The East End/Valley Street Community Heritage Festival
We Rise As One!
The 2022 East End/Valley Street Community Heritage Festival will take place in MLK Park, 50 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive in Asheville on Saturday, August 27, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
There will be live music, vendors, food trucks, and a children’s area (open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.) which will include inflatables, face painting, balloon twisting (from 1 to 3 p.m.), crafts, and games.
The East End/Valley Street Community Heritage Festival Parade on MLK Drive starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday from the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Alexander Drive to MLK Park.
East End/Valley Street is Asheville’s oldest African-American neighborhood. This year’s festival is in honor of the late Mack Moore of M&M Heating & Cooling.
This is an alcohol free, family friendly festival. Come celebrate with us, everyone is welcome!
Community Heritage Festival Schedule
Saturday, August 27 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
10:00 a.m. Parade
11:30 a.m. Welcome
– Renee White, President of EEVS Association
– Michael Haynes, Master of Ceremonies
12 – 1 p.m. The Gospel Sensations
1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Chalwa Root Band
2:30 – 3:15 p.m. Westsound Band
3:15 – 3:45 p.m. Virtuous
3:45 – 4:10 p.m. Delta Jazz Band
4:30 – 5:15 p.m. Free Flow Band
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Stanley Baird
6:45 – 745 p.m. Reggae Infinity
8:00 – 8:45 p.m. Hypnotic Band
9:00 – 10:00 p.m. UpTown Swagga
Schedule subject to change.
Parade Line-Up
- Drums Up Guns Down/Kuumba Watoto Dancers
- The Zeta Debutant Queen & Court
- Asheville Majorette Dolls
- Bubble Master
- Asheville Tourists Mascot
- Carver High Band
- Hood Huggers Tour
- Asheville Motorcycle Club
For more details, please visit www.eastendvalleystreet.org
