Odunde Festival in Philadelphia, PA

ODUNDE is the largest Black and African cultural festival in the country.

The vibrant annual celebration culminates in a massive street festival that welcomes up to 500,000 attendees, bringing a genuine taste of Africa to South Street and to one of Philadelphia’s oldest, historically Black neighborhoods.

Founded in 1975, the enormous festival takes over a 15-block radius in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood, gathering hundreds of vendors and thousands upon thousands of visitors from around the world.

The festival also regularly hosts internationally recognized African and Caribbean performers, VIPs, folk artists and other cultural leaders.