Folk Fest Public Education Convening
Free & Open to the Public
📅 March 29
A community-facing cultural arts gathering rooted in ancestral memory, holistic wellness, and collective joy.
This public festival welcomes intergenerational audiences into experiential learning through food, movement, spirit, and story. The convening centers the four pillars of holistic wellness and expression: body, nourishment, spirit, and cultural memory.
🌿 Morning Worship Circle
🕥 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Featuring Rev. Vanessa & Journey HTX
We begin in collective grounding — prayer, reflection, and spiritual centering to open the day.
🔥 Ring Shout: The Art of Release
Communal Movement Workshop
A guided embodied practice rooted in African diasporic tradition, using rhythm and circular movement as tools for release, remembrance, and renewal.
🎶 Noon Teach in
Featuring Sola &
@jujustrollingthru
Live sound activation bridging ancestral rhythms and future-facing soundscapes.
🛍 Open Market
🕐 1 PM – 5 PM
A curated marketplace featuring local vendors, artisans, and cultural practitioners.
📚 Teach-Ins Begin at 2PM (Every Hour on the Hour)
2 PM — Foodways: Cowpea & Collard Greens
Exploring land, lineage, and nourishment through ancestral food traditions.
3 PM — Social Justice & Collective Responsibility
Community dialogue and cultural analysis.
4 PM — Health & Healing
Embodied wellness practices rooted in tradition and lived experience.
5 PM — Market Closes
Deinstallation begins as we transition into the evening movement activation.
🎧 Evening Dance Jam
Featuring DJ Kharmyn
The festival culminates in a public movement activation where dance becomes both pedagogy and celebration — reaffirming rhythm as a technology for revival, coherence, and joy.
