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Bendigo African Festival

The Bendigo African Festival (BAF) offers live African music and cultural performances, interactive drumming and dance workshops, African fashion and storytelling, market stalls, family-friendly activities like face painting, and Victoria’s best African street food. The festival features headline acts such as Sun of Africa and Foday & The Culture Keepers, alongside traditional drumming, dance, acrobatics, stilt walkers, and more.

• Live African music performances
• Interactive drumming workshops
• African fashion and storytelling
• Family-friendly face painting
• Traditional West African cultural group Foday & The Culture Keepers
• Victoria’s best African street food

Type	Cultural Festival
Date	📅 August 1, 2026
Website	https://ww​w.bendigor​egion.com.​au/explore​-bendigo/w​hatson/ben​digo-afric​an-festiva​l-baf​
Summary	The Bendigo African Festival (BAF) offers live African music and cultural performances, interactive drumming and dance workshops, African fashion and storytelling, market stalls, family-friendly activities like face painting, and Victoria’s best African street food. The festival features headline acts such as Sun of Africa and Foday & The Culture Keepers, alongside traditional drumming, dance, acrobatics, stilt walkers, and more. Live African music performances Interactive drumming workshops African fashion and storytelling Family-friendly face painting Traditional West African cultural group Foday & The Culture Keepers Victoria’s best African street food
Facebook	https://ww​w.facebook​.com/event​s/10147177​31301844/​
Location	Hargreaves Mall, 293-295 Hargreaves Mall, Bendigo
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