14th Annual Sacramento Banana Festival

The 14th Annual Banana Festival Sacramento is back and bigger than ever August 16-17! 🍌🌴🥥

The Sacramento Banana Festival is a multicultural event celebrating cultures in Asia, Africa, and the Americas that use the banana as a source of food, art, and culture.🍛🥘🌯

The Banana Festival is the National Academic Youth Corps largest annual fundraiser.

The Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum (also known as The SOJO Museum) has been actively involved in serving youth and families in the South Sacramento area since 1996, when it developed numerous creative arts programs under the National Academic Youth Corps, Inc. Its purpose was to enable youth from culturally diverse backgrounds to stretch their minds and imaginations and to provide a safe environment that stimulates creativity, promotes healthy lifestyles, and develops social skills. After obtaining 501(c)(3) non-profit status in 2002, the Museum has offered scores of no- or low-cost programs, workshops, and activities on-site and out in the community to thousands of youths.

These are some of the programs you are helping support:

-Career development and professional training to youth, local artists, and seniors.

-Offer free and low-cost education programs where youth are not turned away because their families cannot afford them.

-Upgrade our interactive technology and multimedia equipment for our media and resource center.

A weekend full of banana foods, music, art, community resources, and family fun!

• Two stages with live bands and performances
• Arts & culture pavilion 🎨
• 20+ multicultural food vendors
• 80+ retail, artisan, community & craft vendors
• Best chef contest 👨🏿‍🍳🧑🏻‍🍳👩🏾‍🍳
• "Mahogany" Fashion show
• Kids Zone with inflatables, kid performances & more!🤹🏾‍♂️

All tickets are general admission, valid for one day entry, and will be honored on Saturday OR Sunday. Ticket prices: 🎟

• Adults(ages 18-64) $10
• Children (ages 6-17), Seniors (ages 65+), and Military w/valid ID $8 in advance / $10 at the gate.
• Children 5 and under are free; tickets are still required for entry.

Exhibitor/vendor spaces, media and event sponsorships are available, please visit . Volunteer opportunities are also available on our website.

All proceeds from the Banana Festival support the National Academic Youth Corps, a local non-profit organization supporting arts and community right here in Sacramento!

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