A celebration of Black Storytelling: Jan. 17th-26th, 2025

FESTIVAL PASSES AVAILABLE!

2025 GUEST TELLERS AND ARTISTS

This much anticipated and highly visible event is the flagship of RIBS programming and reaches a statewide audience 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 two weeks, Rhode Island will experience some of the best cultural arts programming across the state for the 27th year in a row.

Teju Ologboni

MItch Capel
“Gran’daddy Junebug”
Muriel Johnson

Nestor Gomez

RHODE ISLAND BLACK STORYTELLERS

VALERIE TUTSON
V. RAFFINI
ROCHEL COLEMAN
LEN CABRAL
MARLON CAREY
SYLVIA ANN SOARES
Sylvia Ann Soares
RAMONA BASS KOLOBE
RACHEL BRIGGS

2025 GUEST PERFORMERS

W.A.R.
Simply Sara
Brynna Boyd
Ana Paola Songs
MarlinOnTheKeys
Riders Against the Storm
VIEW EVENTS

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 27 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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