Kreol Fest 2026: Lo Sakré
Friday, October 9, 2026 – Sunday, October 11, 2026 · 7:00 PM EDT
MoCADA Culture Lab II · New York, NY
About this event
Join us this October 9-11 for KREOL FEST , a three-day artistic and cultural celebration dedicated to the vibrancy of global Creole cultures. Through live performance, food, language, and visual arts, the festival brings together artists and audiences to explore the intersections of heritage, identity, and creativity within the Creole world. This year’s theme is ‘Lo Sakré’: “The sacred is not a boundary, but a deep union between the living and the invisible.” Creole cultures share histories shaped by displacement and adaptation, requiring profound resilience and imaginative response. Creative expression often grows from sustained relationships to land and ancestral presence, as well as from rituals developed to maintain continuity under changing conditions. These practices operate as living systems of knowledge rather than symbolic gestures. This year’s edition of KREOL FEST focuses on how artists engage the sacred as an active force that connects memory to the present moment and supports collective ways of imagining the future. The 3-day intergenerational program features an array of activities for all: Friday : Opening ceremony with open jam session and comedy + Bites by Kit’n’Kin Saturday : Conference on “what does creole mean?’ – marketplace – live performances: words from Jamaica to grooves of New Orleans Sunday : Conference on the connections between Haitian and Black American history – workshops – live performances bringing together Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico. WHAT: Kreol Fest 2026: Lo Sakre (3-day festival) DATE/TIME: Friday, October 9 – 11, 2026 LOCATION: MoCADA Cultural Lab II, 10 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, 11217 Register now to sign up for the mailing list to receive the schedule and save your spot. REGISTER This is made possible thanks to generous support from NYC Department of Cultural Affairs ( @NYCulture ) CDF Fund.
Event details
- Date and time
- Friday, October 9, 2026 – Sunday, October 11, 2026 · 7:00 PM EDT
- Venue
- MoCADA Culture Lab II · New York, NY
- Category
- Food & drink
- Cost
- Cost not stated
- Age guidance
- Age guidance not specified
- Format
- In person
- Last verified
- September 22, 2026
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