Join us as we celebrate our official grand opening, The Journey Back to Birchtown, on June 6. The Journey Back to Birchtown is a FREE outdoor event featuring performances by African Nova Scotian artists and a multi-media stage presentation. Performers include Juno award-winner JRDN, Jeremiah Sparks, Dutch Robinson, Shelley Hamilton, Cyndi Cain, the Nova Scotia Mass Choir, the Sierra Leone dancers, Shauntay Grant, Hillcrest Academy Djembe Group and many more. The program will also feature John Franklin of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and the Book of Negroes author Lawrence Hill.
Tours of the new facility will begin at 9am, keynote addresses in the am, procession of dignitaries from the Black Burial Ground, National Historic Monument at 1:30pm and entertainment will start at 2pm.
The performance venue will be outside, rain or shine, so please dress accordingly. Seating is limited. We encourage visitors to bring their own chairs. Due to limited parking in Birchtown, there will be a free shuttle bus service transporting visitors from Shelburne to Birchtown every half hour. The shuttle will pick up and drop off passengers at the Shelburne Community Centre parking lot. The Birchtown Community Centre will be hosting a BBQ lunch. Menu will include hamburgers, hotdogs, sausages and potato salad. Price to be determined.
A celebratory dance featuring the Carson Downey Band, will be held at the Shelburne Community Centre, from 9pm to 1am for patrons 19+. Tickets are $10/person. Cash bar will be available.
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