African American and Juneteenth Festival 2010

Beasley was joined by Koliba Drumming, Domingo Guyton & the J. Newry Band, Bunny Price & the Soul Jazz Quartet, Marshalee Ellis-Kehlhem, the Gospel Choir Association of New England, Kid Colossal featuring Sunta and Sarah G, and Ashanti Munir. Read more about the full line-up here.

In Da Zone step dancers, comedian Big Mo, Belmont Ame Zion Church liturgical dancers Sweet Smelling Savior and In His Image, and 8 Count Steppers added to the festivities. Shirley Wright read told the story of Juneteenth.

The 2010 festival also hosted the exciting Black Starz final competition – participants in the competition competed at three venues through Worcester to perform on the Main Stage. The winner was decided Apollo Style.

View the festival program book* to see and share memories of the exciting community celebration. The 2010 festival saw more vendors and community members than ever before with almost 100 vendors and 4,750 people gathered to honor and celebrate the history and culture of many local Worcester residents.

Read Congressman McGovern's Congressional Remarks about the Festival.

The Willis Center relies on community support to successfully present the African American & Juneteenth Festival. We are thankful for the hard work of the 2010 festival committee members: Robert Anderson, Laurie Abernathy, Allie Arscott, Evelyn Bambo, Benetta Kuffour, Parlee Jones, Charles Luster, Tony Newbold, Kevin Odom, Elizabeth Olaniyan, Keith Scott, and Dorothy Ware.

*Please note that the program book is a large file and might take additional time to download.