A VIRTUAL celebration of Black Storytelling: Jan. 22-30, 2022

FESTIVAL PASSES AVAILABLE!

2023 Guest Tellers and Artists

This much anticipated and highly visible event is the flagship of RIBS programming and reaches a statewide audiences of thousands. Each January for the week of the Martin Luther King Holiday, RIBS tellers, local artists and invited national and international guests bring the best of Black Storytelling to Rhode Island and Southern New England. For a two weeks, Rhode Island will experience some of the best cultural arts programming across the state for the 25th year in a row.

Antonio Rocha
Janice Curtis Greene
Amina Blackwood-Meeks
Kala Jojo

Rhode Island Black Storytellers

VALERIE TUTSON
V. RAFFINI
ROCHEL COLEMAN
LEN CABRAL
MARLON CAREY
Sylvia Ann Soares
RAMONA BASS KOLOBE
LINDA & SUMNER MCCLAIN

2023 Guest PerfoRmers

Sidy Maiga

W.A.R

Lydia Perez

THE SWEETIES FROM HIGHER GROUND

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Music, storytelling, spoken word and more

Because there are so many ways to tell a story! And in Black Storytelling all these genres have a place. Storytelling is not just “reading books to kids.”

FUNDA FEST 25 IS EXCITED TO SHOWCASE

OVER 25 PERFORMERS From Around the World!

Experience the talents of performers from the African Diaspora. Our artists hail from the US, the UK, the Caribbean, and the African Continent.

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