AfroFuture Detroit is a celebration of the music, art, food, fashion, and culture of the African diaspora, bringing together musicians and artists from around the globe and highlighting the numerous eclectic genres with African roots. The festival takes place this weekend – Saturday, August 16 and Sunday, August 17 – at Bedrock’s Douglass Site in Detroit. More information, including how to purchase tickets, can be found at detroit.afrofuture.com.

This year will be the first time the festival has taken place in the U.S. The AfroFuture festival started in Accra, Ghana in 2017, originally under the name AfroChella.

The festival will celebrate Detroit’s music and arts scene, which has strong roots in the African diaspora, and its powerful impact on Black culture around the globe, from Motown to techno and beyond. The festival AfroFuture Detroit, presented by Bedrock, will feature Detroit musicians and DJs like such as Tee Grizzley, Donavan Glover, Ethereal, Jeanine Styles, Blakito, DJ Mo Beatz, and more, as well as Detroit food vendors and artists. AfroFuture Detroit will also feature showcase headlining artists from around the globe: Asake, Davido, Ludmilla, Kaytranada, and Gims.  

One Detroit’s Chris Jordan went to Bedrock’s Douglass Site to learn more about the festival from Bedrock’s Director of Business Development, Addofio Addo, as well as the festival’s official T-shirt designer, local artist Rohna Battle-Woodger.