RICHMOND CITY
COUNCIL
Richmond
City Council – Richmond City Hall - 900 E. Broad Street, Suite 305 - Richmond, Virginia 23219
U.S.A. - www.council.richmondva.gov
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Monday,
1 May 2017
Councilwoman Cynthia I.
Newbille invites all to attend the RVA East End Festival 2017: The Gift
of Arts and Music
Friday, May 5 & Saturday, May 6, 2017 in Chimborazo
Park
WHAT (Richmond, Virginia U.S.A.) – The
Honorable Cynthia I. Newbille, Councilwoman, Richmond City Council, Richmond
East End 7th Voter District, cordially invites and encourages everyone to
attend the upcoming RVA East End Festival 2017: The Gift of Arts
and Music.
Returning
for a second successful year, the RVA
East End Festival 2017: The Gift of Arts and Music will be a fun-filled
free family event that will feature two days of exciting arts and musical
performances and kids' activities. The scheduled stage events are as follows:
SCHEDULE
Friday, May 5, 2017;
5:00-9:00 p.m.
Opening Ceremony @ 6:15 p.m.
Opening Act: Roxbury
Performance by the Richmond Symphony with Virginia Rep
Opening Ceremony @ 6:15 p.m.
Opening Act: Roxbury
Performance by the Richmond Symphony with Virginia Rep
Saturday, May 6, 2017;
Noon-8:00 p.m.
Noon-2:00 p.m.
Richmond
Public Schools
Chimborazo
Elementary School
Armstrong High School
George Mason Elementary School
The Show and
Tells
Friends
Association
Church Hill
Academy
Commonwealth
Dance Academy
2:00-8:00 p.m.
Ezibu
Muntu
One Voice
Life’s Dream Art Academy
Ball and Chain
Lillie Jones
Sam McCoig
One Voice
Life’s Dream Art Academy
Ball and Chain
Lillie Jones
Sam McCoig
Richmond
Urban Dance
The Cheats
Movement
Urban Doxology
Saint Square
Mahogany
Soul
Sited
around the Richmond Symphony's "Big Tent," a state-of the-art traveling
outdoor amphitheater-style stage, the festival is designed to attract, entertain
and delight thousands of people from throughout the region. The event is also a fundraiser for enhancing and expanding
music and arts programs for Richmond Public Schools students in Richmond's East
End. The financial goal for this year is $200,000 or more.
The
event is being hosted by the City of Richmond; The Honorable Cynthia I.
Newbille, Councilwoman, Richmond City Council, Richmond East End 7th Voter
District; The Honorable Nadine Marsh-Carter, Trustee, Richmond Public Schools
Board of Trustees, Richmond East End 7th Voter District; Richmond Public
Schools; Bon Secours Richmond Health System; Richmond Public Schools
Foundation; and, the Richmond Symphony.
Last
year, more than 80 community partners joined together for the 2016 festival in
hopes of creating a lasting and positive benefit to Richmond's East End
community. With support provided by festival partner Bon Secours and a host of
other sponsors, more than $100,000 was raised to support music initiatives for
Richmond Public Schools located in Richmond's East End. Funding was raised
through corporate and foundation support, donations from individuals both
inside and outside Richmond's East End community, as well as through bucket
collection during the festival itself.
WHEN Friday, May 5 & Saturday, May 6, 2017
WHERE Richmond Department of Parks Recreation and
Community Facilities
Chimborazo
Park
3201 E. Broad Street,
Richmond, Virginia
(located
in Richmond's Historic Church Hill Neighborhood)
CONTACT For
more information, please contact
Sam Patterson, Liaison for The Honorable Cynthia I. Newbille, Councilwoman,
Richmond City Council, Richmond East End 7th Voter District, at 804.646.3012 (tel)
- E N D -
Steven R. Skinner
Council Public Information Manager
RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
OFFICE OF THE COUNCIL CHIEF OF STAFF
Richmond City Council Executive
Offices
Richmond City Hall
900 E. Broad Street, Suite 305
Richmond, Virginia 23219 U.S.A.
804.646.6052 (tel)
804.937.1386 (home/mobile)
804.335.4054 (mobile)
804.646.5468 (fax)
steven.skinner@richmondgov.com (email)
www.council.richmondva.gov(website)
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providing government
policy and oversight, and
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