April 9, 2025
Amerie, Vedo, and Teedra Moses can even hit the stage on the cultural and music pageant.
Attendees at this 12 months’s 2025 AFRAM Competition in Baltimore can count on to see some hit-maker performances at this 12 months’s Juneteenth celebration.
Referred to as “AFRAM,” the African American music, cultural, and humanities pageant will proceed its legacy of celebrating Black heritage and neighborhood with a free two-day expertise. Forward of its June dates, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott unveiled the performers who will take the pageant stage.
Its 2025 lineup consists of Saweetie, Amerie, Juvenile, and Patti Labelle, with the musical acts performing a few of their hits to please the crowds. Moreover, R&B crooners Vedo and Teedra Moses will spherical out the listing of performers.
The pageant can even uplift native expertise on its Roots and Household stage, produced by the Black Arts District with sponsorship by the West North Avenue Improvement Authority (WNADA). For Mayor Scott, the lineup and programming commemorate the Black excellence AFRAM has traditionally spotlighted.
“We all know what AFRAM is: it’s a celebration of every little thing that’s Black excellence,” stated Mayor Scott in a press launch shared with BLACK ENTERPRISE. “It’s one of many largest festivals on the East Coast devoted to Black historical past and tradition. We’ll proceed having AFRAM, and due to the state of the world, we’re in all probability going to be extra loud and even Blacker this 12 months to remind everyone that irrespective of how exhausting they attempt to erase us from the historical past books, they will’t erase us.
The Baltimore AFRAM pageant started in 1976 as a part of the town’s Showcase of Nations. Since turning into an official Juneteenth celebration, it has emerged as one of many East Coast’s largest African American cultural arts occasions.
The occasion can even showcase native artisans, creatives, companies, and organizations which can be a part of its vibrant Black neighborhood. Over 200,000 persons are recognized to attend the pageant, which inspires everybody to patronize Black entrepreneurs who assist form this various metropolis.
“The countdown to AFRAM is on, and we couldn’t be extra enthusiastic about this 12 months’s lineup and every little thing we have now deliberate to uplift African American tradition and the native Baltimore neighborhood,” added Baltimore Metropolis Division of Director Reginald Moore, whose program helps coordinate AFRAM. “With over 700 acres of historic Druid Hill Park as a backdrop, this 12 months’s pageant would be the final summer season vacation spot. We’re grateful for the assist of the Scott Administration, native distributors, sturdy partnerships, and most of all, the neighborhood, which exhibits up 12 months after 12 months, making this an annual custom to not miss.
The AFRAM pageant is from June 21 to 22 at Baltimore’s Druid Hill Park. Extra info is out there on the pageant’s web site.
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