Registration is now openAfrobeat Celebration 2026

Register for the celebration, or join the team for the five regional dance competitions and Opening Dance Troupe.

Afrobeat Celebration: Cultural, Community, and Student Initiative in Israel

Afrobeat Celebration

A Teshuvah Studios original platform. Afrobeat Celebration brings students, universities, diplomatic missions, artists, scholars, entrepreneurs, and communities into sustained collaboration.

Thursday, November 5, 2026 · Jerusalem

Afrobeat Celebration 2026

Dance, African fashion, food, and happiness at the French Hill Community Center.

Third Annual Afrobeat Celebration poster featuring a young singer, guitarist, live band, dancing audience, and African food
Afrobeat Celebration 2026 dance event poster with date, time, venue, email, and registration details
Afrobeat Celebration 2026 African fashion runway poster with date, time, venue, email, and registration details

Third Annual Afrobeat Celebration

Regional Lead Dancers and Opening Dance Troupe

Would you like to choreograph a dance routine for one of the five African Regional Dance Competitions or join the Opening Dance Troupe to start the show? Bring your movement, creativity, cultural knowledge, and energy to this vibrant celebration of African dance and regional pride.

Regional choreography

Regional Lead Dancers

Lead and choreograph a routine representing North, South, East, West, or Central Africa in the regional dance competitions.

Apply as a Regional Lead Dancer ↗
Opening performance

Opening Dance Troupe

Join the opening team performance and help launch the Third Annual Afrobeat Celebration with energy and unity.

Join the Opening Dance Troupe ↗

Third Annual Afrobeat Celebration

Join the AFRO-BEAT fashion show.

One dedicated registration form is open for people interested in joining the Fashion Show Team and for women and men applying to participate as AFRO-BEAT models.

Fashion production

Fashion Show Team

Apply to support the planning, presentation, design, styling, makeup, and coordination of the celebration fashion show.

Join the Fashion Show Team ↗
Runway participation

AFRO-BEAT Models

Apply to participate as a model in the Third Annual Afrobeat Celebration fashion presentation.

Apply as an AFRO-BEAT Model ↗

AFRO-BEAT 2025 visual archive

The gathering, continuously in motion.

Photographs and video moments from AFRO-BEAT 2025 flow together as a living record of community, cultural exchange, and participation.

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The year-round initiative

A year-round cultural and educational platform.

The Afrobeat Celebration is the flagship event of a broader initiative connecting African university scholarship and research with music, dance, film, visual arts, literature, fashion, foodways, entrepreneurship, heritage, and contemporary cultural expression.

Afrobeat Celebration 2026

Five bright spaces within one cultural initiative.

Each AFRO-BEAT area has its own purpose, atmosphere, and pathway for participation.

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Afrobeat Celebration

The flagship gathering brings scholarship, performance, music, dance, arts, university participation, cultural presentation, and community connection into one shared experience.

Celebration registration ↗
02

AFRO-BEAT Ceremonies

Country-centered and community ceremonies create space for cultural welcome, meaningful presentation, heritage, recognition, and respectful participation.

Ceremonies participation ↗
04

AFRO-BEAT After Party

A continuing social celebration where participants can gather through music, movement, friendship, and the shared energy of AFRO-BEAT.

After Party participation ↗
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AFRO-BEAT Friday Morning Brunch

A warm Friday morning gathering designed for conversation, reconnection, reflection, and community before the close of the week.

Brunch participation ↗

Afro-Beat Marketplace

Vendor and student participant registration

The Afro-Beat is preparing a welcoming Cultural Marketplace where students, artists, service providers, creators, and registered businesses can present African products, creative work, and professional services. Approximately 12 to 15 spaces will be available. All participants must preregister and receive approval before a space is secured.

Standard · up to 4 × 425 NIS

Student suggested donation

Standard · up to 4 × 450 NIS

Registered nonstudent vendor fee

Larger · up to 6 × 450 NIS

Student suggested donation

Larger · up to 6 × 4100 NIS

Registered nonstudent vendor fee

Bring your own table.

The Afro-Beat Initiative does not provide tables. Every participant must bring their own table, display materials, chairs if needed, and all equipment required for the booth. Larger spaces must be requested and approved in advance.

Marketplace categories

  • African clothing
  • African fabrics and textiles
  • Florist and flower sales *
  • Photo booth services *
  • Natural oils and skin butters
  • Barber services *
  • Packaged dry goods, with no prepared food sales
  • Face painting featuring appropriate African scenes and designs
  • Quick portrait sketching
  • Canvas art and photography featuring African places and people
  • African books
  • African pottery
  • Approved African specialty products, including palm oil and wine
  • African jewelry
  • African drums and other musical instruments
  • Fashion makeup services *

* For selected service categories, only one business or provider may be accepted. Early registration is encouraged.

Cultural, venue, and Halacha guidelines

  • No incense may be sold, displayed for burning, or burned.
  • Face painting and visual designs must be appropriate for the venue and respectful of applicable Halacha requirements.
  • All proposed products, artwork, displays, and services are subject to advance review and approval.
  • Alcoholic beverages, cosmetics, personal-care services, and other regulated products or services may require additional documentation or permission.
  • Prepared food sales are not permitted.

Business and student participation

Nonstudent vendors must be legally registered to conduct business in Israel and comply with applicable licensing, tax, sales, payment, and receipt requirements.

Students who are not operating registered businesses may participate through a clearly stated suggested-donation model rather than ordinary commercial sales.

Marketplace registration

Apply for an Afro-Beat Marketplace space.

Open the fillable PDF, complete every applicable field, save the finished form to your device, and email it as an attachment to info@asroi.org. Use the subject “Afro-Beat Marketplace Registration.”

Submitting the form does not guarantee a space. Approved applicants will be contacted to confirm their table size, arrange the in-person contribution or vendor fee, and receive written confirmation.

Fillable PDF applicationVendor and Student Participant Registration

The form includes applicant details, space selection, product and service review, booth requirements, acknowledgments, and submission instructions.

MARKETPLACE REGISTRATIONThe email button inside the PDF opens your email application. Save and attach the completed PDF before sending.