Upcoming Events at 2nd Street Festival in Jackson Ward
Sat Oct 7, 11:00 AM - Sun Oct 8, 6:30 PM
2nd Street Festival in Jackson Ward
200 S. 3rd Street, Richmond, VA 23219
Community: Richmond
Description
The 2nd Street Festival, presented by Altria and Dominion Energy, returns for the 29th year, Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 7-8 to celebrate the rich culture of the historic Jackson Ward neighborhood. The FREE event is produced by Venture Richmond Events, LLC.
Event Details
This year, the festival is focusing on the countless talented performers of the metro Richmond area. The festival features co-headliners Visions Band on Saturday, and The Art of Noise, to close out the festival on Sunday. Debo Dabney, VCU Black Awakening Choir, Lucy Kilpatrick, Ordinary People Band, SPARC, Sisterly Grace and many other performers will be showcased over the two-day festival.
As always, the 2nd Street Festival takes place the first full weekend in October. Over the years, it has grown to be one of the Mid-Atlantic's largest street festivals. Nearly 40,000 people visit historic Jackson Ward to reminisce about the days when 2nd Street was the heart and soul of Richmond's African American community, and was known as “the Harlem of the South.” The festival features four stages of musical entertainment, along with food vendors, a marketplace, a Kidz Zone programmed by the Children’s Museum of Richmond, balloon twisting by Balloons By Extreme and Artists Row featuring David Marion with Liberated Flow, creator of this year’s festival poster. Additional artists include: Kelvin Henderson - Fruit of the Spirit, Abdul Badi - The Art of Abdul Badi, P. Muzi Branch - Black American Artist Alliance of Richmond and Reshada Pullen - Jireh.
Returning for his third year. the featured artist for 2017 is Richmond based artist David Marion. Marion was born in South Carolina in 1982 and at an early age he found his artistic gift and developed a passion for creating. As a graduate of Hampton University, with a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, he always found time to continue following his passion and practicing his craft. Using oil as his medium of choice he has specialized in figurative art and portraiture for nearly a decade. He has exhibited in galleries and museums in New York, Chicago, South Carolina, and Virginia, and is on his way to becoming a nationally-recognized artist.
Visions Band
Visions is an exciting band that has been playing the mus
As always, the 2nd Street Festival takes place the first full weekend in October. Over the years, it has grown to be one of the Mid-Atlantic's largest street festivals. Nearly 40,000 people visit historic Jackson Ward to reminisce about the days when 2nd Street was the heart and soul of Richmond's African American community, and was known as “the Harlem of the South.” The festival features four stages of musical entertainment, along with food vendors, a marketplace, a Kidz Zone programmed by the Children’s Museum of Richmond, balloon twisting by Balloons By Extreme and Artists Row featuring David Marion with Liberated Flow, creator of this year’s festival poster. Additional artists include: Kelvin Henderson - Fruit of the Spirit, Abdul Badi - The Art of Abdul Badi, P. Muzi Branch - Black American Artist Alliance of Richmond and Reshada Pullen - Jireh.
Returning for his third year. the featured artist for 2017 is Richmond based artist David Marion. Marion was born in South Carolina in 1982 and at an early age he found his artistic gift and developed a passion for creating. As a graduate of Hampton University, with a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, he always found time to continue following his passion and practicing his craft. Using oil as his medium of choice he has specialized in figurative art and portraiture for nearly a decade. He has exhibited in galleries and museums in New York, Chicago, South Carolina, and Virginia, and is on his way to becoming a nationally-recognized artist.
Visions Band
Visions is an exciting band that has been playing the mus
