BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Purdue Convocations - Performing Arts - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Purdue Convocations - Performing Arts X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://convocations.purdue.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Purdue Convocations - Performing Arts REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260919T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260919T150000 DTSTAMP:20260514T071248 CREATED:20260504T144104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260511T150905Z UID:10000595-1789830000-1789830000@convocations.purdue.edu SUMMARY:31st Annual West Lafayette Global Fest DESCRIPTION:Downtown West Lafayette\n\n\n\n\n\nCelebrate global cultures at the 31st Annual West Lafayette Global Fest during Purdue’s Weeks of Welcome! \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n ABOUT Downtown West Lafayette\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin 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. \n\n\n\nBrazilian 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. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nFeatured Artists\n\n\n\nBia Ferreira\n\n\n\nBia 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 sounddiscourses 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGyedu-Blay Ambolley\n\n\n\nGyedu 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Know Before You Go\n \n \n\n\n\n \n Directions & Parking\n \n\n\n\n\n \n Program\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n PRESENTED BY\n \n \n\n\n\nCity of West Lafayette\, Purdue Convocations\, and the International Center of West Lafayette \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n Support froM\n \n \n\n\n\nVisit Lafayette/West Lafayette\, Kettlehut Construction\, John Martinson Honors College\, Flora Roberts Fund\, Bowen Engineering\, Henriott Group\, IU Health\, Purdue Federal Credit Union\, Wessler Engineering \n\n\n\nBE Represented\, Christopher B. Burke Engineering\, O.W. Krohn and Associates \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConvos is Self-Supporting.Your Ticket Purchases and Generous GiftsPower it All! \n\n\n\n \n Learn More\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n Dive Deeper\n \n \n\n\n\nAdditional Performances By\n\n\n\nBlack Voices of InspirationBoiler BhangraOkinawa Yuyukaiand more to be announced! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Enhance your experience\n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BUILD YOUR OWN SEASON \n PICK5 + Save \n 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! \n BUNDLE & SAVE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BRING YOUR FRIENDS \n Group Discounts \n 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. \n BRING YOUR GROUP\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SUPPORT THE ARTS AT PURDUE \n Friends of Convos \n 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! \n Join Today URL:https://convocations.purdue.edu/event/31st-annual-west-lafayette-global-fest/ LOCATION:Downtown West Lafayette\, 222 N Chauncey Ave\, West Lafayette\, IN\, 47907\, United States CATEGORIES:Family,Free,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://convocations.purdue.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Global-Fest-2026-1920x1080-1.png GEO:40.4401775;-86.9261008 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Downtown West Lafayette 222 N Chauncey Ave West Lafayette IN 47907 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=222 N Chauncey Ave:geo:-86.9261008,40.4401775 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR