Africolor music festival

The Africolor festival takes place every winter in the Paris region. It offers a selection of the best artists from Africa and the Caribbean. Concerts, discussions, workshops and master classes, conferences, musical readings... set the pace for this month to the beat of Africa.

This 37th edition of Africolor honors Angola, Cape Verde and Comoros on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the independence of these Portuguese-speaking countries.

For a whole month, the various stages in Seine-Saint-Denis and north-east Paris will be showcasing committed and talented musicians in a program that always lives up to its reputation. An opportunity to discover many world music groups visiting the Paris region.

Discover the names of the artists performing at Africolor 2025:

• November 28: Africolor opening night at Pantin - salle J. Brel with Black Indians To The Casamance River + Maxime Delpierre & Le Mini-Jazz Ouragan X L'union Kreyol
• November 29: Frantz Fanon, Cent Annees Tropiques in Créteil
• November 30: Yeliba Trio - Lola Malique + Manda Sira at Le Pré-Saint-Gervais
• December 3: Black Indians To The Casamance River at Villetaneuse
• December 4: Black Indians To The Casamance River in Bobigny
• December 4: Black Indians To The Casamance River in Saint-Denis
• December 4: Yuma Sow in L'Île-Saint-Denis
• December 5: Cesaria Evora Orchestra, Goussainville
• December 5: La Nuit Pop in Montreuil
• December 6: Cesaria Evora Orchestra in Noisy-le-Sec
• December 10: Wordsofazia + Emma Lamadji & Les Freres Ceccaldi, Pantin
• December 11: Benfolikan in Montreuil
• December 12: Keïla + Beatrad, Stains
• December 12: Vitamlyn in Saint-Denis
• December 13: Musical Conference: Angola, Montreuil
• December 13: Raul Monsalve Y Los Forajidos, Rosny-sous-Bois
• December 13: Soundiata, Une épopée Musicale in Clichy-Sous-Bois
• December 17: Nossa Angola + Banda Duia in Montreuil
• December 18: Nossa Angola + Banda Duia in Saint-Denis
• December 19: Zerzura in Nanterre
• December 19: L'odyssée Des Bergères + Trans Kabar in La Courneuve
• December 20: Boucan in Montreuil
• December 24: Noël Mandingue with Benfolikan + Socha in Bobigny

Africolor venues and times

Here are some addresses of venues hosting artists: MC93 in Bobigny, Espace 93 in Clichy, Théâtre des Bergeries in Noisy-le-sec, Université Paris XIII in Villetaneuse, Théâtre Gérard Philipe in Saint-Denis, etc.

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