The Original Gullah Festival of South Carolina, Inc. is grateful! Thank you for always making the festival a success! We appreciate you and hope to see you May 23rd-25th 2025!!

Schedule of Events:

Friday, May 23, 2025

Workshops-Gullah Village - Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park

11:00 am - 12:30 pm: Gullah She'ke're' Musical Instrument Making - $40 per person Workshop Area A
11:00 am - 12:30 pm: Gullah Geechee Quilt Making - $40 per person Workshop Area B
11:00 am - 12:30 pm: West African Doll-Making - $40 per person Kiddie Village
01:00 pm - 02:30 pm: Sweetgrass Basket Weaving - $40 per person Workshop Area A
01:00 pm - 02:30 pm: Drumming: Connecting Heart, Soul, Rhythms - $40 per person Workshop Area B

Main Stage Events - Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park

10:00am - 10:15am "Drum Call" - Spiritual Vibrations
10:20am - 2:30pm  Area Beaufort County School Performances

- Robert Smalls Leadership Academy Choir
- Robert Smalls Leadership Academy Step Team
- Whale Branch Middle School Choir
- Battery Creek High School Band
- Brenda Singleton, Visual Artist - Puppet Show

Saturday, May 24, 2025

Main Stage Events - Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park

10:00 am: Drum Call - Spiritual Vibrations
10:20 am: Aunt Pearlie Sue and Gullah Kinfolk
11:00 am: Official Welcoming Ceremony - Hosts - Mother Cleopatra Stokes, Geneva Smalls, Sharon Joyce Millen and Scott Gibs
12:10 pm: Wona Womalon African Dancers and Drummers
12:45 pm: Louise Cohen - Gullah Storyteller
01:10 pm: Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters
01:50 pm: Dani's Dance Dynamics
02:35 pm: Dr. Marlena Smalls and The Hallelujah Singers
03:15 pm: Queen T - Gyenyam African Drummers and Dancers
04:00 pm: Beth Inabinett and The For The Funk Of It Band
04:35 pm: Natasha Robinson "Geechee Gal" - Gullah Storyteller
05:05 pm: Deninufay African Drummers and Dancers
05:50 pm: Wade Johnson Band
06:25 pm: Laurence O. De Weever "Cactus-Raconteur" - Storyteller
06:50 pm: Paulette Gary African Dancers and Drummers

"Saturday Night Concert"
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm: Terence Young Band

Workshops - Gullah Village

11:00 am - 12:30 pm: Gullah She'ke're' Musical Instrument Making - $40 per person Workshop Area A
11:00 am - 12:30 pm: Gullah Geechee Quilt Making - $40 per person Workshop Area B
11:00 am - 12:30 pm: West African Doll Making - $40 per person Kiddie Village
01:00 pm - 02:30 pm: Sweetgrass Basket Weaving - $40 per person Workshop Area A
01:00 pm - 02:30 pm: Drumming: Connecting Heart, Soul, Rhythms - $40 per person Workshop Area B

Sunday May 25, 2025

9:00 am - 10:00 am: Hour of Power Worship Service

Pastor Donald Goodwine-St. Paul Baptist Church (Donations Accepted) - Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park - 1010 Bay Street, Beaufort, South Carolina

11:00 am: Rededication of the Commemorative Marker Honoring our Ancestors - Foot of 11th St - Port Royal, SC

Main Stage Events

2:00 pm: Drum Call - Spiritual Vibrations
2:25 pm: Community Choir
3:00 pm: Renesha Hendrix - Interpretive - Inspirational Dance
3:40 pm: Angela Bonaparte Ministries
4:20 pm: The Gullah Experience During the Revolutionary War - Reenactment Group
5:05 pm: BushBurn Entertainment, Inc. - Latrise Bush
6:00 pm: Unity Circle (w- "God Bless America") (Form a circle around the park and connect)
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm: CONCERT - The Promise Land Band

Date:
May 23 - 25, 2025

Location:
Various Venues in Beaufort, SC

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