The Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) announces that the official 15th Anniversary will be celebrated over two weekends, July 27-31 and August 5-7, featuring a wide range of music genres including gospel, house, hip -Hop, Soulful Alternative/Mash Up, will return. reggae, dancehall sounds and the Latino/Hispanic-Caribbean diaspora.
Everything starts on Wednesday July 27thth from 5-9 p.m. with the renowned Lincoln Park Music Festival “Gospel Night In The Park” With Le’Andria Johnson, BET Gospel Singing Contest Season 3 Winner Show Sunday’s Best. Le’Andria Johnson’s hit 2011 album The Awakening by Le’Andria Johnson reached #1 on the gospel music charts. Provenance music group, the internationally renowned gospel music ensemble have shared the stage with a host of well-known artists and at increasing speed, captivating live audiences with their nationally televised performances in Newark, NJ; London, United Kingdom; Barbados; Japan; and Bobby Jones Gospel in DC. Dynamic contemporary gospel ensemble from New Jersey Anthony Ponder & Desire of the Ministry (APMD) is a collection of singers rooted in ministry. Your brand new single. God Won’t Fail was written by Ponder, Melissa Tatro and Jonathan Ponder. The single will be released by Enon Music Group and is available now in all digital music stores. “God Won’t Fail” is off the forthcoming album by APMD, The Grateful Project which will be available this fall. The evening will be rounded off by a wealth of voices from Newark’s faith community and their choirs. Lincoln Park Music Festival is “Gospel Night In The Park”. Hosted by Rev. Louise Scott-Rountree, City Councilor for the City of Newark, and Rev. Kevin E. Taylor, Unity Fellowship Church NewArk.
A new addition is the extended opening festival week the Newark Symphony Hall Step 4 Step soul line dance with Guest DJ Chris Blues from We Dancing Over Here (WDOH). An underground phenomenon, “Soul Line Dancing” in the BIPOC community…
