2024 Highlights
ODUNDE Road Competition
The blockbuster ODUNDE Road Competition fills the streets of Philadelphia’s Graduate Hospital neighborhood with droves of distributors and 1000’s of festivalgoers on Sunday, June 9, 2024 starting at midday.
Going down round a 15-block radius centered on the intersection of twenty third and South streets, the open-air celebration is free to attend, with pay-as-you-go meals and refreshments.
The day kicks off at midday with a colourful procession from twenty third & South streets to the Schuylkill River, that includes conventional choices of fruit and flowers to Oshun, the Yoruba goddess of the river.
The festivities proceed with a packed schedule of reside music and dance performances going down on two designated levels.
The meals is a large attraction on the ODUNDE Competition, with quite a lot of purveyors serving all types of African, Caribbean and soul fare.
Greater than 100 distributors promote handmade crafts, clothes, jewellery and extra. Past buying from native distributors, the competition’s African market guarantees genuine objects from Africa, the Caribbean and Brazil.
  — Picture by S. Ramones for Go to Philadelphia
The day ends with a must-see efficiency from R&B legends Dru Hill on the primary South Road stage.
Extra Occasions
Within the week main as much as the primary occasion, ODUNDE hosts quite a lot of packages, together with wellness actions, blissful hours, talks that includes main Black voices in entrepreneurship and enterprise, and extra.
  — Picture by S. Ramones for Go to Philadelphia
Occasions from June 2 to eight, 2024 embrace:
Yoga within the Park
Convey your mat: Teacher Steven Westbrook III leads college students in an open-air yoga class in certainly one of Philly’s most iconic inexperienced areas LOVE Park (Sunday, June 2, 2024).
Convo with the CEO: Celebrating Ladies Entrepreneurs
Be part of ODUNDE CEO Oshunbumi Fernandez-West at Outdated Metropolis restaurant AMINA for an inspirational dialog with Philly entrepreneurs Felicia Wilson of AMINA Hospitality and Dr. Maya and Dr. Kayla Johnstone of FoodChasers Kitchen (Monday, June 3, 2024).
Love Now Journal Summer time Subject Launch Out of doors Completely satisfied Hour & Dance Get together
Rejoice the discharge of Love Now Journal’s latest version — that includes none aside from ODUNDE CEO Oshunbumi Fernandez-West on the duvet — at this out of doors Afrobeats blissful hour. Tickets are required and embrace the summer season concern of the journal (Tuesday, June 4, 2024).
ODUNDE on the Plaza
Desire a sneak peek of what to anticipate at this 12 months’s massive avenue competition? Cease by the Comcast Plaza throughout your lunch for DIY crafts, reside artwork and a dance efficiency by competition performers Kulu Mele (June 5, 2024).
Try the official web site for particulars and the total lineup of ODUNDE week programming.
