The 1st Annual Aurora Jacksonville Black Arts Festival is a community outreach program of Stage Aurora Theatrical Company, Inc. whose goal is to produce ‘theatre that enlightens’. The Aurora Jacksonville Festival will feature many local and national artists in the Arts and Humanities including: T ‘Keyah Crystal Keymah (That’s So Raven, Cosby, In Living Color); Ella Joyce (Roc) in A ROSE AMONG THORNS; Encore performances of DREAMGIRLS; Florida Humanities Scholars Bob Devin Jones and Phyllis McEwen, Visual Artist Lauren Austin, and much more. [Read more…]
Sunshine Festival – St. Simons Island, Georgia
The popular Sunshine Festival returns to St. Simons Island, Georgia. This is a family friendly festival featuring carnival, live entertainment and food, and of course ends with fireworks display.
29th Annual Daufuskie Day Celebration – Daufuskie Island, SC
Celebrate the Native Gullah culture with food, live entertainment, guest speakers, vendors, children’s activities and more. Tickets must be purchased in advance, ferry reservations required. (843) 384-9941.
29th Annual Daufuskie Day Celebration hosted by the Daufuskie Island Foundation. Visit www.daufuskieisland.org for more information about the event.
Springfield Heritage Days – Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville’s first neighborhood, historic Springfield, presents the Second Annual Springfield Heritage Days Festival on July 4th-6th, 2008. Great fun for the whole family during this action-packed weekend. Kick off with Friday Throwback Baseball Game at 4 pm in Klutho Park. The team place in uniforms and use equipment from “back in the Good Old Days”. After the game, the family friendly block party begins and is followed by fireworks. Saturday continues with a kickball game, the Acoustic Music Festival, arts and crafts and much, much more. There’s also the always popular Historic Home and Garden Tour on both days.
Tickets are available by contacting the SPAR Council office at 904-353-7727or visit www.sparcouncil.org
Summerville Fourth of July Celebration, SC
Red, White and Blue on the Green – Summerville, SC
Hosted by Summerville D.R.E.A.M., the Red, White and Blue on the Green is Summerville’s Fourth of July Celebration complete with games, activities, contests and good old fashioned fun. This year’s festival will be held on Friday, July 4 from 4 to 7 p.m. in Downtown Summerville. Booths and activities include a watermelon eating contest, a seed spittin’ contest (yes, your mother might let you spit just this once), a hot dog eating contest, jump castles, dunking booths with your favorite local celebrities and tons of summer-time concessions! For more information, please contact the Summerville DREAM office at 843-821-7260