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2012 Umoja Festival SCHEDULE OF Events
FREE admission to all festivities except Saturday evening concert.
Friday, May 25:
• 5:30–6:00 p.m. – Processional / Opening Ceremony
Grand Marshal:
Ambassador (Ret.) Bismarck Myrick
• 6:00-8:00 p.m. – Reggie Gist Umoja Reception
• 6:15-9 - Good Life Band (Unity Stage)
• 9-11 - Eban Brown - Smooth Jazz Recording Artist; Stylistics Lead Singer
(Umoja Stage)
Attendants are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and/or blankets to enjoy FREE concerts.
Saturday, May 26:
• Kids Corner
Noon - 5:30 p.m.
Featuring a full assortment of traditional kids activities including special appearances from Andalo, the Children's Museum of Virginia Mascot, arts and crafts, giant inflatables, relays, parachute play, coloring contests, connect 4 challenge, checkers, tug-of-war, kids horseshoes, youth fitness challenge, and much more. All activities will be supervised by Portsmouth Parks, Recreation and Leisure Services Staff.
FREE Live Music on Unity and Umoja Stages:
- Noon-1:00 p.m. - Reggie Gist (Umoja Stage)
- 1:00-2:30 p.m. - The Wilson Night Project (Unity Stage)
- 2:30-4:00 p.m. - Rajazz (Umoja Stage)
- 4:00-5:30 p.m. - Against All Odds (Unity Stage)
- 5:30-7:30 p.m. - Fuzz Band (Umoja Stage)
Attendants are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and/or blankets to enjoy FREE concerts.
Live on the nTelos stage
Purchase tickets at Ticketmaster or nTelos box office
- 7:30 p.m. - Fantasia and Joe (Thomas)
With Back to Me, Fantasia is asserting her power, as a singer and as a woman. After a time of struggle and uncertainty, she’s writing a new chapter by taking on the greatest challenge of them all: regaining confidence in herself. “There have been a lot of questions, a lot of press — ‘Who is she dating? Who is she with? Where is she at?,’” she says. “But I think this album will tell you everything you really need to know. We put our heart into every song.
Sunday May 27:
• Kids Corner
Noon - 5:30 p.m.
Featuring a full assortment of traditional kids activities including special appearances from Andalo, the Children's Museum of Virginia Mascot, arts and crafts, giant inflatables, relays, parachute play, coloring contests, connect 4 challenge, checkers, tug-of-war, kids horseshoes, youth fitness challenge, and much more. All activities will be supervised by Portsmouth Parks, Recreation and Leisure Services Staff.
FREE Live Music on Unity and Umoja Stages:
- 2:30-3:30 p.m. - Piney Grove Baptist Church (Umoja Stage)
- 3:00-4:00 p.m. - Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church (Umoja Stage)
- 4:00-5:00 p.m. - Eric Taylor (Unity Stage)
- 5:00-7:00 p.m. - Shirley Murdock (Umoja Stage)
Attendants are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and/or blankets to enjoy FREE concerts.
