The annual free festival is a celebration of life, music, and culture. It includes stellar performances, empowerment seminars, and fun for the entire family. As the largest cultural festival on the East Coast, the festival has welcomed more than 200,000 attendees annually. Attendees will experience wellness, beauty, and technology while enjoying the sultry sounds of national recording artists and emerging talent.
Performers include Grammy Award winners Will Downing, Faith Evans, and Stephanie Mills; legendary musician Sheila E; R&B crooner Eric Roberson; hip-hop icon Doug E. Fresh; Empire breakout stars Bryshere Gray, aka Yazz the Greatest or “Hakeem” and V. Bozeman; top-selling R&B female group SWV; Stellar Award winner Tamela Mann; actress and singer Demetria McKinney and R&B boy band 4EY the Future. This year’s hosts are Real Husbands of Hollywood Producer Chris Spencer, singer andR&B Divas’ Brave Williams, and actor and singer David Mann. Special invited guests include: Sister 2 Sister magazine Publisher Jamie Foster Brown, author Zane, model Beverly Johnson, music veteranKevin Liles, and festival DJs, DJ Beauty and the Beatz and DJ Tanz.
During the two-day festival, attendees are encouraged to visit the Black Enterprise Empowerment Zone, which will be located in the center of “Sponsor Way” walkway. Attendees can expect two full days of activities in the Empowerment Zone that will keep you entertained and ready for the main stage performances later in the day.
Festival attendees can also visit the Pepsi Pavilion throughout the two-day festival to take part in their DJ Scratch Academy to learn how to DJ, Sneaker cleaning station, on-site T-shirt printing, photo booth and ping pong and connect four games.
