Odunde Festival starts today

The African harvest celebration Odunde Festival starts tonight at the Rainier Valley Culture Center, 3515 S. Alaska St. Stop by and enjoy music, food, shopping and much, much more.

Tickets are $12 and available online. Here's a full schedule of events:

Friday, Nov.6
5 p.m. to 10 p.m. - African Marketplace
6 p.m. - Interactive workshop
6:30 p.m. - Food sampling
7 p.m. - Adefua African Drum and Dance Ensemble performance of Message from our Ancestors
8 p.m. - Thione Diop & Yeke Yeke performance

Saturday, Nov 7
Noon to 10 p.m. - African Marketplace
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. - Drum Workshop, Adeyemi Harris
2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. - Dance Workshop, Afua “Iyalaje” N’Diaye
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.- Dance Workshop, Ugandan Orphans Choir
5:30 p.m. - Community Potluck hosted by Black Starline
7 p.m. - All City African Drum/Dance Youth Ensemble
7:30 p.m. - Ugandan Orphans Choir
8:30 p.m.- Griot and Master Kora Player Balla Tonkara, from Mali

Sunday, Nov 8
*At Northwest African American Museum
2300 S Massachusetts St, Seattle 98144

2 p.m. to 6 p.m. - Capacity building workshops:
“Inform - Strategize - Get Involved"