Phoenix Fest 2008

908 Fayetteville Street Suite 201
Durham, NC 27701
ph: 919-680-2878

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   If it’s fall, it’s time for Phoenix Fest on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008 in Durham, North Carolina. Phoenix Fest is an annual cultural celebration of the business and cultural legacy of Durham’s Hayti community, one of North Carolina’s oldest African American communities.

    In celebrating Hayti's legacy, the 7th annual Phoenix Fest will again live up to its reputation as Durham's funkiest street music festival when Fayetteville Street is blocked off and transformed into a bustling bazaar with an early morning parade, all-day music, delicious food and dazzling vendor displays that will deliver a fun-filled day for thousands of festival goers. 

     The festival deadline has been extended through September 19, 2008 for vendors, sponsors and parade entries due to new requirements from the Durham County Health Department for food vendors.


    The all-day festival features some of the best musical talent from North Carolina and the southeast, with over 20 performers entertaining festival goers with non-stop reggae, gospel, R&B, blues, jazz and hip-hop. Food and merchandise vendors will offer lip-smacking delicacies and eye-pleasing vending displays to delight festival goers of all ages -- all taking place on historic Fayetteville Street under the warm Carolina sun. Bring your lawn chairs and umbrellas and stay the whole day.

    This year's festival headliner is blues legend Bobby Hinton. For more than 38 years Bobby Hinton has entertained audiences all over the world. As a member of the U. S. Army

USO Show, he traveled for more than 20 years providing polished professional entertainment for a broad range of audiences. In 1970, he was selected to entertian the troops in the Far East -- including Vietnam. After the Far East, he toured Europe where he worked with some of the top entertainers, such as The O-Jays, Bobby Womack, The Manhattans and The Impressions. He performed as opening act for numerous name entertainers including James Brown, Otis Redding, The Drifters, Fats Domino and Bobby Blue Bland. He is a keyboard player, composer and performer. His style is down home and when he stirs his pot of Blues, Rock & Roll and R&B, you will be in for a treat.

 



    At Phoenix Fest, you're bound to see old friends and make some new ones. Admission to Phoenix Fest is free, it’s fun and it’s for the whole family! From the festival’s opening parade to the last performer on Center Stage, Phoenix Fest will honor Hayti’s dual legacy of business and the arts by hosting some of North Carolina ’s finest musical talent and some of the nation’s best business people!  Please join us at this year’s Phoenix Fest on Saturday, September 20, 2008 from 9 am til 6 pm on historic Fayetteville Street.

 

 

Festival Host

     Join MyRDC TV 28's  Donna-maria Harris,  Phoenix Fest's parade grand marshal and Center Stage Emcee at Phoenix Fest 2008 at 9 am on Saturday, September 20, 2008. 

      The parade starts at 9 am at Fayetteville Street and Elmira Avenue and ends at the fest site at Fayetteville Street at Piedmont Avenue.

   See the top three Teen Fest winners perform on stage at Phoenix Fest 2008.

    

 

Contact Us !

We look forward to hearing from you.

Email  info@phoenixfestdurham.com

or call Denise at 919-680-2878.

 

 

908 Fayetteville Street Suite 201
Durham, NC 27701
ph: 919-680-2878