The 31st Annual Collage des Cultures Africaines – an affordable four-day music and dance festival celebrating the African Diaspora – held in Oakland, CA from March 12-15, 2026. Collage promotes cultural literacy, maintains Oakland’s vibrant and culturally rich community, establishes positive role models for youth, and provides opportunities for professional artists and artisans to share and celebrate their cultural traditions. This intergenerational event makes folkloric performing arts accessible to the diverse Bay Area and California community by offering: a free school-time and site-specific performance and workshop to East Bay elementary, middle, and high school students, affordable dance and music workshops, a gala concert that showcases California folk and traditional performing arts companies, and a free Collage plenary discussion focusing on themes in the African diasporic aesthetics and current issues.