June 8 & 9 – Jubilee Voices at Banneker Colonial Fair

Photo by Geoff Lawrence

Enjoy Living History and Music by Jubilee Voices!

The Washington Revels Jubilee Voices return to celebrate the Colonial Market Fair‘s 10th anniversary! Journey through the spirituals, shouts, hollers, and work songs that bound together African American communities in the 18th and early 19th Centuries. History, stories, poetry, and audience participation will be interwoven throughout the Voices’ performances from 1:30-2 and 3-3:30 at the Woodland Music Tent both days. You’ll learn the roots of early African American rituals and song, hear about the lives of Africans in early America, and participate in traditions such as the ring shout. Plus enjoy all the fun of this living history event!

Jubilee Voices is committed to preserving and sharing African American history, music and traditions. Using a cappella music, drama and dance, Jubilee Voices presents songs and stories of struggle and perseverance, and of trials and triumphs. The group, inaugurated in 2010, now performs regularly at heritage sites throughout the Washington, DC area. Jubilee Voices has made appearances on the PBS show “Time Team America,” and on the “CNN Situation Room” (celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation). Music from the ensemble was also featured in the finale of the PBS Civil War drama, “Mercy Street.”

DATE/TIME: Saturday and Sunday, June 8 and 9, 2019 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm (Jubilee Voices at 1:30-2 & 3-3:30 both days)
LOCATION: Woodland Music Tent, Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum, 300 Oella Avenue, Catonsville, MD, 21228 <view map>
TICKETS: Free and open to the public with $5 donation for parking encouraged.
MORE INFO: Banneker Historical Park website: www.colonialmarketfair.com