African Festival of the Arts

CTL-E-0080 · Event

VERIFIED evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)

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Washington Park; African diaspora arts

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• Washington Park — located in
  STRONG EVIDENCE

Sources

• Africa International House USA (organizer, tier-2), aihusa.org/events (verification source · master store)

Evidence note (master store)

The African Festival of the Arts is an annual festival of African and African Diaspora culture in Chicago's Washington Park Sunken Garden (55th Street & Cottage Grove Avenue); the 2026 edition was the 36th Annual, held Labor Day Weekend, Sept. 5-7, 2026 (organizer). Stored note 'Washington Park; African diaspora arts' is confirmed.

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