37th annual Heritage Days Celebration

From 37th annual Heritage Days Celebration Website:

Heritage Days Celebration is a three-day cultural event celebrating Penn School - Penn Center, and the Gullah Geechee history, folk arts, food, music, crafts and West and Central African cultural legacy.

Located at Penn Center formerly the Penn School, one of the first schools for formerly enslaved Africans and their descendants living in the Sea Islands of South Carolina - visitors can experience the unique setting of the 50-acre Penn School National Historic Landmark District.

Special events for the weekend include demonstrations of West African/Gullah cultural connections, including:

Live cultural demonstrations

Gullah storytellers and re-enactors

Singers, African drummers, and dancers

Educational symposium

Fish fry, crab crack & oyster roast

Back in the Day Jam

Parade

Center stage entertainment

Craft fair

Youth & Family Day with lots of educational "fun fuh de chillun and famlee" (fun for the children and family).

Penn Center is excited to announce that there are no gate admission fees for 2019. There are costs for some Heritage events and food.

Parking fee (Friday & Saturday) on Penn Centers campus (East and West). Handicapped parking will be available. $5 per car/truck/suv/van $25 per tour bus

Please bring your folding camp chairs for comfort.

Please contact us for more information by phone: (***) ***-**** email: heritagefestival@********.***