Africa: Ron’s Field Report – 39th Annual Festival International Nuits d’Afrique

[Afropop] Earlier this week, we posted Banning Eyre's first take on the 2025 Nuits D'Afrique festival in Montreal, with promise of more to come. Now, here's our man Ron Deutch's report. Ron has the advantage of living in the city, so he caught more of the action than we did. As always, we're grateful for his keen eyes and ears!

Africa: Nuits d’Afrique Festival Delivers, for the 39th Time!

[Afropop] North America's premier African music festival, Nuits D'Afrique in Montreal, just wrapped up its 39th edition. Afropop Worldwide was there, and we caught 22 bands, many of them Canadian-based, and all quite excellent. And that was just for the last five days of the 12-day extravaganza, the free outdoor portion that takes place in open air in downtown Montreal. Over the coming weeks, we will be presenting interviews, images and videos from our dense experience, so consider this post an opening gambit!

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