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Africamix Festival Sacramento Lineup
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Africamix festival
coordinator Allan Camillo, announced today the musical line up for
the Africamix Festival that will be held on June 29th-30th, 11:00
a.m. to 7 p.m. at California State University, Sacramento. "Admission
will be free for the two-day family oriented, alcohol free event,"
stated Mr. Camillo.
Performers include: Prezident Brown, Amandla Poets, Earl Zero, Ras
Rebel, Gale Rivilla, Brother G with The River Jordan Band, Ayouba and
the Blazing Cornerstones, TuFan, The Green Acres, Meguen Touko, The
Huklebucks, J.J. and J. Bryon, Ze Manel, Far From Home, Aaron King
and the Imperials.
The festival is a "Collective Volunteer Pledge for Needy Children"
sponsored by the United Nations International Year of Volunteers. The
focus of the festival is on child abuse prevention. "For those who
don't know, said Makuba Sekombo, Africanmix project coordinator, "
the entire idea behind Africamix Festival is having fun while helping
to combat child abuse and neglect."
Africamix is a California based nonprofit organization of volunteers
serving to introduce and incorporate volunteer arts and music
celebrations into community based abuse intervention and prevention
activities
There will be other acts along with speakers from the Ronald McDonald
House Charities, Sacramento County of Human Assistance Department,
Save the Children, Prevent Child Abuse California, Child Abuse
Prevention Counsel and Sacramento Boys and Girls Club. According to
Mr. Camillo the line up and speakers are subject to change. Lineup
website is http://www.africamix.org/sacramentolineup.html
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