Intercultural Festival

Intercultural Festival has been a Grand Valley tradition since 2005, but has roots dating back as far as the founding of Grand Valley State College in 1963. We host this event each year as a way to recognize the ways in which we are all diverse. Intercultural Festival recognizes that culture represents a spectrum of traits in people that are not only confined to ethnicity.

The festival is a way to recognize how we all belong to a culture and that we should celebrate it. The goal for the event is to have the audience feel like they are at a festival. We want our guests to enjoy good food, music, dance, displays, and most of all, we want them to walk away having learned something new about a culture different from their own. 

Come Join us for Cultural Displays, Food, Activities, Dance, Music and Art!

Performance Schedule:

5:15pm                    BSU Dance Instruction

5:30pm                     Capoeira Mandinga

6:00pm                    Michigan Okinawa Association of Chimugukuru-kai

7:00pm                    Padnos International Center Trivia Game

7:30pm                    Ghanaian Dance-Drumming

7:45pm                    Brazillian Jiu Jistu

8:00pm                    Belly Dance Club

8:15pm                    African Student Council

8:30pm                    Olde World Music

8:45pm                    CrossBow

9:15pm                    Sigma Lambda Gamma Sorority Inc.

9:30pm                    A Cappella GrooVe

9:45pm                    Rhythm In Blue

For more information, please email program@gvsu.edu, or call Student Life at 616-331-2345.