Elegba Folklore Society Presents the 24th Annual Down Home Family Reunion, A Celebration of African American Folklife
This year's theme is "Soul Connections"
Down Home Family Reunion, A Celebration of African American Folklife, is a weekend festival of world music and dance, a Heritage Market, children’s events — often powered by the children, themselves — interactive site demonstrations & down home healthy food. This is one of the Society’s original programs created in 1990 to connect aspects of West African cultural traditions with African Americans & to show their influence on the American South. Bringing the world home, audiences are exposed to the artistic expressions — performing and material – of African world cultures in a lively, colorful and informing celebration of heritage and light.
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Friday, 8/15, Opening Night
DoubleTree Hotel, 6p - 10p
Downtown
Tickets:
$15 for 1, $25 for 2
Featuring:
Toby Foyeh & Orchestra Africa
Comedian, Grave Digger
Elegba Folklore Society
Heritage Market
Complimentary Hors D’Oeuvres
Cash Bar
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Saturday, 8/16, Family Festival
Abner Clay Park, 4p - 11p
Historic Jackson Ward
Downtown
Tickets:
VIP $35 for 1, $65 for 2
Featuring:
Ray, Goodman & Brown
Nathan & The Zydeco Cha-Chas
Proverbs Reggae Band
Elegba Folklore Society
The Winner of the New School Talent Contest (TBA)
VIP Seating includes:
☀ Comfortable Chairs in the Gold Circle
☀ Service of Your Favorite Foods & Beverages
☀ Onstage Meet & Greet with the Festival’s Headliner,
Ray, Goodman & Brown
☀ Photograph of Headliner for Autographing
You can also enjoy:
Heritage Market
Interactive Site Demos
New School Pavilion
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