Chale Wote Festival 2026

Chale Wote Festival 2026

The CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival is an alternative platform that brings art, music, dance and performance out of the galleries and onto the streets of James Town, Accra.
The first festival took place in July 2011, following a series of discussions about creating DIY [do-­it‑yourself] community projects by participants at our Talk Party Series. Our partners for the festival include Redd Kat Pictures, Dandano, Mumble, Chaka Orleans Heritage and Gamashie Development Agency.

Our vision is to cultivate a wider audience for the arts in West Africa by breaking creative boundaries and using art as a viable form to rejuvenate public spaces. The CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival challenges both artists and community-­based audiences to connect through art.

The festival includes street painting, graffiti murals, photo exhibitions, interactive installations, a food and fashion marketplace, live street performances, extreme sports, an African Cinema pavilion, street boxing, a fashion parade, a music block party, and design labs, and much more. More than 200 Ghana-based and international artists take part in the event every year. In 2018, over 100,000 people attended CHALE WOTE. This year’s event will take place from the 20th of August to the 29th, Contact us for bookings