Name: Black Arts Fest
Start: 2025-07-23T00:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-07-23T23:59:59-07:00
Location: Black Arts Fest

Partner

Festál
https://www.seattlecenter.com/events/featured-events/festal

Venue

Armory Food and Event Hall
Armory Lower Queen Anne, Seattle

OVERVIEW

Seattle Center Festál presents Festival Sundiata presents Black Arts Fest in partnership with Sundiata African American Cultural Association (SAACA). The festival focuses on intergenerational activities and promotion of traditional and contemporary African American heritage, showcasing local entertainment, photography, food merchants, historical exhibits, and more!

HISTORY

Festival Sundiata (pronounced: Soon-jah-tah), is the longest running African American festival celebrated in the Pacific Northwest and Seattle, holding its first festival in 1980. The festival is named in honor of the Sundiata Keita, the historic and legendary Mansa (King of Kings) of the Mali Empire in West Africa. King Sundiata rescued his people’s griot and created one of the most significant cultural and economic kingdoms in Africa.

Hours

Weekends throughout 2024.

Age Recommendation

All ages welcome

Admission

Guest tickets cost $0.00.

Ticket Info

Festival Sundiata presents Black Arts Fest is August 23-24, 2025 at the Armory Food & Event Hall and Mural Amphitheatre. The festival is part of the Seattle Center Festál series. It is free and open to the public. More information to come.

Seattle Center Festál is a year-round series of 25 free cultural festivals, produced in partnership with community organizations. In 2022, Festál celebrated 25 years of stories and traditions, ushering in a new era of hybrid programming. Learn more about Festál and subscribe to the newsletter for updates.

Box Office Info

Festál events are free and open to the public.