Ẹ káàbọ̀Welcome

Yoruba culture, alive in Southern California

Language, festival, family. Since 1997.

See the Odunde Festival Get involved

Oòdúà á gbè wá o!May Odùduwà bless us

29years serving SoCal

3,000+Yoruba community in SoCal

4festival zones at Odunde

9hometown associations

Coming up next

End-of-Year Gala 2026

Pending: the venuePending: the date

Tickets & tables

Ohun tí a ń ṣeWhat we do

Our programs

All programs

Two women in gèlè listen to the Yoruba lesson beside the market stalls

Yoruba Language Lessons

Speaking, reading, and tone marks, taught over video call by our teacher. Times are set with her.

Enrol a learner

A man in a purple and teal print shirt and cap smiles on Degnan Boulevard

Yoruba Cultural Collective

Members who put culture to work: the Solar Hub, Green Goods, and a circle that keeps ideas moving.

Meet the Collective

Children at the craft tables in Àgbàlá Ọmọde with a Ludo board and paper crafts

Kids & STEM

Àgbàlá Ọmọde, the children's compound, and the STEM Hub.

See youth programs

Àwọn ohùn waOur voices

Member voices

Families, elders, and vendors on what this community holds for them.

Pending: member voices

[ Quote from a Language Lessons parent, two or three sentences on what the lessons changed at home. ]

Name pending • Parent, Language Lessons

Pending: member voices

[ Quote from an elder of Ẹgbẹ́ Ìbílẹ̀, two or three sentences on passing the language to the grandchildren. ]

Name pending • Elder, Ẹgbẹ́ Ìbílẹ̀

Pending: member voices

[ Quote from a vendor at Ọjà Balógun, two or three sentences on what festival day does for the business. ]

Name pending • Vendor, Ọjà Balógun

Àgbájọ ọwọ́ la fi ń sọ̀yà. With joined hands we beat the chest. Many hands make the load light.

Ìgbésí ayé waOur life together

A year in the life

Women in white with green and white sashes dance in the procession — ỌdúndéFestival day at Leimert Park

A vendor in indigo àdìrẹ serves suya to a guest in white — OúnjẹFestival food at Ọjà Balógun

A mother and her two children play ayo and Ludo at the Àgbàlá Ọmọde table — Àgbàlá ỌmọdeKids at play in the park

Elders in aṣọ òkè and lace rest at a round table under the Ọjà Balógun sign — ÀjọṣePartners and friends at the table

Three women take a selfie in front of the red, silver and green balloon arch — Àsè ọdúnEnd-of-Year Gala 2025

A whiteboard from the Yoruba class: the alphabet, vowels, consonants and the three tones — Ẹ̀kọ́ èdèYoruba lesson at the festival

A vendor shows cowrie necklaces to an elder in white agbada — Ọjà BalógunVendors at the market

Open the photo galleryOdunde, the Gala, and the language lessons, year by year.

Ẹ dara pọ̀ mọ́ waJoin us

Raise your hand

Many hands make the load light. Two ways in, whether you are a family in Southern California or an organization that wants to build with us.

A mother, daughter and son in matching festival dress smile together

Become a member

Members carry the lessons, the festival, and each other. Dues run the year between events, when nothing is being sold and the bills still arrive.

Become a member

A gift is presented to the association's leaders at the opening

Partner or sponsor

For organizations and funders. Sponsorship is what keeps Odunde open to all of Leimert Park, and what carries the lessons through the year.

Partner with us