05/30/2026
Hello my friend,
It’s Frankline, the Voice of the Community. I’m personally reaching out to invite you to Africanival 2026.
Bring your family, bring your friends, and bring your heart. For 3 days — June 5, 6, and 7 — Eastwood Park on Alberta Avenue will come alive with 10,000 of us celebrating the beauty, rhythm, and resilience of our cultures.
This is more than a festival. It’s homecoming.
Kids will laugh and learn in the Kids Corner.
50+ artists will pour their souls onto the stage.
150+ of us will raise a glass in the beer garden.
20+ young models will walk with pride in the fashion show.
6 vendors will serve up the taste of home — Jollof Rice, Fried Plantain, and more. 100+ vendors will serve you unique arts and crafts, as well as services, develop connections and answer surveys.
And when the parade steps off, you’ll see flags, colors, and faces from across the diaspora, marching like we belong — because we really do.
Dance with us. There’s a $200 prize for the best dancer.
Show up in your best cultural fit — $200 for 1st, $150 for 2nd, $100 for 3rd.
Alberta Avenue has carried heavy stories for too long. But the Ave has never lost its heartbeat. Next weekend, that heartbeat becomes a drumline. Elders will share wisdom. Youth will paint the future. Neighbors who’ve only nodded at each other will dance together.
We’re not asking you to observe. We’re asking you to stand with us.
Sit with us. Eat with us. Dance one song with us.
When you stand in Eastwood Park next weekend, you won’t just see a festival.
You’ll see what happens when a community decides to write its own story.
Alberta Avenue is turning the page — with you, and with Africanival, as authors.
Be there when we write the first line.
It’s Free…!
For more information, please call 780.709.0965 or check out www.africanival.org
