iFest 2025 - International Festival of North Alabama

Schedule

Sat Oct 04 2025 at 11:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Huntsville JAYCEE's building | Huntsville, AL

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Around the world in…a day?!
Chart YOUR course with The Valley’s family-friendly, multicultural extravaganza – the ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF NORTH ALABAMA (iFest 2025), brought to you by the International Society of Huntsville (ISH) and Arts Huntsville: This project has been made possible by a 2025 Arts IDEA Grant from Arts Huntsville, funded by the City of Huntsville.
The ISH presents:
• a multicultural PARADE OF NATIONS—all countries welcome!
• GLOBAL PERFORMANCES—from folk dance and traditional instrumentals to song, fashion, and martial arts
• our CULINARY CARAVAN—foodie heaven!
• a bustling OPEN-AIR MARKET—iFest’s take on the Grand Bazaar!
• the INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE—cultural artifacts, native apparel, photos, handicrafts, history, and happiness
• TAKE FLIGHT!—f-r-e-e activities for kids of ALL ages
Every stop, a photo op; every visit, a vista!
Since 2010 (fifteen years!!!), ISH has embraced OVER SIXTY countries as diverse as Poland, Nigeria, Taiwan, Panama, China, Mexico, Ghana, the Philippines, Ukraine, Vietnam, and dozens more…and new nations each year ensure the next iFest is bigger and better than the last! 2025 brings Cameroon, Armenia, Portugal, and Venezuela into our friendly fold, and adds the Society for Creative Anachronism!
See you Saturday, 4 October at Huntsville’s Jaycee Community Building. For more information, or to join our growing family and represent your homeland, contact [email protected] or (256) 651-0714. Then visit www.internationalsocietyofhuntsville.org and like us on Facebook at International Society of Huntsville – IFEST.
Bring the kids—and the parents!—and meet your friends and neighbors in celebration of the glittering, ever-transforming mosaic that is North Alabama. We welcome YOU—remember, there is nothing more multicultural than EVERYBODY!
P.S.: Free Parking! No Admission! Lawn chairs and blankets welcomed.
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Where is it happening?

Huntsville JAYCEE's building, 2258 Jaycee Way SW, Huntsville, AL 35801-7200, United States

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International Society of Huntsville - IFEST

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