October Gullah Fest - "A Taste of Gullah Cabaret"

Jacksonville Gullah Geechee Nation CDC is the host of the Annual October Gullah Fest. The theme is A Taste of Gullah Cabaret. Jacksonville Gullah Geechee Nation CDC is the host for this event. The event festivities are for the purpose of education and preservation of the rich heritage and culture of the Gullah Geechee people, who are the descendants of West and Central Africans who were enslaved and brought to the lower Atlantic states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia to work on the coastal rice, sea island cotton and indigo plantation. Participants can expect to have fun, plenty of laughter and good low country food. You will be able to sample or enjoy a full plated meal.