US: St Simons Island, GA – African American Musical Traditions (even Gullah Geechee), Crafts and Food
By stan. Filed in Art, celebration, Culture, Drive I-95, Entertainment, Exhibition, Family Fun, Festival, Food, Georgia, History, Nature, Special Event, United States, USA |
For over 40 years the Georgia Sea Islands Festival on St. Simons Island, Georgia has celebrated the African American musical traditions, crafts, and food of the coastal barrier islands.
Each year the highlight of the festival are the musicians – young, old, and some “with an old heart” — who perform traditional spirituals, work songs, and plays handed down by their ancestors. Live entertainment includes The Geechee Gullah Ring Shouters.
There will be cuisine such as smoked mullet, fried fish, sweet potato pone, homemade ice cream, and demonstrations of traditional Gullah Geechee knitting cast net and sweet grass baskets.
The Georgia Sea Islands Festival is FREE and filled with fun and entertainment for the whole family.
Location: Gascoigne Bluff Park, 1000 Arthur J Moore Dr, St Simons Island, GA 31522
Date: Sat, June 2, 2018
Time: 11am – 6pm
Tel: 912- 634-0330
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