Gretchen Elise Band - performing at 2nd annual all ages MCCP Hip Hop & Jazz festival, for music makers, music lovers, community members. Gretchen Elise’s band PERFORMS AT 2:48PM -3:00PM SHARP : Gretchen Elise (vox) Margel Overton (keys) Richard Hill Jr. (bass) Ricardo Martinó (dr) Jan Jeffries (perc). REGISTER HERE - FREE.
Performers include:
@phillyfreeway (Headliner)
Arnetta Johnson & The Trumpet Chics @thattrumpetchic @trumpetchics
Hezekiah @hezekiah3rd
Theresa Tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D. @thasongbird
Eli Lu twins @elilutwins
Ikechi Oneyaka @ikechionyenaka
Gretchen Elise @gretchenelisemusic
Kevin Guzman @kevinguzmanmusic
Nya-Jolie @official_nyajolie
Quise Freeman @quisefreeman.tg
Verbosity @verbositybmn
The Pastor Jul @thepastorjul
Andre Saunders @andres_1220
For Immediate Release Media and Event Contact:
MEDIA ADVISORY
Cathy Dance press@mccpcommunity.org, hiphopjazzfest@mccpcommunity.org
Event Details: 2nd Annual Mill Creek Community Partnership (MCCP) Hip Hop & Jazz Fest Date: September 17th, 2022 (Rain or shine)
Time: 1pm - 7pm
Location: Lucien E. Blackwell Center Park N 47th St (Aspen & Fairmount), Phila., PA 19139
Mill Creek Community Partnership (MCCP) Hip-Hop & Jazz Fest is hosting a free intergenerational community event highlighting and celebrating the fusion of Hip-Hop, Jazz, and the creative arts at the Lucien E. Blackwell Center Park in West Philly .
Philadelphia Freeway, who started his career as a member of the rap group, State Property, making hits under Roc-A-Fella Records, alongside Jay-Z, will headline the festival and will be honored with MCCP’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The day’s performances includes rapper, singer, and Beat Society founder, Hezekiah, Grammy nominated poet and viral sensation, Theresa Tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D, The Trumpet Chics, a youth female-fronted brass jazz band organized by the Camden Repertory Theater, West Philadelphia spoken-word hip-hop twin sisters, Eli Lu, and and many more jazz and hip hop musicians.
The Festival will offer multiple genres of live music, poets and hip hop dancers, art, cultural and youth activations, a fashion show, resources, vendors and food trucks, all in a safe family friendly environment. Blankets & lawn chairs are encouraged.
MCCP is committed to celebrating those from among us with this year's honorees include; Councilmember Jamie Gauthier, We Embrace Fatherhood, Betty Lindley and Aasiyah Sampson.
About Mill Creek Community Partnership
MCCP is a grassroots community based 501 c 3 nonprofit that was co-founded by Cass Green in 2015 with the mission to serve as a catalyst for change through arts, culture, education, community based-initiatives, economic empowerment, activism and building capacity through collaboration. Fine Arts Through Our Eyes (FATOE) Community Arts Initiative since 2016 has provided free arts programming throughout the city and been a leader in trauma informed, healing, arts education and creative placekeeping, uplifts artists of color, produced the Mill Creek Documentary, and made art programming accessible during COVID with its FATOE ArtBUS (mobile arts classroom).
“Our goal is to bring a high quality multi-generational music, arts and cultural experience to West Philly that is free of charge, celebrating the fusion of Hip-hop and Jazz” Lu Bevins, MCCP’s Vice President stated. “This is MCCP’s annual fundraiser that benefits its ongoing programming, which includes creative and visual arts, community engagement, capacity building, and ‘quality of life’ initiatives. “ Eli Bevins, Board President at MCCP, added.
This event is produced by Mill Creek Community Partnership, in Association with S-Type Productions Inc., in collaboration with Black Soul Summer Fest.