Roots and Heritage Festival
For more than 25 years, the Lexington Roots & Heritage Festival has celebrated diversity in Lexington with a large scale festival taking place along Elm Tree Lane featuring food vendors, live music, an African American marketplace featuring fine art and other retail vendors, a heritage parade, kids’ activities and other events. This year’s festival entertainment line-up features old-school funk group D-Funk All-Stars, Lil’ G Jenkins (the lead singer of the R&B group Silk) and the California-based R&B group Troop. On Sunday, Sept. 13, a gospel celebration will take place inside the Lyric Theatre.
Friday hours 7pm-11pm | Saturday hours: 11am-11pm | Sunday hours: 10am-5pm
www.rootsfestky.com