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ONGOING EVENTS:
Weekly Classes have started back!
• Dance : Coleman Park Community Center Dance Classes / Mondays January- May 2026 / 6:45-8pm [w/ Ibro, Windship & guests] ($5)
Dance : Sevier Park Community Center Dance Classes / Wednesdays January- May 2026 / 11:15-12:15pm [w/ Ibro, Windship & guests] ($5)
• Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced Percussion classes w/ Ibro @ AfricaNashville Studios, small group classes (Min. $15-$20 for beginners, $20 donation for advanced classes, possiblity to pay a discounted fee for a series of classes contact for details). Offered on Tuesdays and Wednesdays 5:45-7pm.
February 2026
Black History Month in Nashville Schools and creation of work with students at Nashville School of the Arts
March 2026
March 20-21 - Para Lounge Drum Festival , Pierson FL paralounge festival
March 22 Gainsville, FL TBC
Rehearsals for creation ‘Drummer Boy’
April 2026
April 1-21 Guest artist Fode Sylla in Nashville to teach inter-advanced dance and perform with AfricaNashville’s Yeli Ensemble. Supported by Tennessse Arts Commission.
April 3 2026 Concert with Ibrahima Dioubate, Fode Sylla, Jeff Coffin and more artists to be announced at the Nashville Jazz Workshop
April 11 Sigma Gamma Rho Southeast Regional performance, Opryland Hotel
April 12 3pm DRUMMER BOY AT NAMAAM with support by Metro Arts Thrive, FREE event!
April 17-19 Sanctuary Summit at the Farm in Summertown, Sanctuary Summit
May 2026 :
Nashville School of the Arts performance + trip to COLOMBIA in preparation for future workshops there!
June 2026:
NMAAM Summit TBC
June 19 Science Adventure Center Juneteeth Celebration, 2pm
June 19 Juneteenth at Fort Negley with DRUMMER BOY, 4pm Juneteenth615
June 20-22 Playthink Festival, Edmunton KY,
July 2026
Celebrate Nashville Camp TBC
July 30 2026 Musicgarten Festival
July 31-August 2 Rhythm Rising Festival
SOON TO BE ANNOUNCED :
August 2026
September 2026
October 2026
Novemeber 2026
December 2026 NEXT WORKSHOP IN SENEGAL!!!!!
PAST EVENTS:
November 2025
November 3 and 5 2025 New Dialect community classes taught by Windship & Ibro
November 8 2025 Southern Festival of Books 3:30-4:30 performance
November 8 2025 Valor Collegiate International Day Festival
November 14 2025 Album Release Ibro' Dioubate’s album KOSSA-KASSA
November 16 2025 Album Release Celebration Nashville Jazz Workshop 4pm
October 2025
October 3 2025 Advanced dance class with Aicha, 5:15-6:45 pm, Hadley Park, $15 drop in fee
October 4 2025 Celebrate Nashville at Centennial Park 11:15am - 12 noon
October 7 2025 Performance at Bridgestone Arena for The Dove Awards with ‘For King and Country’
October 9 2025 Frist Museum opening for New African Masquerades exhibition opening
October 18 2025 Southern Festival of Books 3:30-4:30 performance
October 23 2025 ‘ Lights On’ Afterschool National Day celebrations
October 25 2025 William Edmundson Art and Cultural Festival 11:30am
October 26 2025 Nashville Jazz Festival with Jeff Coffin at 3rd and Lindsley
October 30 2025 Ruby Major International Day performance
September 2025
September 12 2025 Harris Hilman School Celebration
September 17 2025 International Celebration, Madison Community College, KY
September 18 2025 Welcome, Birthday Dundunba for Aicha Camara, contact us!!
September 20 2025 African Street Festival,, Hadley Park, Yeli Ensemble at 4pm
September 27 2025 Bowling Green International Festival, Bowling Green, KY 12:30 and 5:20pm
September 28 2025 Advanced dance with Aicha Camara Nashville School of the Arts, 3pm time TBC, $15 drop in fee
August 2025
August 1-3 2025 Rhythm Rising Festival
August 30 2025 AfroKokoroot Festival
June 2025
June 2-6 Nashville Ballet Summer Camp
June 13 The Blue Room
Juneteenth NMAAM ( Nashville Museum of African American Music)
May 2025
May 2 Maplewood Cluster International Day
May 15-17 OzArt Brave New Works featuring the Yeli Ensemble
April 2025
April 11 University of Evansville presentation
April 16 Maison KY Community College
April 17 Elizabethtown KY Community College
April 18-19 Dance & Drum Workshop with Ibrahima Dioubate, Micheal Moloi and guest artist Fode Sylla.
April 21 Harpeth Hall International Festival
April 23 Belmont performance TBC
March 2025
March 7 BHM at Cole Elementary
Creative Aging for adults at Hadley Community Center
Weekly training for intermediate-advanced dancers begins March 22 until April 12 frm 10:30-12, $32 for 4 sessions at Hadley Park Community Center. Conact us at africanashville@gmail.com for more information!
