SUDAFEST 2025

Sudafest 2025 – A Celebration of Culture, Resilience, and Community

On 21 June 2025, as part of the Bristol Refugee Festival programme, Sudafest brought together artists, families, and audiences for a vibrant celebration of Sudanese culture, resilience, and community.

The festival featured a rich programme of performances, workshops, and activities, including:

• Sudan Tribal Dance Showcase by Nawaris Performing Arts
  
  

• Gnawa Music Workshop and Performance with Mohamed Errebbaa, exploring the connections between Sudan and Moroccan Gnawa traditions
  
  

• Rap performance by Akram
  
  

• Zanig Music performance with Jabra
  
  

• Live DJ sets by DJ YOUSIF, featuring sounds from Sudan and the African diaspora
  
  

• Spoken word by Mutassim Morgan and youth poetry performance
  
  

• Daluka and Aghani Albanat with Hafsa, celebrating traditional women’s songs and rhythms
  
  

• Jewellery making workshop with Shadia Albanna
  
  

• Children’s activities
  
  

• Circus arts and movement workshop with The Hoola Hoop Lady
  
  

• Craft workshops by Sherien Elsheikh and Isra Elhag
  
  

• African drumming workshop by Afidance
  
  

• A vibrant market of crafts and merchandise
  
  

• Traditional Sudanese cuisine prepared and shared by community members
  
  

This year’s Sudafest was a powerful reminder that culture is resistance and connection is strength. Through art, music, and shared celebration, the event highlighted the resilience and creativity of the Sudanese diaspora in the UK while building bridges with the wider Bristol community.