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25TH ANNUAL DOWN HOME FAMILY REUNION, A CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKLIFE
August 15, 2015 @ 4:00 pm - 11:00 pm
The 25th Annual Down Home Family Reunion explores a full spectrum of music, dance, stories, food, shopping and enrichment in this weekend Celebration of African American Folklife. As Richmond’s Cultural Ambassador,
Elegba Folklore Society presents this cultural arts festival,
in this notable anniversary year, that takes attendees on a journey of heritage and folklore from West Africa into the Americas.
On Saturday, August 15, the 25th Annual Down Home Family Reunion will happen, 4:00 – 11:00 p.m., at Abner Clay Park, Belvidere and West Leigh Streets, downtown Richmond, VA in Historic Jackson Ward.
Join us — again this year (Yay!) — for this event designed to link West African and African American cultural traditions and to demonstrate ways these practices have influenced the American South.
The mainstage features the traditional music of Benin, West Africa, Latin Funk, The Down Home Blues, and, of course, Elegba Folklore Society’s African dancers, drummers, singers and masquerades.
This year’s headliner is none other than pioneering Philadelphia soul singing group THE DELFONICS!
The VIP Gold Circle
The VIP Gold Circle returns this year. Festival attendees may obtain special seating at the stage throughout the day, complimentary food and beverages and a private meet and greet with the 25th Annual Down Home Family Reunion’s headliner, The Delfonics. Tickets are $30.00 and available at below or by calling or visiting Elegba Folklore Society’s Cultural Center, 101 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, 804.644.3900
