The Rosenwald Centennial Project
Join US!...
Free Family Fun...
'BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS for a wholesome, outdoor, tail-gating, happy-foot tapping good time!
12-7pm-FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC An afternoon of "Old School Jams”--Motown, Soul, Vaudeville, Country and Jazz in the Huntsville Woods on Earth Day, April 22, 2023, from 12-7pm.
8pm Ticketed After party and Camping.
ROSENWALD ACRES' EARTH DAY MUSIC FESTIVAL
LAJUAN LAW
LAJUAN LAW has appeared on television and stages across the U.S.. In 2004, he was the first winner of KBXX’s version of American Idol. Set features a duet with Kijana.
Showtime: 12pm-12:30
MIGUEL MARROQUIN
Miguel offers Pop, Romantic, Dance and Originals
Showtimes: 12:45 -1:15p & 6-6:15pm
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VNTG ...Pop and Dance Originals
Showtime: 1:30 -2:00
Randy Beal's "Fools on Stools"
Yarael Forevrr
STUART ADAMS & VSE
KIJANA / "THE GRIOT"
GAIL & THE ROUGH RYDERS
Featuring GAIL RYDER, SHANNON MAISEL
AND AUDY ARMENTOR
Bluegrass, folk, pop and country music!
Showtime: 5:15-6:pm
THE LAJUAN LAW BAND
The LAJUAN LAW BAND ...Back by popular demand!... offers every thing from Stevie Wonder and Luther VanDross to Michael Jackson, the Temptations and the OJays.
Showtime: 6:15pm - 7pm Big Band
MORE...
~ Vendors ~
- Loretta's Old River Catfish
- Gingartum Spice Kitchen
- Texas State Dept of Health Svs
- Enchanted Kisses
- The Timeless Rose
- Linda Moten: Linda's Kitchen
- Kay Austin Jewelry
- Texas Medieval Events
- Child Help
and others!
After-Party + Camping
8pm-12mn:
Bonfire/Campfires, EDM, Stargazing, and Outdoor Movie ...Weather and county regs Permitting
(After-party/Overnight Camping Pass purchase required"
OUTDOOR MOVIE, AFTER-PARTY TICKET RESERVATIONS and Camping/Vendor Payment Menu
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DIRECTIONS:
LOCATION:
639 Rosenwall Rd., Huntsville Texas, 77340.
Just 4 miles north of the new Huntsville Police station.
TEXT DIRECTIONS:
Take Highway 45 to exit 118 turn east to TX-75. Turn right onto TX-75 S... Turn left onto FM 2821..... Past the Wynne Prison Unit and Turn left onto Rosenwall Rd between the new Huntsville Police Station and the prison. Drive 4 miles north,. The festival will be on the left, a few blocks past George Wilson Road (named after a Rosenwald School alumnus).
Community Beneficiary
Caring for the Founders...
The Kittrell-Wilson Cemetery Fund
This cemetery is where the bodies of the Rosenwald School founders and primary caregivers are buried. 50% of Funds raised will help repair the overgrown 1/4 mile access trail from Rosenwall Road to the Cemetery gate; renovate the headstones and purchase headstones for folk who are missing a marker (The school's founder, John Wesley Wilson, does not have a marker on his grave) . The project also helps re-purpose the old Rosenwald School grounds for an earth-friendly, zero-emission, atmospheric water generated, solar-powered multigenerational space!
...and our Museum!
Non-Profit Beneficiary:
The Samuel Walker Museum and Cultural Center.
NPO # 73-1720777
1604 Tenth St Huntsville TX 77340
25% of funds raised go to this small African American Museum of South Texas History and Culture. The Museum is in the process of raising funds to rebuild on the original site of the Rosenwald-funded Samuel W. Houston Industrial School and Dormitories on Highway 30, just west of downtown Huntsville TX... This is also the site of Texas' first boarding school for African American Children. Most of Professor. Houston's buildings were heavily supported by, or connected to the Julius Rosenwald Fund.