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6th Annual Caribbean American Heritage Month Festival

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Location Houston
Dates June 03, 2017 - June 03, 2017
Description: The Festival at Jones Plaza features many vendor booths and also features different types of Caribbean cuisine including Pelau (Peas & Rice), Jerk Chicken, Bake & Saltfish (sandwiches) and traditional drinks including Sorrel, Mauby (a drink made from the bitter bark of a tree and sweetened with lots of sugar), Squash (made with limes and banana essence), Roti (curry chicken, or beef with potatoes wrapped in a curry flavored flour shell). A three hour block of time is set aside for displays of culture such as poetry, singing, dancing, dramatic readings and interpretations of works by Caribbean authors and storytelling which is a tradition by which the members of the Caribbean community—young and old—passes on stories and history and traditions of the culture by the telling of personal stories and experience, legends and folklore.
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Show hours2:00pm - 10:00pm
Application Deadline2017-04-15
Public Admission PriceEarly Bird $15.00; At The Door $20.00
Attendance5,000
Year #6
EntertainmentSeveral cultural groups performed at The Festival as well and they include: Adrenaline Carnival Mas Band; the Dominican Republic dance group Raices Dominicans; Dominican Republic recording artist, Yamilka G; Bahamas recording Artist, Khiara; Cuban Dance Group Doble Opcion; Puerto Rican Artist Anthony T; Reggaeton Group Klandestino; Trinidad and Tobago Recording Artists T-Rock and Shanade; Dominica's Kubuli Dancers; Baytown Renedage Steel Pan Orchestra; Grupo Folklorico Raices de Panama - Folk Dance Group of Panama; Music courtesy of Island Vybz Radio and much more.
ActivitiesLive Bands, Performing Artists, Spoken Word, Poetry, Carnival Bands and Dancers, Spanish Samba Dancers
Art/Craft Space
price
10X10 Food - $400.00; 10X10 Non Food $250.00
Art/Craft Spaces
this year
10-15
Response deadline2017-04-15
Maps and Directions (from Google Maps)
Jones Plaza is located downtown Houston in the Theater District.
601 Louisiana St, Houston, TX 77002
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