Caribana Festival | Toronto, Canada
July 17, 2010 by lindsey
Filed under Festivals, International
What started out in 1967 as a just a small and quaint heritage event marking Canada’s centennial year, has grown into the largest cultural festival in North America. Caribana 2010 will start at 12:00 pm on Tuesday, July 13th in the heart of downtown Toronto at Yonge and Dundas Square. Well over a million tourists [...]
Dance Africa | New York, NY
May 27, 2010 by lindsey
Filed under New York City, Visual & Performing Arts
Created in 1977 as the nation’s first festival devoted to the rich legacy of African dance, DanceAfrica has evolved into a highly-anticipated and high-spirited Memorial Day Weekend tradition that brings together the entire community. Brooklyn Academy of Music’s (BAM) week-long celebration, which is centered around the dance performances in the Gilman Opera House, also includes [...]
24th Annual Gullah Festival | Beaufort, SC
The Gullah Festival showcases the African history and heritage of South Carolina’s Low Country Gullah culture, a blend of West African, European and Native American cultures, which became a way of life for West African slaves living on the Sea Islands off the coast of the South Carolina mainland. The annul event attracts talent from [...]
French Quarter Festival, New Orleans, LA
April 19, 2009 by lindsey
Filed under Festivals, New Orleans
The South’s largest free music festival, the French Quarter Festival, features 13 stages, hundreds of musicians, and a number of musical genres – international, blues, rock, swing and, of course, jazz. All other events (from the art show to the children’s activities) are free, and festival-goers can enjoy the Crescent City’s fine food during the [...]
Montreal Jazz Festival | Montreal, Canada
June 27, 2008 by lindsey
Filed under Festivals, International
With well over 500 concerts spread over 10-days attended by 2 million people or more, the Montreal International Jazz Festival is billed as the world’s largest, attracting some of the world’s most famous and popular artists. Not a jazz fan? No worries. Featured musical genres span from Jazz to African to ‘50s-60s R&B to Folk [...]





