Archive for the Jubilee Voices – Past Events Category

Celebrate African American History and Culture! Join Jubilee Voices, storytellers, musicians, and other performing artists for the 3rd annual Voices of History Street Fair! In celebration of 34 years, join the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Inc. and the Growing Griots Literacy Program as they showcase

A Colonial Fair and music with Jubilee Voices! Join us at the Benjamin Banneker Colonial Fair, as members of the Washington Revels Jubilee Voices take the audience on a journey through early African American songs, shouts, hollers, and work songs. Enjoy the music that is all interwoven

Join Jubilee Voices in celebrating the release of Frederick Douglass National Historic Site’s quarter! In 2017, the second quarter release from the United States Mint commemorates Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Washington, DC. This strike is the 37th of 56 planned as part of the United

Jubilee Voices will perform during the Opening Ceremonies on February 18, 10:15 am at the Anacostia Playhouse. This program includes a keynote address by historian Dr. Leigh Fought (author of the forthcoming Frederick Douglass’s Women), music performed by Jubilee Voices and speech recitals by the talented young winners of the 2016 Oratorical Contest.

A nation at war, a city under occupation, and a people exploring newfound freedom–this was Alexandria, Virginia in the midst of the Civil War. On January 25, celebrate African-American History Month–and learn about people and events that inspired the PBS TV series, Mercy Street–with Jubilee Voices at an evening performance at the Alexandria Black History Museum.

Join in the fun at the Arlington House Syphax Wedding Reenactment On Saturday, June 25, Jubilee Voices will perform as part of a reenactment of an 1826 wedding. Jubilee Voices will perform during the ceremony in the same room where an enslaved couple who lived on the Arlington

Celebrate the Grand Opening of Woodlawn Visitor Center Join Jubilee Voices in this spirited celebration filled with songs, stories, history, and more! Montgomery Parks is opening a historic gem — the Woodlawn Visitor Center — to the public. Jubilee Voices will be featured in the opening ceremony

Special Event with Jubilee Voices at Walter Pierce Park (Mt. Pleasant Plains Cemetery) In this commemoration and name reading ceremony, Jubilee Voices will share songs in honor of the escaped slaves who are buried in the cemetery. Join in for a memorable day in a park filled