{"id":607330,"date":"2026-09-06T04:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T04:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/607330\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T04:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T04:12:14","slug":"african-street-festival-continues-with-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/607330\/","title":{"rendered":"African Street Festival continues with Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">JACKSON, Tenn. (WBBJ) -Culture, music, and community came together in Jackson Saturday for the 36th annual African Street Festival. The three-day event celebrates heritage and history through local art and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Hosted by the Society for African American Cultural Awareness or SACA the festival filled Jackson with live music, dancers, and poets.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Beautiful dresses line one of the vendor's booth at the 36th annual African Street Festival.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3WJ2RI2TAZBFNNJNXKFT437SAY.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"543\" \/>Beautiful dresses line one of the vendor&#8217;s booth at the 36th annual African Street Festival.(WBBJ STAFF)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Attendees browsed local art and enjoyed authentic food, while families took part in children\u2019s activities, drum classes, and free health screenings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Vendors were on hand at the African Street Fest with handbags, jewelry, clothing and more.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/NDE2RIPCYFCUNNXTCA6U5WZFVI.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"513\" \/>Vendors were on hand at the African Street Fest with handbags, jewelry, clothing and more.(WBBJ STAFF)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cEach year is challenging but we\u2019re here still. And we\u2019re very fortunate to be able to as we look on 100 years of Black history in America, it\u2019s very important that we celebrate our history, our culture, and our beginnings,\u201d said Wendy Trice, President at SACA.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Despite the record heat, community members attended the African Street Fest to check out all...\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/M6L2GG72UBBHTNRSTJNQCRWXV4.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"783\" \/>Despite the record heat, community members attended the African Street Fest to check out all the delicious food, vendors and the entertainment.(WBBJ STAFF)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Organizers say the annual festival continues to be a powerful way to preserve and share rich cultural traditions in the heart of West Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WBBJ. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSON, Tenn. (WBBJ) -Culture, music, and community came together in Jackson Saturday for the 36th annual African Street&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[274920,274918,146,85,46,274919],"class_list":["post-607330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-36th-annual-african-street-festival","tag-african-street-festival-jackson-tn","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-saca"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}