Africa Festival Würzburg
African music and cultures · Wurtzburg, Germany
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The festival
Since 1989, Wurtzburg has hosted the event that its organizers, like the University of Würzburg, present as the largest and oldest African music and culture festival in Europe. Four days, during a prolonged weekend in late May: concerts, bazaar, gastronomy and meetings, carried by the Afro Project e.V. association Since 1989, the festival has claimed over 7,940 artists from 56 countries and around 2,745,000 visitors.
After decades on the Mainwiesen meadows, evening concerts have been held since 2026 at Congress Centrum, the bazaar running the courtyard of the city hall.
Good to know
The festival's official concerts (channel 'Africa Festival Würzburg - The Original!') can be seen on this page: Fatoumata Diawara, Lokua Kanza and Manu Dibango in 2018, the Ndlovu Youth Choir in 2019. Official email published: [email protected].
Video
Africa Festival Würzburg — official teaser of the 36th edition (2025)
Fatoumata Diawara — official concert, 30th edition (2018)
Ndlovu Youth Choir — official concert (2019)
Lokua Kanza — official concert, 30th edition (2018)
Manu Dibango — official concert, 30th edition (2018)
Sona Jobarteh — 'Gambia', the festival's official video for the 2018 edition
Artists on the poster
- Fatoumata Diawara (2018 — Official concert of the 30th edition, filmed by the festival) — See page
- Ndlovu Youth Choir (2019 — Official concert filmed by the festival) — See page
- Lokua Kanza (2018 — Official concert of the 30th edition, filmed by the festival) — See page
- Manu Dibango (2018 — Official concert of the 30th edition — one of his last major filmed concerts) — See page
- Sona Jobarteh (2018 — Official video of the festival announcing its arrival at the 30th edition) — See page