Philadelphia African Restaurant Week Festival 2026

A Celebration of the Best of African/Black Diaspora Food and Culture - Come support Local Businesses and Entrepreneurs

Philadelphia ARW Food & Music Festival - Celebrate community, culture and small business - excited to create a place for community engagement, entertainment and culture. EAT, SHOP, DANCE, CONNECT.

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Event Includes:

• Enjoy food from across the diaspora.
• Marketplace with local vendors - enjoy great deals, giveaways.
• Top DJ spinning the best of Afrobeats, Soca, Kompa, Amapiano, R&B and more.
• Live performances - cultural performances, dancing, local talents.

Chefs will be presenting rice dishes representing their various countries Chefs from Nigeria, Liberia, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Ghana and various countries from the Diaspora.

WINNER WILL BE SELECTED BY A COMBINATION OF OUR JUDGES AND THE ATTENDEES

• Attendees will help choose the winner.
• Participants with tasting tickets get to taste samples from 5 countries and score each sample.
• Attendees will score each sample from a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being the top score)

Eat, Win, Celebrate FIFA 2026

• Visit your favorite restaurants from June 11
• Cheer for your favorite teams
• Share pics and Tag @africanrestaurantweek

WIN PRIZES AT ARW FESTIVAL

• Join us at Love Park on July 11 at ARW Festival (SHOP, EAT, DANCE)
• Visit our info booth, show engagement with post to receive raffle tickets
• Get chance to win various prizes including ARW merchandize, food tasting tickets, special vendor giveaways and more