# Event Details

- **Event Name**: CONSIDERING MATTHEW SHEPARD — Charleston
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 26 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Music at First Presby and VONE: Voices of the New Era join forces to present Craig Hella Johnson's powerful cantata "Considering Matthew Shepard," a deeply moving cantata that confronts hatred and violence while bearing witness to compassion, justice, and hope. Through music, poetry, and testimony, listeners are invited into an act of remembrance and a call to love more boldly. Admission is free, with donations accepted to benefit Fairness West Virginia. This concert will also be presented on Friday, April 24 at 7:00pm at Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church in Huntington.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/charleston/considering-matthew-shepard-—-charleston/200029659467744
- **Event Categories**: concerts, music, art, literary-art, entertainment, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029659467744?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=charleston-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Charleston
- **state**: WV
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 16 Leon Sullivan Way, Charleston, WV, United States, West Virginia 25301
- **lat**: 38.34587
- **long**: -81.6338
- **full address**: 16 Leon Sullivan Way, Charleston, WV, United States, West Virginia 25301

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Music at First Presby (https://allevents.in/org/music-at-first-presby/23481756)

## Event gallery

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  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/21cb50e130b8b6d79149ba4d28d0d190b0cf0f173a7e89e3e63705964fe5273b-rimg-w1200-h675-dcf3ebe9-gmir?v=1775353104
- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/31ce8a5f71589bed4f28d7307e202246faa8bb0afd07df3a362f2582f26e67e5-rimg-w300-h300-dcfef5e9-gmir?v=1775353104

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 26 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 16 Leon Sullivan Way, Charleston, WV, United States, West Virginia 25301
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Music at First Presby
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** concerts, music, art, literary-art, entertainment, nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about CONSIDERING MATTHEW SHEPARD — Charleston ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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