51st International African Arts Festival (IAAFestival2022)
Brooklyn, NY’s premier African cultural event returns to Commodore Barry Park | Friday, July 1 to Monday, July 4, 2022
About this event
New York City’s longest-running celebration of worldwide African music, dance, and culture returns to Brooklyn!
Join us LIVE AND IN-PERSON at Commodore Barry Park in Brooklyn from Friday, July 1 to Monday, July 4, 2022, rain or shine (10:00 am to 9:00 pm ET).
Thandiswa, the popular double platinum South African musician is headlining this year’s Festival, along with Trinidadian AfroSoca artist Olatunji; The Jazz of a Tribe Called Quest featuring Dashill Smith and Malcolm-Jamal Warner; R&B sensation Lyfe Jennings; and Oshun.
Other headliners are saxophonist Mike Phillips, the legendary Maimouna Keita African Dancers (MKAD), and Senegalese rapper ADH. Other performers include the groups Alura, Taifa Bartz, Nubian Messengers, PitsiRa, The Shaka Tonge Experience, and others.
THANDISWA
OLATUNJI
DASHILL SMITH and MALCOLM-JAMAL WARNER
LYFE JENNINGS
