Schedule of Events

7:00 p.m. Friday August 24th

American Theatre (125 E Mellen Street)

Project 1619 African Diaspora Film Festival

Adults $10 Children Under 12 Free

11:30 a.m. Saturday, August 25 

Fort Monroe (Continental Park, 4 Fenwick Road)

Traditional African Naming Ceremony

12 Noon Saturday August 25

Fort Monroe (Continental Park, 4 Fenwick Road)

8th Annual Pilgrimage Prayer

12:30 p.m. Saturday August 25

Fort Monroe (Continental Park, 4 Fenwick Road)

Annual African Landing Day Ceremonies including African Dancers and Drummers; Ceremony to honor the arrival and legaxcy of the first enslaved African’s brought to English occupied North America

1:30 p.m. Saturday August 25

Fort Monroe (Continental Park, 4 Fenwick Road)

Musical Mosaic

3:00 p.m. Saturday August 25

Fort Monroe (Continental Park, 4 Fenwick Road)

Procession to water to throw flower petals to honor the ancestors and lives lost.

7:00 p.m. Saturday August 25

American Theatre (125 E Mellen Street)

Junteenth Jazz Concert

A tribute to Dr. Ronald Myers with legendary jazz artists Herman Burney and saxophonist Todd LEdbetter. Also featuring local sensational vocalist Karla Krump. $20.