Come.receive.enjoy.support, what we are for,when we are in our healthy right minds; mercy,grace, nonviolence,freedom,love, peace,harmony, equal rights,kindness,patience,justice, Gods righteousness not self, wonderful music and fellowship; as we rededicate ourselves to helping each other in harmony, and "Being" what God created us to be;as we celebrate and receive the dream, and sound leadership in the ideals and principles of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr..

"There ain't no turning me around", Dr. King and his generation of young and old nonviolent American heroes who dedicated their lives for all peoples freedom would sing.

Today our hearts sing in 2024, "ain't no where to go, but straight ahead,alongside Rev. Martin Luther King Jr

31st Annual - MLK Jr. Music Festival - Schedule

January 13, 2024

Saturday 11am - 11pm

11am - 11:30am Patrick Hudson

11:30am - 12:00pm Nathaniel Bruner

12:00 - 12:30pm SugarFree Band

12:30pm - 1:15pm Rogue Johnsen

1:15pm - 2:00pm Chester Jazz and Blues Band

2:05 pm - 3:05 Austin Walkin' Cane

3:05pm - 4:05pm Johnnie Marshall

4:10pm - 6:00pm Geno and Company

6:05pm - 6:25pm Audience participation in Reading of "I Have A Dream " Speech

6:30pm - 8:30pm Robert Kimbrough Sr. Blues Connection

8:30pm - 10:30pm Doris "Lady D" Fields and Mission

January 14, 2024

Sunday 6pm - 11:30pm

6pm - 6:45pm Chester Jazz and Blues Band

6:45pm - 7:20pm Rogue Johnsen Austin Walkin' Cane *Doris "Lady D" Fields

7:20pm - 7:35pm Speaker: Dr. Justin Fox

7:35pm - 8:05 pm Speaker: Mr. David Claytor

Presenting Martin Luther King Jr. last speech, "I've Been to the Mountaintop" in Memphis, Tennessee

8:05 pm - 8:50 Johnnie Marshall

8:50pm - 9:10pm Audience participation in Reading of "I Have A Dream "

9pm - 10:15pm Reggie Buie Trio

10:20pm - 11:30pm Robert Kimbrough Sr. Blues Connection

January 15, 2024

Monday 1pm - 6:00pm HAPPY MLK DAY!

1pm - 1:45pm Rogue Johnsen - Patrick Hudson

1:50pm - 2:35pm Doris Fields "The Lady and the Empress" Original One woman stage play of Bessie Smith

3pm - 3:45pm Austin Walkin' Cane

3:45pm - 4:30pm Johnnie Marshall

4:30pm - 4:50pm Boyd Family Singers

5:00pm - 6:00pm Speaker: Mr. Pete Stone

Date: January 13 - 15, 2024

Time:

Saturday 11am - 11pm

Sunday 6pm - 11:30pm

Monday 1pm - 6:00pm

Location:

Carolina Hall -

119 College St

Chester, SC 29706

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