What can you expect at ROOTS Fest 2011, Many Communities, Once Voice?
ROOTS Fest offers five days of amazing art and performances. There will be national acts, such as Talib Kweli and Anthony David, along with plays, dance, performance art and much, much more. You’ll find an interactive arts pavilion, a spoken word stage, food and drink.
Learn more about our vision for the festival and see the detailed schedule as it develops.
There are a lot of ways for you to get involved and join us in making this festival a true celebration of arts, community and culture.
ROOTS Fest on the “Highway to Nowhere” (Route 40, Franklin and N. Gilmor)
Saturday, June 25, 2011: 10 am-10 pm
Sunday, June 26, 2011: 10 am-6 pm
Four stages of amazing, inspiring performances, free and open to all.
Headlining performers: Saturday, June 25 on the Mainstage
- Chuck Brown: 3:00 pm
- Anthony David: 5:00 pm
- Sunni Patterson: 7:00 pm
- Talib Kweli: 9:00 pm
ROOTS Fest Evening Performances
Wednesday, June 22, 2011: 7 – 10 p.m. Tickets $25 tickets available here.
“Melpomene’s Sense of Humor,” “Fat Boy,” “Peaches”
Thursday, June 23, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m. Tickets $25, tickets available here.
“No Less Black,” “Daughters of the Cane,” “Brotherly Love,” “I’ll Remember For You”
ROOTS Fest Late Night Raucous Caucus at The LOF/T – click here to sign up! starts at 10:30 PM; tickets are $15 at the door.
The LOF/T, 120 W North Ave, Baltimore
Thursday, June 23, 2011: Late Night – Acoustic
Friday, June 24, 2011: Late Night – Amplified
Saturday, June 25, 2011: Late Night – Performance Party
Learn more about these other amazing performances:
Wednesday, June 22 @ 1:30
- Sheila Gaskins – Last House Standing
Wednesday 7 – 10 p.m.
- Maritza Mercado-Narcisse - Melpomene’s Sense of Humor
- Teo Castellanos D-Projects – Fat Boy
- Progress Theatre – PEACHES
Thursday, June 23 – 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
- Dance Box Theater, Inc. – The Loving Project: E-Race
- May I See Your ID Collective – Conversations with Time
- Liz Lerman Dance Exchange – How to Lose a Mountain
Thursday, June 23 – 7:00-10:00 p.m.
- Jump-Start Performance Co. - I’ll Remember For You
- Gesel Mason Performance Projects – No Less Black
- Millicent Johnnie & Co. – Daughters of the Cane
- oLive Dance Theater – Brotherly Love
Friday, June 24 – 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
- ClancyWorks Dance Company – Driven by the Female Heartbeat / Back to the Wall
- Beacon Dance - 1906/2006/2106 (Excerpt)
- Artspot Productions - Go Ye Therefore (Excerpt)
Saturday, June 25
Mainstage
- Opening – 10:00 a.m.
- Native American Circle Dance – 10:30 a.m.
- Illstyle & Peace - Same Spirit Different Movement (hip hop dance) – 12:45 p.m.
- Hidden Stream Sculpture Dedication – 1:15
- Soul in Motion – History Now (African Drumming and Dance) – 1:30 p.m.
- Chuck Brown (music) – 3:00 p.m.
- Anthony David (music) - 5:oo p.m.
- Sunni Patterson (spoken word) – 7:00 p.m.
- Southern Roots Collective – 7:30 p.m.
- Talib Kweli (music) – 9:00 p.m.
Art of Healthy Living Pavilion
- Sheila Kerrigan – (mime) – 11:00 a.m.
- Jo Carson – A Tale of Two Charlies (storytelling) – 11:30 a.m.
- Robert Karimi - Variety, Sass, Power: Cooking with Mero Cocinero Karimi - 12:30 p.m.
- Conversations With Time – 1:20 p.m.
- ArtSpot Productions/Mondo Bizarro – Loup Garou – 2:00 p.m.
- Valerie June – Manifest – 4:00 p.m.
- Liza Garza – Mama’s Songs – 4:30 p.m.
- The Conciliation Project – Unequal Access – 6:00 p.m.
- Inner City All-Stars – Can’t Get Over It – 6:30 p.m.
- The Carpetbag Theatre, Inc. – 8:00 p.m.
- The Cornel West Theory – 8:30 p.m.
Spoken Word Stage
- TBA – 10:50 a.m.
- TBA – 11:20 a.m.
- Ashley Wilkerson – Enough for My 5’0″ Frame (spoken word) – 11:50 a.m.
- TBA -12:20 p.m.
- Skipp Coon – I’m an Emcee – 2:10 p.m.
- Gateway Performance Productions – The Warrior Tree – 4:20 p.m.
- Q-Roc Ragsdale – 6:10 p.m.
- Paige Hernandez – Paige in Full – 8:10 p.m.
Sunday, June 26
Mainstage
- Tamara Wellons – 1:00 p.m.
- One Voice Community Chorus – 3:00 p.m.
Art of Healthy Living Stage
- Rednex Poetry Squad – 10:30 a.m.
- John Mancini Band – The Outlaw – 11:00 a.m.
- Todd Marcus Quartet – Grind – 12:00 p.m.
- Elise Witt & the Mezzanine Band – 12:30 p.m.
- Juxtapower – Got Zulu (South African dance and song) – 1:20 p.m.
Spoken Word Stage
- Zentropy – 10:50 a.m.
- Soreyada Begley – 11:50 a.m.
- HAWAH – Continental Slip -12:20 p.m.
- Nicole Garneau – Uprising #42 – 1:30 p.m.
Others
- Chris Morgan
- CORE Performance Company
- Nana Projects
- The Push Pens
- Laverne Zabielski
- Raquel de Anda and Bayete Ross-Smith
- Simply Black Show Band
- The Rafikis