February 2025
February 5, -Dee’s Country Lounge, Madison, with Biko Casini
February 7 - Black History Month (BHM) at Gower Elementary & Creswell Middle Schools, Blairs Big Band featuring Jeff Coffin’s Yeli Gucchi at Ingram Hall, Vanderbilt University
February 19- BHM at University School of Nashville ( date TBC)
February 20 - BHM at Cane Ridge High School and Looby Theatre
February 21 - BHM at Harris Hillman Special Ed
February 22- BHM celebration at Edgehill Methodist Church
February 23- BHM at St Andrews Church
February 26 - BHM in Bowling Green Schools, Nashville School of the Arts and Educare
February 27- BHM at Tennesse State University and Apollo Middle School
February 28 - BHM at Mt View Elementary and AZ Kelley Elementary
October 2024
October 2-5 Earthfolk Drum & Dance Clinic in Summertown, TN ( at The Farm), https://www.facebook.com/earthfolkpresents/
October 5 - Celebrate Nashville Festival, Centennial Park. Yeli Ensemble performs at 3:30pm. https://celebratenashville.org/asurion-stage/
October 12 - Country Music Hall of Fame, Songwriting 101, featuring African Kora with the Yeli Ensemble 1-2pm.
https://www.countrymusichalloffame.org/calendar/family-program-songwriting-101-featuring-africanashville?date=10/12/2024&time=1725541200%7C1725544800October 17 - MTSU Culturefest at 4:00PM
October 24 - Ruby Major Elementary School International Evening, 5pm, Hermitage, TN
October 24 - N.I.C.E (Nashville International Center for Empowerment) Fundraiser, Rocketown
601 4th Ave S. https://www.facebook.com/EmpowerNashville/October 26 - William Edmundson Festival, Yeli Ensemble at11am, https://edmondsonhome.org/wefest
October 27- Southern Festival of Books, Yeli Ensemble from 2:15-3pm. https://www.sofestofbooks.org/ Tennessee State Library and Archives Building, 1001 Rep. John Lewis Way N,
September 2024
September 6 - Release date Ibrahima's album Lamania
September 9- 12- University Tour #1, University of Georgia in Athens ( UGA) and other colleges
September 16- Vanderbilt CURB Center Event , 5pm
September 20- Nashville Ballet Academy Masterclass
September 21- Country Music Hall of Fame - Exploring West African Strings, featuring the Yeli Ensemble, 10:30 am-noon. https://www.countrymusichalloffame.org/calendar/family-program-explore-west-african-string-instruments?date=09/21/2024&time=1725445800%7C1725451200
Saturday September 21- National Day of Dance at the Nashville Ballet, Free class, 2-3pm. For more information: https://www.nashvilleballet.com/upcoming-events/2024/9/21/national-dance-day
Sunday, September 22- Nashville Ballet FREE Community Class, 2-3pm. Sign up here : ,https://www.nashvilleballet.com/upcoming-events/2024/9/22/free-community-class-with-africanashvilles-yeli-ensemble
September 24 - Presentation/ Lecture Demonstration at Harding Academy
September 25-27 - University Tour #2, University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH)
September 28- Bowling Green International Festival, afternoon presentation 1:40- 2:40 pm and 5-6pm. https://www.bginternationalfest.com/performances/
September 29- The Village Church, two workshops in dance and drum by the Yeli Ensemble. Sign up here: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/LM8vsjWXTTHv96Er/?mibextid=oFDknk
AUGUST 2024
August 9-11, Rhythm Rising Festival, Tarrapin Hill, Harrodsburg KY
August 11- Jeff Coffin’s new album release with the Yeli Ensemble at 3rd and Lindsley, 7pm. Buy tickets here: https://www.jeffcoffin.com/tour
August 14- Yeli Ensemble @ Nashville Musicians Union / 7-9 pm/ Donations at the door.
August 17- Cheekwood’s Black Arts Bash, 12pm, Nashville.
August 20- Elizabeth Senior Center and SE Community Center Senior Programs, Lecture Demonstrations.
August 22 -The Blue Room, Sofia Goodman Group, featuring the Yeli Ensemble, Nashville https://theblueroombar.com/
August 30 East Park Seniors Lecture Demonstration.
JULY 2024
July 13 - Plaza Mariachi, Yeli Ensemble, 6-7pm https://plazamariachi.com/event/the-yeli-ensemble/
July 19- Freedom School presentation after 5 weeks of training scholars in North Nashville and Edgehill
July 20- Folkmoot Festival, Waynesville, NC
July 21- Dance/ Drum workshops 11am-2pm, LEAF Cultural Center, Asheville, NC
July 21 - Yeli Ensemble in concert, Ayuprana Listening Room, Asheville, NC ( Produced by Reciprocity Music)
July 22 - Yeli Ensemble in concert at Madala Springs, NC
