The Original Gullah Festival of
South Carolina, Inc.
Presents“Preserving the People, Land, and Freedom!”
Friday, May 23, 2025
Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park
Workshops-Gullah Village
Gullah She'ke're' Musical Instrument Making - 11:00am-12:30pm ~ $40 per person Workshop Area A
Gullah Geechee Quilt Making - 11:00am - 12:30pm ~ $40 per person Workshop Area B
Sweetgrass Basket Weaving - 1:00pm-2:30pm ~ $40 per person Workshop Area A
Drumming: Connecting Heart, Soul, Rhythms - 1:00pm-2:30pm ~ $40 per person Workshop Area B
West African Doll-Making - 11:00-12:30 ~ $40 per person Kiddie Village
Additional Friday Attractions, May 23, 2025
10:00am-3:00pm- Lest We Forget-Times To Remember (Walk Through)
Admission: Free Will Offering
Tabernacle Baptist Church
901 Craven StreetBeaufort, South Carolina 29902
Main Stage Events - Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park
10:00am - 10:15am "Drum Call" - Spiritual Vibrations
10:20am - 2:30pm Area Beaufort County School Performances
Robert Smalls Leadership Academy Choir
Robert Smalls Leadership Academy Step Team
Whale Branch Middle School Choir
Battery Creek High School Band
Brenda Singleton, Visual Artist - Puppet Show
9:00pm-12:00am – Friday Night- All White Attire Party
DJ – Sissy The Entertainer ~ Gullah Caribbean Meal ~ Fresh Vibe Band
Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park Pavilion ~ Bay Street, Beaufort, South Carolina
$55 on-line and $60 at the gate
Gullah Tours (See front gate for information during the festival.)
The Gullah Village – Located inside the park
The Vendor Market – Open to the public
(Times and Entertainers are subject to change)
Saturday, May 24, 2025
Main Stage Events - Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park
10:00am Drum Call - Spiritual Vibrations
10:20am Aunt Pearlie Sue and Gullah Kinfolk
11:00am Official Welcoming Ceremony
Hosts ~ Mother Cleopatra Stokes, Geneva Smalls,
Sharon Joyce Millen and Scott Gibs
12:10pm Wona Womalon African Dancers & Drummers
12:45pm Louise Cohen - Gullah Storyteller
1:10pm Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters
1:50pm Dani's Dance Dynamics
2:35pm Dr. Marlena Smalls & The Hallelujah Singers
3:15pm Queen T - Gyenyam African Drummers and Dancers
4:00pm Beth Inabinett and The For The Funk Of It Band
4:35pm Natasha Robinson "Geechee Gal" - Gullah Storyteller
5:05pm Deninufay African Drummers and Dancers
5:50pm Wade Johnson Band
6:25pm Laurence O. De Weever "Cactus-Raconteur" - Storyteller
6:50pm Paulette Gary African Dancers & Drummers
*Saturday Night Concert*
8:00pm - 9:30pm ~ Terence Young Band
Saturday - May 24, 2025 – Workshops – Gullah Village
Gullah She'ke're' Musical Instrument Making - 11:00am-12:30pm ~ $40 per person Workshop Area A
Gullah Geechee Quilt Making - 11:00am - 12:30pm ~ $40 per person Workshop Area B
Sweetgrass Basket Weaving - 1:00pm-2:30pm ~ $40 per person Workshop Area A
Drumming: Connecting Heart, Soul, Rhythms - 1:00pm-2:30pm ~ $40 per person Workshop Area B
West African Doll Making - 11:00-12:30 ~ $40 per person Kiddie Village
Additional Saturday Attractions, May 25, 2024
10:00am-3:00pm- Lest We Forget - Times To Remember (Walk Through)
Admission: Free Will Offering
Tabernacle Baptist Church, 901 Craven Street, Beaufort, South Carolina 29902
Aunt Pearlie Sue (Anita Singleton Prather) and Gullah Kinfolk ~ Presents
“Decoration Day” Musical
Saturday, May 24, 2025 @ 3:00pm
Center for the Arts ~ USC-Beaufort ~ 801 Carteret Street, Beaufort, South Carolina 29902
For Ticket Prices, go to the #Tickets tab above
Gullah Tours (See front gate for information during the festival.)
The Gullah Village (Located inside) & The Vendor Market – (Open to the public)
(Times and Entertainers are subject to change)
Sunday May 25, 2025
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Hour of Power Worship Service
Pastor Donald Goodwine-St. Paul Baptist Church (Donations Accepted)
Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park ~ 1010 Bay Street, Beaufort, South Carolina
11:00 AM Rededication of the Commemorative Marker Honoring our Ancestors
Foot of 11th St - Port Royal, SC
Main Stage Events
2:00pm Drum Call – Spiritual Vibrations
2:25pm Community Choir
3:00pm Renesha Hendrix - Interpretive / Inspirational Dance
3:40pm Angela Bonaparte Ministries
4:20pm The Gullah Experience During the Revolutionary War - Reenactment Group
5:05pm BushBurn Entertainment, Inc. ~ Latrise Bush
6:00pm Unity Circle (w/ "God Bless America")
(Form a circle around the park and connect)
7:00pm - 8:30pm CONCERT ~ The Promise Land Band
(Times and Entertainers are subject to change)