{"id":252854,"date":"2026-07-27T12:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T12:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/252854\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T12:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T12:25:08","slug":"14th-annual-dance-africa-pittsburgh-held-outdoors-for-first-time-in-allegheny-square-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/252854\/","title":{"rendered":"14th annual Dance Africa Pittsburgh held outdoors for first time in Allegheny Square \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 The Legacy Arts Project presented the 14th Annual Dance Africa Pittsburgh on Saturday, a free outdoor cultural festival at Allegheny Square. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">This year\u2019s event marked a historic milestone as the celebration moved outdoors for the first time, transforming Allegheny Square into a premier cultural festival in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Now in its 14th year, Dance Africa Pittsburgh continued its mission of preserving, promoting and presenting the artistic traditions of Africa and the African Diaspora. The festival aimed to bring people of every background together through culture, education and community engagement, with the outdoor venue expanding access for the entire community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The festival featured live African and African Diaspora dance and drumming performances. NASH.V.ILL headlined the event, which also included West African dance and samba performances. Live roller skate artists and interactive youth and community performances also took place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Attendees could explore an African Marketplace featuring local artisans and vendors, as well as a Culinary Village offering diverse food options. A Children\u2019s Play Area and family activities were available through a partnership with the Children\u2019s Museum of Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The event ran from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Allegheny Square, across from the Children\u2019s Museum of Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 The Legacy Arts Project presented the 14th Annual Dance Africa Pittsburgh on Saturday, a free outdoor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[107881,107880,107882,107879,107878,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-252854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-african-diaspora","tag-allegheny-square","tag-cultural-festival","tag-dance-africa-pittsburgh","tag-legacy-arts-project","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}