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2025 MOJA Arts Festival
September 25 - October 5
* dates and times subject to change
Thursday,
September 25
- Noon–5pm: Juried Art Exhibition on view – City Gallery & Avery Research Center
- 6–7pm: MOJA Opening Day Street Parade – Marion Square to East Bay/South Market
- 7pm: MOJA Arts Festival Opening Reception, featuring Rochelle Whitney Green – Cannon Street Arts Center (free)
Friday,
September 26
- 6–11pm: Johnny Osbourne headlining Reggae Block Dance – Brittlebank Park (free)
Saturday,
September 27
- Noon–3pm: Gullah Showcase – Cannon Street Arts Center
- 11am – 5pm: MOJA x Eastside Neighborhood, featuring guitarist Greg Loney – Hampstead Square (free)
Sunday,
September 28
- 2–5pm: Avery Family Reunion – Burke High School
- 4pm: MOJA Gospel Reunion – Greater St. Luke AME – TICKETS
Monday,
September 29
- 6–7pm: Storytelling with Fouché Sheppard – Camden Room
Tuesday,
September 30
- 6–7pm: Storytelling with Minerva King – Baxter-Patrick Library (James Island)
- 7pm: MOJA: An Evening of Jazz with Adam Hawley – Dock Street Theatre – TICKETS
Wednesday,
October 1
- 6–9pm: MOJA Downtown Block Party – Ann Street & Bus Shed (free). featuring Tommy Brown presents A Tribute to Black Icons
Thursday,
October 2
- 7pm: the ripple, the wave that carried me home – Chapel Theatre, College of Charleston – TICKETS
- 7:30pm: PURE Theatre presents Covenant by York Walker – Cannon Street Arts Center – TICKETS (pay-what-you-will preview)
- 7:30pm: Step Afrika! The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence – Charleston Gaillard Center – TICKETS
Friday,
October 3
- Schooltime: 4th Graders Readout – Participating Schools
- 6–7pm: Storytelling with Veronica Gaillard – Cannon Street Arts Center
- 7pm: Gullah Collective – Dock Street Theatre – TICKETS
- 7pm: the ripple, the wave that carried me home – Chapel Theatre, College of Charleston – TICKETS
- 7:30pm: PURE Theatre presents Covenant by York Walker – Cannon Street Arts Center – TICKETS
Saturday,
October 4
- 1–3pm: Storytelling with Jackie Mickel-Odom – Carr Richardson Park (West Ashley)
- 6pm: Joey Morant All That Jazz Foundation fundraiser concert, featuring Bernard “Pretty” Purdie – Burke High School
- 7pm: Morehouse College Glee Club – Dock Street Theatre – TICKETS
- 7:30pm: PURE Theatre presents Covenant by York Walker – Cannon Street Arts Center – TICKETS
Sunday,
October 5
- 4–9pm: MOJA Finale, featuring Live in the Flesh Band – Hampton Park (free)
Saturday,
October 11
- 11am: Community Tribute Luncheon – Festival Hall