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.

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

External links

• Freedom Fest website