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2008 Roots & Heritage Festival
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Art Exhibit/Reception
Featuring Anthony Armstrong
Open to the public
Contact: Scherer Boyd @ 859.333.8153
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September 5 |
September 6 |
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Carnegie Center
251 West 2nd Street
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Noon - 10:00 pm
Festival Exhibit
Elm Tree Lane
Lyrics Theater
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Friday Nite Blues-N-Street
Headliner: Brian O’Neal
Also featuring
Cissy Williams, 4U, Kenne` Wayne
Contact: Bennie Mabson @ 859.299.9687
6:00 pm – Midnight
Stage I
Third Street and Elm Tree Lane
Bring lawn chairs!
Heritage Parade
Contact: Luceara Cross @ 859.433.9563
Parade Information Form
Parade Registration Form
Parade Waiver Form
9:00 am – Noon
Martin Luther King to Fifth Street to Race Street
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FREE PARKING
You can park free at Commerce Lexington and the Lexington Visitors and Convention Bureau
(Rose Street at Main and Vine), at the transit center (High Street),
the annex garage (Main Street near police station) or in the Phoenix lot
(behind the government center.)
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Street Festival
General Information @ 859.420.5696
Vendors Application
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September 5 |
September 6 |
September 7 |
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6:00 pm - 12:00 Midnight
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Noon - Midnight
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10:00 am - 6:00 pm
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Lyric Theater Open House |
Stage I |
Stage II |
Noon - 5:00 pm
Third Street & Elm Tree Lane
Contact:
Councilmember Andrea James @ 859.258.3216
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Noon - Midnight
Headliners:
Lenny Williams
Slave and Glenn Jones
Third Street
& Elm Tree Lane
Contact:
Bennie Mabson @ 859.299.9687
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Noon - Midnight
Youth Celebration
Short Street
& Elm Tree Lane
Contact: Toni Floyd @ 859.425.2429
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Gospel Celebration
Stage II
Headliner: Keith “Wonderboy” Johnson
Contact: Nico Railey @ 859.494.5231
11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Short Street & Elm Tree Lane
Comedy Night
Featured Act: Roy Wood Jr.
Contact: 859. 271.JOKE
8:00 pm
Comedy Off Broadway
Lexington Green on Nicholasville Road
Website: www.comedyoffbroadway.com
Step Show
Contact: Genia Johnson-Smith @ 859.425.2025
2:00 pm
Dunbar Center
545 N. Upper Street
Basketball Tournament
Contact: Johnny Washington @ 859.552.0096 or Lee Hayden @ 859.312.9459
Immediately following the Step Show
Dunbar Center
545 N. Upper Street
Roots & Heritage Festival Ball
Music: R.C. Smith and DJ Daddy King
Call: 859.420.5696 or 859.608.1933 after 7 p.m.
7:00 pm – 1:00 am
Dinner and dance Tickets $50
Crowne Plaza Hotel
1375 Harrodsburg Road
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