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WorldFest 2022 Labor Day Weekend

See the World without ever leaving the city!

20th Anniversary

September 2 - 5, 2022

 

WorldFest, Louisville’s premier international festival is the most diverse, inclusive, and equitable event in the region, featuring: 

• Three entertainment stages showcasing international, national, regional, and local performers

• GE Appliances a Haier Company World Hub, a vendor village with nearly 150 international-themed arts, crafts, merchandise, and food booths

• The WorldFest Global Village highlights cultures and customs from all over the world

• The Parade of Cultures on Saturday, celebrating all the diverse cultures in Louisville

 

If you are interested in participating in the International Parade of Cultures, please fill out the following form to be reviewed for approval.

International Parade of Cultures form

 

 

 

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"Cities that embrace and encourage their international citizens and cultures will thrive, have a stronger quality of life and will attract new growth and jobs,” Mayor Greg Fischer said. 'WorldFest is a great event for exploring and celebrating Louisville’s many faces and cultures and we always look to make it more vibrant, diverse, and educational. So, it’s exciting to add many new features and attractions to the WorldFest celebration this year.” With over 100 languages spoken in the Louisville public schools and 35 percent of the city’s population growth over the past 19 years coming from international residents from over 150 different countries throughout the world, Louisville is more culturally diverse than ever before.

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Thank you to our 2022 Presenting Sponsor:

Louisville Third Century

 

Four days of music! Three stages! Daily Lineup below! 

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Thank you to all our sponsors!

Louisville Third Century

Passport Health Plan by Molina Healthcare

Stella Artois

GE Appliances a Haier Company

YMCA of Greater Louisville

Park Community Credit Union

McDonald's of Greater Louisville, Lexington and Southern Indiana

Pepsi

JBS

WLKY

 

Special thanks to:

Rabbit Hole

Al Dia en América

The Galt House Hotel

Kentucky Science Center

Louisville Free Public Library

Outfront Media

LEO Weekly

Louisville Public Media

Parks & Recreation

Electrical Maintenance 

Fleet & Facilities

Metro EMS

LMPD

SWMS

PARC

 

Thank you to all of our Past Participants:

• 3M Make Your Day
• Americana World Community Center
• Americana Community Center, Inc. 
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bazon Records Liberia
• Beaded Treasures
• Buddhists Temple Mediation Center Inc, Kentucky Meditation Compassionate Peace
• Cambodian Community of Louisville
• Cameroon Mask Dancers
• Community of Nigerians in Kentuckiana
• Colombia Viva
• Colombia Cultural
• Cuba
• Eddy Music 
• El Kentubano
• Eritrean Development Foundation
• Frysc JCPS
• Haitian Community
• Ireland-Celtic Homecoming
• Japan 
• Jewish Community of Louisville
• KY Refugee Ministries 
• LA Casita Center
• Latin American Folklorico Dance Group
• Mexico Lindo
• Roots 101
• Scottish Society of Louisville
• Song-Xinh Tuoi Vietnam 
• The African in America
• Tu An Temple
• Turkish Youth
• United Nations
• Vietnamese Cultural Dance
• Volunteers of America Mid-States Beaded Treasures

 

Welcoming America leads a movement of inclusive communities becoming more prosperous by making everyone feel like they belong. Each year this organization hosts Welcoming Week as an initiative to connect neighbors and bring together serving communities. In 2016, they brought their camera crew along for WorldFest and captured this amazing footage.