Events: Afr'Am Fest - A Celebration of African American Family, Arts, and Culture

The Mattie's place
The Market place is a segment of Afr’Am Fest that encourages minority business owners to exhibit and sell their products and services. Today there are over 823,500 black owned businesses in the U.S., Employing more than 718,300 people and generating in excess of $71.2 billion in revenues.

The Market place has proven to be viable component of Afr’Am Fest and invaluable resource for corporations seeking to market their products or services to small business owners.

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Childrens Village
With this being the Afr'am Fest's 25th Anniversity, Children's Village is looking for an awesome turn out with outstanding participation and performances!

We are eagerly seeking Dance Groups, Praise Dancers, Children's Choirs,
Step Teams, Double Dutch Teams, Orators to do Monologues of Famous African Americans, Steele Drums, Plays or short skit performances, Puppet Shows, Magic Shows, Youth Hip Hop and Gospel groups, Krunk Dancers, Ballerinas, Instrumentalists, Gospel Comics, Clowns, Fashoin Shows displaying the lastest Street and Church Wear, African Dancers, Story Tellers, etc.

If you or your organization would like to be apart of the 2007-2008 AFR'AM Fest, please contact Dawn Riddick at 672-8644 or Robin Banks at 537-1846 We would love to hear from you. Please keep in mind that this is a great
way to advertise and promote your talent. Inorder to audition, check the AFR'AM website for dates and audition location.

Entertainment
Main Stage 1(MS1), located in the heart of Town Point Park, features local, regional and national talent.

Appetizing rhythm and blues, jazz, and gospel melodies satisfy every appetite. Afr’Am Fest transforms MS1 into Celebration Station where the hottest sounds of R&B and Funk fill the air, smooth sounds of jazz and praise inducing rhythms of gospel saturate your soul, and “Old School” flavor sparks nostalgia.

Will Downing, Faith Evans, Dottie Peoples, Roy Ayers and B-5 are just a few of the many artists who have graced the stages at Afr’Am Fest.

The Fine Arts Show
The Fine Arts Show is structured for artists to show their original works. All of the artwork will be judged by an experienced, esteemed panel with prizes totaling over $4000 being awarded. The exposure is unbelievable! The average attendance is more than 200,000 over the three-day period, and has reached over 225,000 on numerous occasions. Town Point Park transforms Memorial Day weekend into a vivid kaleidoscope of creativity, cultural expression, and intrigue.

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