The Date is May 23rd and 24th. The Place is The Ritz Theatre and Brentwood Community Park. The Event: the 21st Annual Kuumba African, African-American Cultural Arts, and Music Festival.
Our goal this year as always is to bring our city the finest offering in African/African-American music, art, and culture, as well as to promote an appreciation for its history and influence on America.
The Kuumba Festival is the oldest on-going cultural arts festival held in Jacksonville. It is also a key resource in promoting diversity throughout the city.
Our goal this year as always is to bring our city the finest offering in African/African-American music, art, and culture, as well as to promote an appreciation for its history and influence on America.
The Kuumba Festival is the oldest on-going cultural arts festival held in Jacksonville. It is also a key resource in promoting diversity throughout the city.
This year’s event will be headlined by soon to be internationally known artist TOSCHA COMEAUX. This Jazz/ Pop artist will perform with her band instantly recognizable standards as well has songs from her latest CD “This Could Be Love.”
Co-headlining this year’s Festival will be Trumpeter and Singer TEDDY WASHINGTON. Mr. Washington is known throughout the First Coast as a master musician and bandsman. His Follies show is a “must see” for everyone.
JIMMY HILL and AVOP will round out the marquee with a soulful, funky yet spirt filled performance that has made him one of the areas all-time favorites. JIMMY HILL and AVOP will keep you on your feet and fill you with praise when he takes the stage.
The Kuumba Festival is a project of the Carter G. Woodson Committee for Positive Education in Jacksonville, Inc., a 501-3© organization created specifically to improve the lives of African Americans on the First Coast through education.
There is a lot more to tell, but check out the website at kuumbafestivalfl.org.
