Why VINE?

The festival also serves as a way to celebrate our rich history here in Kansas City. Through this event, we honor the legacy of this unique area which has been home to so many influential African-Americans throughout the years.

Our theme for the festival is Afrofuturism which is a genre of art that allows people of the African diaspora to envision themselves in the future through art. It is a movement that explores the future of people of the African diaspora through various art forms while tributing history. This project is more than a festival, it will be a notable event that is talked about and remembered for years. One where the future is imagined on historical land being expressed in the present.