The Original Gullah Festival of South Carolina, Inc. is grateful! Thank you for always making the festival a success! We appreciate you and hope to see you May 23rd-25th 2025!!

Schedule of Events:

Main Stage Events - Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park

10:00 am: Drum Call - Spiritual Vibrations
10:20 am: Aunt Pearlie Sue and Gullah Kinfolk
11:00 am: Official Welcoming Ceremony - Hosts - Mother Cleopatra Stokes, Geneva Smalls, Sharon Joyce Millen and Scott Gibs
12:10 pm: Wona Womalon African Dancers and Drummers
12:45 pm: Louise Cohen - Gullah Storyteller
01:10 pm: Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters
01:50 pm: Dani's Dance Dynamics
02:35 pm: Dr. Marlena Smalls and The Hallelujah Singers
03:15 pm: Queen T - Gyenyam African Drummers and Dancers
04:00 pm: Beth Inabinett and The For The Funk Of It Band
04:35 pm: Natasha Robinson "Geechee Gal" - Gullah Storyteller
05:05 pm: Deninufay African Drummers and Dancers
05:50 pm: Wade Johnson Band
06:25 pm: Laurence O. De Weever "Cactus-Raconteur" - Storyteller
06:50 pm: Paulette Gary African Dancers and Drummers

"Saturday Night Concert"
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm: Terence Young Band

Workshops - Gullah Village

11:00 am - 12:30 pm: Gullah She'ke're' Musical Instrument Making - $40 per person Workshop Area A
11:00 am - 12:30 pm: Gullah Geechee Quilt Making - $40 per person Workshop Area B
11:00 am - 12:30 pm: West African Doll Making - $40 per person Kiddie Village
01:00 pm - 02:30 pm: Sweetgrass Basket Weaving - $40 per person Workshop Area A
01:00 pm - 02:30 pm: Drumming: Connecting Heart, Soul, Rhythms - $40 per person Workshop Area B