Festival de la Francophonie • Kick Off / Soirée commune

Le français suit. Grab your passport and enjoy a world of regional delights and libations from the French-speaking world as we kick off Festival de la Francophonie 2025! Cambodian Association of Illinois demonstrates Khmer classical dance

Festival de la Francophonie • Improv Show: La Frog Royale

Frogprov is Chicago’s only French-English improv troupe. Founded in 2017 by Renée-Claude Thériault and Robbie Ellis, today the troupe brings together players from the United States, France, Morocco and other French-speaking lands.

Festival de la Francophonie • Film screening: Celles qui luttent (Sisters of Wrestling) with Chantal Nadeau

In honor of the Journeé internationale des droits des femmes (International Women’s Day), the Alliance Française de Chicago is honored to partner with the Délégation du Québec à Chicago and the Consulat générale du Canada à Chicago to host a screening of Québécoise director Sarah Baril Guadet’s 2022 feature-length documentary Celles qui luttent (Sisters of Wrestling).

Festival de la Francophonie • Film Screening: Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot (Meeting with Pol Pot)

Cambodia: Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot (Meeting With Pol Pot) by Rithy Panh This is the Cambodian-French director’s fourth submission to the Oscars including a nomination in 2013 for The Missing Picture.

Festival de la Francophonie • Film Screening: Taking Back the Groove

In Celia Aniskovich’s 2023 documentary short Taking Back the Groove, Chicago-based Franco-Algerian DJ Jérôme Derradji tells the story of Bronx-born disco legend Richie Weeks, whose song Rock Your World with Weeks & Co.

Festival de la Francophonie • Live concert: Cadill'Rock

Cadill’Rock is a group of musicians from Cadillac’s hometown, St Nicolas de la Grave, located in the Tarn et Garonne, about 1hour North of Toulouse, in southwestern Fran​ce. Cadill’Rock, is a group that sees farther than the Garonne River, which shares with peoples of Occitanie, the US and Canada our common heritage which humbly follows the lead of Antoine Laumer, dit Lamothe-Cadillac.

Festival de la Francophonie • Dance Party: Swaré Konpa

The popular Swaré Konpa with DJ Frantz moves from the Haitian American Museum of Chicago to the Alliance for one night only from 8 to 11 p.m.! Everybody is invited to get initiated to the romantic moves of the Konpa by our dance teachers.

Festival de la Francophonie • Chocolate making and chocolate tasting brought to you by chefs from the world leader in chocolatey indulgences

Let’s take a closer look at the fascinating world of cocoa and chocolate with the world-renowned chocolate factory Barry Callebaut - from global supply chains to local production to delicious tasting products.

Festival de la Francophonie • Film Screening: Tales of the Francophone Midwest

This intense month of Francophonie is drawing to a close. You’ve danced, dreamed, developed your taste buds, sung and opened your eyes wide to the cultural wonders of different countries. To close this book of exploration, let’s return to the United States, to the land of your birth or adoption, and discover together its own Francophonie.