31st Annual West Lafayette Global Fest

Celebrate global cultures at the 31st Annual West Lafayette Global Fest during Purdue’s Weeks of Welcome! / FREE EVENT! ABOUT Join us for an unforgettable day filled with vibrant performances, mouthwatering international cuisine, and engaging cultural exhibits and activities. Bring your friends and family to immerse yourselves in a tapestry of global heritage right in the heart of West Lafayette. Brazilian singer and activist Bia Ferreira spreads messages of feminism, love, and social justice across her native Brazil and beyond. Ghanaian musician, songwriter, and producer Gyedu-Blay Ambolley will headline this year’s festival with his innovative fusion of high-life, Afrobeat, Afropop, funk, and jazz. Be prepared to let loose at the main stage dance floor! Additional performances by Black Voices of Inspiration, Boiler Bhangra, Okinawa Yuyukai, and more. Featured Artists Bia Ferreira Bia Ferreira is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and artivist who has distinguished herself as one of the most powerful voices in the contemporary Latin American music scene. Her art spans music, activism and politics, creating sound discourses that confront structural racism, LGBTphobia, black feminism, love and community affections through a critical and sensitive aesthetic. Bia defines her work as Contemporary Brazilian Music, concepts that place her work as a political and social expression of marginalised bodies and that stem from her own experience. Musically, her work blends elements of soul, blues, reggae, funk, R&B, rap, and references to Brazilian music, dialoguing with Afro- diasporic traditions and languages. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley Gyedu Blay Ambolley is a musical luminary hailing from Ghana, West Africa, with a staggering 29 albums under his belt. Known affectionately as the “Simigwa Do Man,” Ambolley’s musical journey began in the vibrant port city of Sekondi-Takoradi, in the Western Region of Ghana. His early fascination with music blossomed into a lifelong passion. From mastering his father’s flute at the tender age of eight, to honing his guitar skills under the mentorship of “Uncle Bonku”, Sammy Lartey and Ebo Taylor, Ambolley’s musical odyssey has been nothing short of extraordinary. This all led to Ambolley becoming a musical life force and exploding on the scene in 1973 with a jazzy highlife sound called ‘SIMIGWA-DO’. His name has become synonymous with Simigwa music and dance. Know Before You Go Directions & Parking Program PRESENTED BY City of West Lafayette, Purdue Convocations, and the International Center of West Lafayette Support froM Visit Lafayette/West Lafayette, Kettlehut Construction, John Martinson Honors College, Flora Roberts Fund, Bowen Engineering, Henriott Group, IU Health, Purdue Federal Credit Union, Wessler Engineering BE Represented, Christopher B. Burke Engineering, O.W. Krohn and Associates Convos is Self-Supporting. Your Ticket Purchases and Generous Gifts Power it All! Learn More Dive Deeper Additional Performances By Black Voices of Inspiration Boiler Bhangra Okinawa Yuyukai and more to be announced! Enhance your experience BUILD YOUR OWN SEASON PICK5 + Save Did you know that if you buy 5 shows or more (not 5 tickets), you save an average of 10% off single-ticket prices? Experience the flexibility of designing your own PICK5 package! BUNDLE & SAVE BRING YOUR FRIENDS Group Discounts If you have 15 or more in your group, you’ll receive a discount on your tickets as well as bonus tickets for tour organizers, chaperones or bus drivers. Click here to fill out the group order form. BRING YOUR GROUP SUPPORT THE ARTS AT PURDUE Friends of Convos Our Friends of Convocations not only enjoy access to the best seats in the house, but also special parking opportunities, exclusive artist events, Pre-Show Club, and more! Join Today