MASA Festival

MASA, the Marche des Arts du Spectacle Africain, is a major pan-African performing arts market and festival in Abidjan, mixing public street performance with a professional showcase where international programmers book acts. Each edition runs across a week in April and draws an estimated half a million people. Public-facing highlights include street parades and open performances, while the festival's showcase program largely serves industry buyers in dedicated venues.

MASA, the Marche des Arts du Spectacle Africain, is one of the largest performing arts gatherings on the African continent, bringing theatre companies, dance troupes, musicians and circus performers to Abidjan for a week-long mix of public shows, professional showcases and an industry marketplace where programmers from festivals around the world come to book acts for future seasons.