We Rise As One! The 2022 East End/Valley Street Community Heritage Festival will take place in MLK Park, 50 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive in Asheville on Saturday, August 27 from 10am to 10pm. There will be live music, vendors, food trucks, and a children’s area (open from 11am to 8pm) which will include inflatables, face painting, balloon twisting (from 1pm to 3pm), crafts, face painting, and games. The East End/Valley Street Community Heritage Festival Parade on MLK Drive starts at 10am on Saturday from the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Alexander Drive to MLK Park. This year’s festival is in honor of the late Mack Moore of M&M Heating & Cooling. East End/Valley Street is Asheville's oldest African-American neighborhood. This is an alcohol free, family friendly festival! Come celebrate with us! Everyone is welcome! 

Featuring:

The Gospel Sensations 12pm to 1pm

Dj Supaman 1:15pm to 2:15pm

WestSound 2:30pm to 3:15pm

Virtuous 3:15pm to 3:45pm

Delta House Jazz Band 3:45pm to 4:10pm

Free Flow Band 4:30pm to 5:15pm

The Stanley Baird Group 5:30pm to 6:30pm

ReggaeInfinity 6:45pm to 7:45pm

Hypnotic Band 8:00pm to 8:45pm

Uptown Swagga Band 9pm to 10pm

*Times subject to change

Parade at 10am:

Asheville Tourists Mascot

Drums Up Guns Down

The Kuumba Watoto Dancers

The Zeta Debutante Queen & Court

Majorette Dolls of Asheville

Bubble Master

Carver High School Band

Hood Huggers Tour

Asheville Motorcycle Club