🌿✨ NGVP’s 9th Annual Healing Arts in Nature Festival (HAIN Fest 2025) ✨🌿�Theme: “Bridging the Gap: Honoring Black Belt Farmers and Urban Gardeners”�📅 Friday, Sept. 19 – Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025�📍 NGVP’s Center for Transformative Learning & Change (Tuskegee, AL)
Join us for a two-day celebration of community, culture, and creativity! HAIN Fest brings together artists, healers, farmers, and families for a FREE, all-ages, family-friendly experience that’s open to the public.
🎤 FRIDAY EVENING – Sept. 19 (5:30–8:00 PM)�We open with a powerful Community Dialogue inside NGVP’s iconic Yurt:�“Bridging the Gap: Honoring Black Belt Farmers and Urban Gardeners” 🌱�Featuring:
* 🌿 Ras Kofi (Urban Gardener, Atlanta)
* 🌾 Marie McGruder (McGruder Farms)
* 🌱 Kelvin Scott (Rooted Farms, Greene County)
Together we’ll explore the roots of food insecurity and envision pathways to food sovereignty through storytelling and collective visioning.
🎶 SATURDAY FESTIVAL – Sept. 20 (10:00 AM–8:00 PM)�An all-day festival of music, healing arts, and community connection!
* 10:00 AM – 🎧 DJ Aba Shaka
* 11:00 AM – 🥁 Drum Call & Opening Ceremony with Norma Iyabode Jackson, Rev. Jacquetta Parhams, Ivory Keenan, Afriya Wekandodis, Baba Ras D & Dr. Muhjah Shakir
* 12:30 PM – 🎤 MC Introductory Remarks
* 12:45 PM – 🎸 Zeph Embers (Acoustic Artist)
* 1:15 PM – 🎶 Baba Ras D (Acoustic Guitar)
* 1:45 PM – 🥁 MGM Drum Collective & Sohi Onko Djony of Birmingham
* 2:10 PM – 🎼 Bodile Balams with H20
* 2:40 PM – 🎧 DJ Aba Shaka
* 3:00 PM – 🎤 EarKandy
* 3:45 PM – 🎶 Zewdy Awalom (Vocalist)
* 4:15 PM – 🎧 DJ Aba Shaka
* 4:30 PM – 🥁 MGM Drum Collective & Sahi On Ko Djony of Birmingham
* 4:50 PM – 🎧 DJ Aba Shaka
* 5:00 PM – 🎙 Community Speakers & Announcements
* 6:00 PM – 🎤 EarKandy
* 7:00 PM – 🎧 DJ Aba Shaka
🌟 All Day: Children’s Drumming & Songs with Baba Ras D, Arts & Crafts, Horseback Riding, Sound Healing with Aba Bailey, Games & Yoga with Ivory Keenan, plus the vibrant Artist Village showcasing works by Alabama artists.
💚 FREE • ALL AGES • FAMILY FRIENDLY • OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 💚
Bring your family, your friends, and your open heart. Together, let’s celebrate healing, honor our farmers and gardeners, and build bridges toward a thriving future.
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