culture of African musical traditions with the Austin community.

The celebration begins Friday, November 6 with our Opening Night Performance at the Boyd Vance Theater, at George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center — Austin's first museum dedicated to African American history and culture, and the perfect home for this weekend of heritage and joy!

Over three extraordinary days, our guest master artists will take the stage and lead workshops alongside Austin groups IFA Dancing & Drum and Puerto Rican Bomba, representing Brazil and Puerto Rico, a living testament to how Africa's rhythms traveled the world and transformed in new lands.

This is a weekend for all of Austin, its visitors, and the African Drum and Dance Community all over the country and the world!

Everybody is welcome!!