The 1st ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific States) Festival takes place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, currently Capital of ACP Culture, 14-21 October, offering opportunities for international networking among and with cultural operators from the region.

The 1st ACP Festival is presented as the ”Festival of ACP Festivals”. During the course of one week, visitors, cultural operators, artists and culture professionals will have the opportunity to discover the rich cultural diversity and the artistic and cultural creativity of the 6 regions of the ACP Group. As an ideal medium for the promotion of cultural actors and operators, the 1st ACP Festival will provide an opportunity to appreciate the importance of cultural industries of ACP States, and its contribution to sustainable development. The proliferation of cultural Festivals and operators, the increased involvement of Governments in cultural activities, and the interest of professional networks and international markets in ACP artists and cultural products, are all indicative of an evolving sector.

The Festival incorporates several dimensions: Professional meetings, a contemporary dance platform, concerts, market space and master classes.

Further information: ACP Festival - English
Festival ACP - français

ACP States:
Angola - Antigua and Barbuda - Bahamas - Barbados - Belize - Benin - Botswana - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cap Verde - Cameroon - Central African Republic - Comoros - Republic of Congo - Democratic Republic of Congo - Cook Islands - Côte d´Ivoire - Cuba - Djibouti - Dominican Republic - Dominica - Eritrea - Ethiopia - Fiji - Gabon - Gambia - Ghana - Grenada - Republic of Guinea - Guinea-Bissau - Equatorial Guinea - Guyana - Haiti - Jamaica - Kenya - Kiribati - Lesotho - Liberia - Madagascar - Malawi - Mali - Marshall Islands - Mauritius - Mauritania - Micronesia - Mozambique - Namibia - Nauru - Niger - Nigeria - Niue - Palau - Papua New Guinea - Rwanda - Saint Christopher and Nevis - Saint Vincent and The Grenadines - Saint Lucia - Solomon Islands - Samoa - Sao Tome and Principe - Senegal - Seychelles - Sierra Leone - Somalia - South Africa - Sudan - Suriname - Swaziland - Tanzania - Chad - Timor Leste - Togo - Tonga - Trinidad and Tobago - Tuvalu - Uganda - Vanuatu - Zambia - Zimbabwe.