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Festival Archives

Explore AWA’s flagship cultural experiences and festival history — from Reconnect Festival 2026 in Nigeria to years of African arts, community and creative exchange in Canada.

Reconnect Festival 2026 — Sonia Aimy
Featured 2026 Nigeria + Diaspora
December 16–20, 2026

Reconnect Festival 2026

Lagos, Badagry & Oyo State, Nigeria

A cultural, creative and economic platform where artists, entrepreneurs, investors and cultural leaders from Nigeria and the African diaspora reconnect through music, heritage, enterprise and shared possibility.

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2025

AWA Niagara Festival 2025

Niagara Falls, Ontario (City Hall Grounds)
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2024 Video

AWA Niagara Festival 2024

Oakes Garden Theatre, 5825 River Road, Niagara Falls, ON L2G 3K9
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2023 Video

AWA Niagara Festival 2023

Niagara Falls, Ontario
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2022

AWA Niagara Festival 2022

Oakes Garden Theatre, Niagara Falls (5851 River Road, Niagara Falls, ON)
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2021

AWA Festival 2021 – BIPOC Women in Film

Toronto (Online Panels & Screenings)
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2021

6th Annual AWA Festival in Niagara Falls 2021

Niagara Falls, Ontario (Livestream Fridays in October)
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2020 Video

AWA Festival – Art for Mental Health

Toronto
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