The Dashiki Festival Blog

10th Annual Colorado Dashiki Festival — August 29, 2026 | Denver, Colorado Every year at the Colorado Dashiki Festival, the fashion show stops the crowd. It is one of the most anticipated moments of the day. Designers bring African-inspired collections to the runway. Models carry them in front of thousands of people who came to celebrate African culture. And for a few minutes, everything else at the festival pauses. That is what this show has become. And on August 29, 2026, i

Ten years ago, a small community in Denver dared to believe that African culture deserved a stage. Not a corner of a room. Not a one-off dinner. A real, open, joyful stage where music could fill an outdoor venue, where food carried flavors from across the continent, where children could watch a fashion show and see themselves in it. That belief became the Colorado Dashiki Festival. And on August 29, 2026, it turns ten. The 10th Annual Colorado Dashiki Festival isn't just anot