{"id":2648,"date":"2026-02-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frenchdistrict.com\/chicago\/articles\/african-festival-of-the-arts\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:54:29","slug":"african-festival-of-the-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenchdistrict.com\/chicago\/articles\/african-festival-of-the-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"L&#8217;African Festival of the Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Organis\u00e9 par l&#8217;Africa International House, le Festival d&#8217;arts africains de Chicago pr\u00e9sente la culture africaine sous toutes ses formes, le temps d&#8217;un weekend riche en saveurs et en nouveaut\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p>Depuis 33 ans, Washington Park se transforme en un village africain reconstitu\u00e9, et accueille des artisans qui vendent leurs tissus, des groupes qui se produisent en live, des passionn\u00e9s de cuisine qui servent des sp\u00e9cialit\u00e9s de diff\u00e9rents pays, des artistes qui exposent leurs \u0153uvres\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/frenchdistrict.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/african-festival-of-the-arts-chicago-2023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-133756\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchdistrict.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/african-festival-of-the-arts-chicago-2023-1024x403.jpg\" alt=\"african-festival-of-the-arts-chicago-2023\" width=\"810\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchdistrict.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/african-festival-of-the-arts-chicago-2023-1024x403.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/frenchdistrict.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/african-festival-of-the-arts-chicago-2023-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/frenchdistrict.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/african-festival-of-the-arts-chicago-2023-768x302.jpg 768w, https:\/\/frenchdistrict.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/african-festival-of-the-arts-chicago-2023-810x319.jpg 810w, https:\/\/frenchdistrict.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/african-festival-of-the-arts-chicago-2023-1140x449.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/frenchdistrict.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/african-festival-of-the-arts-chicago-2023.jpg 1298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:block;\"><h3>Infos Pratiques <\/h3><div class=\"infos-listing\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Thing\"><div class=\"article-info address infos-listing__address\" style=\"padding-bottom:1em;\" itemprop=\"location\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Place\"><strong itemprop=\"name\"><i class=\"fa fa-map-marker\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>Washington Park<\/strong><br><div itemprop=\"address\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/PostalAddress\"><span itemprop=\"streetAddress\">5100 S. Cottage Grove<\/span><br><span itemprop=\"addressLocality\">Chicago<\/span>,\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"addressRegion\"> IL<\/span>, <span itemprop=\"postalCode\">60615<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"article-info infos-listing__contact\"><a href=\"mailto:media@aihusa.org\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>media@aihusa.org<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aihusa.org\/african-festival\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>aihusa.org<\/a><br><\/div><div class=\"article-info infos-listing__date\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-calendar\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><strong>D\u00e9but<\/strong><br>vendredi 4 septembre 2026<\/br><i class=\"fa fa-calendar\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><strong>Fin<\/strong><br>mardi 8 septembre 2026<\/div><div class=\"infos-listing__socials marg-v--base\"><a class=\"icon-facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricanFestivaloftheArts\/\" title=\"Facebook\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa fa-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a class=\"icon-twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/instagram.com\/AfricanFestChi\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\"><i class=\"fa fa-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a class=\"icon-instagram\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/AfricanFestChi\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Instagram\"><i class=\"fa fa-instagram\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a class=\"icon-youtube\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC3mm5oIHPeJTB2AwCv6cMWQ\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Youtube\"><i class=\"fa fa-youtube-play\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AFA 2018 Highlights\" width=\"810\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HDLfmCg-0fs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/frenchdistrict.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organis\u00e9 par l&#8217;Africa International House, le Festival d&#8217;arts africains de Chicago pr\u00e9sente la culture africaine sous toutes ses formes, le temps d&#8217;un weekend riche en saveurs et en nouveaut\u00e9s. Depuis 33 ans, Washington Park se transforme en un village africain reconstitu\u00e9, et accueille des artisans qui vendent leurs tissus, des groupes qui se produisent en [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[232],"tags":[1101,260,1215],"class_list":["post-2648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-evenements","tag-aout","tag-festival","tag-septembre"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Festival d&#039;arts africains de Chicago tous les ans au Washington Park<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"L&#039;African Festival of the Arts, plus gros festival de rue de la ville, revient \u00e0 Chicago pendant le Labor Day week-end (5-7 septembre 2026) - 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