2023 Freedom Fest

The 2023 Freedom Fest was a one-day festival, the second in-person "Freedom Fest" at 16th Street Baptist Church and Kelly Ingram Park following a 3-year hiatus for the COVID-19 pandemic. It was held on July 29, 2023 as part of the city's commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Birmingham Campaign and the 1963 church bombing.

The event was produced by LRY Media Group. Advance tickets were $20.

Schedule

Empowerment

• 10:00: "Wealth & Equity: 60 Years Later" with Isaac Cooper and Bob Dickerson
• 11:15: "60 Years of Black Resistance" with Randall Woodfin, Denise Gilmore, Andrew Manis and Janice Kelsey
• 12:30: "From Civil Rights to Social Justice - the Black Athlete: Then and Now" with Roy S. Johnson, Chad Slade, Leonard Smoot Jr and Ferdinand Rutledge
• 1:45: "50 Years Later: The Intersection of Hip-Hop and Social Justice" with Ed Bowser, Patrick Johnson, Lawrence Salvary, and DJ Rahdu Mahdi

Music

• 3:00: 60th Commemoration of the Birmingham Civil Rights Campaign
• 3:30: Dre Murro
• 4:15: Halo Wheeler
• 5:00: Translee
• 6:00: DeQn Sue and Kelvin Wooten
• 7:00: Aretta Woodruff
• 8:00: Jidenna
• 9:00: Big K.R.I.T

References

• Stuart, Shauna (June 15, 2023) "Birmingham’s Freedom Fest returning to Kelly Ingram Park after 3-year hiatus." AL.com
• "Birmingham Freedom Fest Back In-Person on Saturday." (July 28, 2023) LRY Media Group / The Birmingham Times

External links

• Freedom Fest website