The Festival of Praise Tour 2014, featuring multiple GRAMMY®, Stellar and Dove Award-winning recording artists Fred Hammond and Donnie McClurkin, now kicks off on September 17 at Fallbrook Church in Houston. New dates have also been added (see updated schedule below). The national tour will be presented during Gospel Music Heritage Month and will be held at performing arts venues and mega churches across the country.
On Tuesday, September 16, Hammond and McClurkin will perform live on Tom Joyner’s In Studio Jam.
Fred and Donnie are excited and looking forward to the tour. Donnie refers to Fred as the “scientist of tours.” Fred is in the final stages of planning the creative aspect. He wants the show’s collaboration to feature him and Donnie onstage together most of the time during the concert. They will perform a series of duets as well as some of their classic hits. “The audience for the Festival of Praise tour will include fans of every musical genre and people from every generation,” says Fred. “The tour will be anointed, big, and festive, and will include something for everyone.” Fred is also promoting his new single, “I Will Trust,”.
A longtime friend, Donnie recalls that Fred was the first artist to feature him on a national tour. “This tour comes at a time that’s really different for me,” says Donnie. “This is my time of fighting through heaviness. I had a bout of depression last month that was second to none. I don’t think I ever had it like that in my whole entire life. I want to take all those feelings and funnel them into every aspect of what we do in ministry. We’ve got to address that spirit of heaviness. We need to sing about it, talk about it and sing about the remedy for it, which is God and one another.” With a full plate as the Senior Pastor of Perfecting Faith Church in Freeport, NY, host of a nationally syndicated radio show and a judge on Sunday Best, Donnie is currently promoting his latest CD project, Duets.
The Festival of Praise Tour is created by Fred and Ray Hammond and produced by Face To Face, Inc. Adam Zagor of Universal Attractions Agency is the booking agent and Al Wash of ALW Entertainment is the entertainment consultant.
Festival of Praise 2014 Tour
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Fallbrook Church
Houston, TX
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Verizon Theater
Dallas, TX
Friday, September 19, 2014
Music Hall
Kansas City, MO
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church
St. Louis, MO
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Minneapolis Convention Center
Minneapolis, MN
Monday, September 22, 2014
Cornerstone Family Church
Des Moines, IA
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Palace Theater
Columbus, OH
Friday, September 26, 2014
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, OH
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Detroit Opera House
Detroit, MI
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Horseshoe Chicago Casino
Chicago, IL
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Palace Theater
Albany, NY
Friday, October 3, 2014
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Newark, NJ
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Westchester County Center
White Plains, NY
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric
Baltimore, MD
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
North Charleston Performing Arts Center
Charleston, SC
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Evangel Cathedral Church
Upper Marlboro MD
Friday, October 10, 2014
Hampton Coliseum
Hampton, VA
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Ovens Auditorium
Charlotte, NC
Sunday, October 12, 2014
South Carolina State Fair Grandstand
Columbia, SC
Monday, October 13, 2014
Cathedral of the Cross AOH Church of God
Birmingham, AL
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Harborside Event Center
Fort Myers, FL
Thursday, October 16, 2014
USF Sun Dome
Tampa, FL
Friday, October 17, 2014
CFE Arena
Orlando, FL
Saturday, October 18, 2014
James L. Knight Center
Miami, FL
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Beulahland Bible Church
Macon, GA
Friday, October 24, 2014
James Brown Arena
Augusta, GA
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center
Atlanta, GA
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Corbett Sports Center A&T University
Greensboro, NC
