FESTIVAL NEW DATE SAT & SUN MARCH 19TH & 20TH 2022
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ABOUT THE FESTIVAL AND ALL FESTIVITIES - 26th Annual CGFAW FESTIVAL CELEBRATES WITH THE 39th COCONUT GROVE BAHAMIAN GOOMBAY FESTIVAL - MARCH 19-20 ,2022 ,
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL / MARCH 19-20, 2022
The Coconut Grove Bahamian Goombay Festival, typically held in June, will Celebrate with Coconut Grove Food & Wine Festival Coconut Grove, Florida, Starting Saturday, March 19th, 2022 at Elizabeth Virrick Park. These 2 Signature Festivals will join together to Celebrate our Bahamian Heritage and Culture.
This extremely amazing cultural event is a celebration of the legacy of a Bahamian-rooted community known as Coconut Grove. For more information on our history go to www.coconutgroveca.org Also, to get more information about black Immigrants and Bahamians in early Twentieth-Century Miami go to https://www.jstor.org/stable/30147810
The Coconut Grove Food & Wine Festival will join efforts this year to include The Coconut Grove Bahamian Goombay Festival for one big PARTY ! www.coconutgrovefoodandwine.com
For decades the Coconut Grove Bahamian Goombay Festival has been held in June and is a signature event that involves a colorful JUNKANOO GOOMBAY Parade. This upcoming Festival includes a Junkanoo-Band with Drums, Bells and Whistles, Junkanoo Colorful Costumed Dancers, Stilt Walkers and much more. .
All sorts of other activities will be scheduled and include a Historical Cemetery Clean-Up, Reception and Unveiling of Official Poster for the Festival – There will be a contest amongst Art Students in Local Schools, Historical/Pioneer Luncheon with Historical West Grove Lecture Speaker, and Sunday will end with a Goombay Gospel Service. Contact 786-355-4800 or 786-400-9958 – c_bettner@yahoo.com.
Bahama Fresh Conch
DELICIOUS CARRIBEAN DISHES FROM THE ISLANDS
Junkanoo band
The Parade is a Colorful Junkanoo Bahamian Goombay Party.
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