Welcome to the Kurdish Youth Festival! For the fourth year in a row, the Kurdish Youth Festival is bringing together a diverse group of people from all over the United States for a three-day long event filled with culture, education, and social activities. Of course, it would not be a Kurdish festival without a big party to practice your helperke skills!

What's new this year?
We will have a dance workshop, so you are guaranteed to be able to dance to whatever music is playing, and a much more elaborate Kurdish Trivia Game! If you like the more cerebral aspects of the festival, we are excited to tell you there will be plenty of brain candy to go around. This year, we will have round-table discussion in topics ranging from Kurdish women’s social challenges in the US, the message and effects of Miss Kurdistan, and the status of the so called “Kurdish-American leadership and the Kurdish vote”.

While you count down the days, check back from time to time to see the updated list of the marvelous program we are putting together. We really hope to see you there, so please take the time to register in order for us to best accommodate you (psssst, you will get a bonus for advanced registration!). So come over, make new friends, absorb the culture, and have a blast!

Essay Contest

While we aim to develop our community, we do not lose sight of what's really important: you, the individual. We would like to give you a helping hand with your education, and see you reach your highest potential.

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Competitions

Kurds got talent? Yes they do! Previous attendees have competed in categories such as visual arts, film and video, poetry and spoken word, and of course singing and musical performances. Apply for Kurds Got Talent or the Art Auction!

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Sponsors are the ones who help make this extraordinary event possible. Become part of a truly remarkable movement by adding your name to a long list of companies, organizations, and individual sponsors.

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What People Are Saying

Very supportive & amazed by @KurdFestivalUSA works and the hard work the committee does. Wish you the best of luck with #4KYF.

Chopy Fatah, Singer

@KurdFestivalUSA celebrates Kurdish talent, the arts, encourages dialogue, unifies Kurds and does so successfully every year!#TwitterKurds

Lawen Azad, TV Host

Life experiences like #3KYF push me to strive for more. Both in activism and in the borders/taboos of a Kurdish girls life.

Jihan Mohamed, Student

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