Free event features lineup of top-notch live musical performances, free dance and drumming workshops for all, and several interactive events ideal for the entire family
Join some of the most diverse and contemporary Black voices of Broward County as they perform at the third annual Rhythm by the River: A Festival Celebrating Black Voices, hosted by the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 24 at Esplanade Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
In addition to the lineup of top-notch live musical performances from Lauderhill Steel Ensemble, Randy Corinthian, Jah Steve & the Counteract Crew, and Alexander Star, Rhythm by the River also features free dance and drumming workshops for all, plus several interactive events ideal for the entire family.
A variety of food trucks, beverage stations and cupcakes from Sweet Sensations by Charlene will also be available.
To learn more about Arts for Action: Black Voices events or to get involved, visit BrowardCenter.org or email artsforaction@browardcenter.org.
2024/03/24 - 2024/03/24
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Rhythm by the River is proudly supported by radio media sponsor Cox Media Group and will be hosted live by HOT 105.5’s Rodney Baltimore (WHQT) and 99JAMZ’s K. Foxx (WEDR). This year’s festival is also sponsored by Visit Lauderdale, welcoming “everyone under the sun.”
Rhythm by the River is part of the Broward Center for the Performing Arts’ Arts for Action: Black Voices initiative, presented by Baptist Health and JM Family Enterprises, Inc., which focuses on how the arts and artists can be a force for change in addressing critical issues of social justice and racial equity.
For related activities in Fort Lauderdale leading up to Rhythm by the River, the African American Research Library and Cultural Center hosts its first annual Africana Arts & Humanities Festival, “Rootedness: Celebrating 50 Years of Black Literature and Culture," in recognition of Broward County Library’s 50th Anniversary. Learn more at AfricanaFestival.Broward.org.
Esplanade Park
400 Southwest 2nd Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312