About this Event
Champeta Afrofest Melbourne 2025
- Date: November 15th, 2025
- Location: Meat Market, North Melbourne
- Time: From 1PM to 10PM
- Tickets: From 15 to 31 Oct: 13 AUS
From 1 to 12 Nov: 15 AUS
From 13 to 15 Nov: 20 AUS
Note: Chindren under 15 years old enter free
Description
Champeta Afrofest Melbourne is a platform for artistic, cultural and community celebration that promotes Champeta as an Afro-Colombian expression of resistance, memory and enjoyment. This new edition of the festival will take place in November 2025 and will feature a varied program designed for all audiences.
Activities:
- Dj presentations: Kaimán Jiménez & Kobra 3000, Champeta Music by: Dj Nikoppix.
- Open champeta classes to learn and enjoy this dance.
- Children's area for the entertainment of the little ones.
- Minimarket with food vendor, turbans, braids, accessories, Colombian and Spanish Language books, and much more.
- Spaces for reflection on music as a tool for identity and transformation.
Objectives:
The festival seeks to strengthen ties between Colombia and the diaspora in Australia, promoting the circulation of musical knowledge, the recognition of Afro-descendant cultures and the creation of spaces of encounter, dignity and collective celebration.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Meat Market, 3 Blackwood Street, North Melbourne, Australia
AUD 15.08 to AUD 22.49
