WASSA WASSA 2025

AFRICAN DANCE & DRUM FESTIVAL

September 4th- 7th

Stay tuned for more artist information here and on our Facebook event page:

Schedule coming soon!

September 4th at 5:30pm to September 7th at 6pm: Classes

Celebrate WASSA WASSA Dance & Drum Festival with Soriba Fofana in beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico this fall. Reknown artists bring you the finest in African dance and music. Classes in Dance, Drum, Dundun Dance, Song, Balafon and N’goni

Saturday September 6th at 8pm: Performance

Join the festivities of the 2025 WASSA WASSA Festival with our “Grand Spectac” featuring our faculty of artists from Guinea, West Africa and the US sharing their expertise in traditional music, dance, drumming and acrobatics. 
Doors open at 8pm. No advance tickets.

GUINEA
Youssouf Koumbassa – Dance

Nafi Diabate – Dance, Song, Dundun Dance

Aboubacar Sylla – Drum, Balafon

Abou Camara – Drum

Fode Ismael Sylla – Drum, Dance, Acrobatics

Soriba Fofana – Drum, N’goni, Song, Dance

Mohamed Lamine Bako Camara – Drum

N’famoussa Soumah – Drum, Acrobatics

ZIMBABWE

Rujeko Dumbutshena – Dance

USA
Elise Gent – Haitian Dance
Annie King – Haitian Dance
Fred Simpson – Drum
Hountor Gent – Drum
Rush – Drum

Friday to Sunday Dance classes held at The Railyard Performance Center – Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe

Thursday classes held at NM School for the Arts – 500 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe

All Drum classes held at Railyard Park Community room – across from the Railyard Performance Center, behind Site Santa Fe (leave ample time for parking on Saturday due to Farmers Market)

All song classes held in the Railyard Tent – outside the Railyard Performance Center

The Railyard Performance Center is a large airy indoor space fitted with Hepa air filters, and effective cross ventilation.

Kindly sponsored by NM Dance Coalition and The McCune Charitable Foundation

EVERYTHING is subject to change ❤️