

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Afrofuturism Week Kick-Off Party
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 24 Jan, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Sat, 24 Jan, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: JOIN US FOR AFROFUTURISM WEEK 2026!

Afrofuturism Week Kickoff Party

Join The Center for Arts, Migration + Entrepreneurship and community partners at the Blount Center to celebrate the beginning of Afrofuturism Week! We'll talk about what Afrofuturism Week is all about, and enjoy music, art activities, and refreshments. Guests of all ages will be invited to participate in printmaking and comic drawing activities led by local artists. A pop-up library with local writer Terri Bailey will feature popular Afrofuturist authors and a book giveaway! 

Sponsored by Bailey Learning And Arts Collective, Santa Fe College, Center for African Studies, and the Sequential Artists Workshop. Funded in part by Visit Gainesville, Alachua County

Join us for all of our Afrofuturism Week events! More information about AFW events and how to get involved at: https://linktr.ee/afrofuturismweek
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/gainesville/afrofuturism-week-kick-off-party/200029299828725
- **Event Categories**: art, parties, entertainment, workshops, literary-art, pop-ups, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 83

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029299828725?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=gainesville-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Gainesville
- **state**: FL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Santa Fe College Blount Center
- **lat**: 29.65215
- **long**: -82.33028
- **full address**: Santa Fe College Blount Center, 530 W University Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601-5287, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: UF Center for Arts, Migration + Entrepreneurship (https://allevents.in/org/uf-center-for-arts-migration-entrepreneurship/27189972)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 24 Jan, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Santa Fe College Blount Center, 530 W University Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601-5287, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** UF Center for Arts, Migration + Entrepreneurship
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, parties, entertainment, workshops, literary-art, pop-ups, fine-arts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Afrofuturism Week Kick-Off Party ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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