Sankofa Festival - Day 179

The Sankofa Festival returns to Florence for a 12th year next weekend! Enjoy a cultural explosion from July 5-7 with a festival theme of "Connecting the Cultural Corridor". On Thursday, the festival will feature a dance production by Justine Roberts Performing Arts Academy at the FDTC Auditorium at 7:30pm. Friday will feature a cabaret style performance featuring jazz artist Karrin and R&B performance by The Finesse Band. Friday's performances will be held at the SiMT building at 7:30pm.

 Saturday the family festival will be held at Timrod Park from 2-9pm. There will be plenty of entertainment on Saturday featuring African drumming and dancing, storytelling and more. For a complete list of events for the Sankofa Festival, please visit their website or our calendar for details.


365 Days Around Florence is a blog written by the Florence Convention & Visitors Bureau. At the Visitors Center - located near the Florence Civic Center - we spend a great deal of our time in letting guests know how much is happening in Florence. We decided to share (blog-style) 365 days worth of things to do. Find more things to do on our online calendar, and enjoy!