The National Folk Festival, a free three-day event, will begin its three-year residency in Jackson, Mississippi, in November ...

Officials with the National Folk Festival announced six additional artists appearing at the 82nd National Folk Festival in downtown Jackson from November 7-9, 2025.

“I ain’t got long to stay here.” On that night last fall, the Fisk Jubilee Singers—founded 151 years ago to raise money for the South’s oldest historically Black university—took hold ...

On Thursday, the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) announced that it will soon present an immersive Fisk Jubilee Singers exhibit. The exhibit, "Jubilation! Ambassadors on a Sacred ...

Ambassadors on a Sacred Journey," an exhibit celebrating the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The exhibit, opening May 10th in Nashville, will tour the Southeastern U.S. and showcase the history and legacy ...

"The Intersection of Country Music and Fisk University" highlighted Fisk's iconic Jubilee Singers and former student ... Billie Holliday and Mahalia Jackson. Monday’s event featured a ...

JACKSON, MI — While the Jackson Hot Air Jubilee is not for several months, organizers have announced the festival dates and the return of a national championship. The 2025 Jackson Hot Air ...

Seen on an ABC affiliate for nearly two decades, starting in 1963, “Jubilee Showcase” featured gospel pioneers like James Cleveland, the Staple Singers and Albertina Walker. The Barrett ...

Jackson. The performance was ... undaunted Muscat Brass Quintet Finale. Muscat Singers and Brass brought, “every note to life with precision, artistry and passion” to round off this special, Golden ...

It is here that the audience is introduced to the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Fisk University, a historically Black university, was founded in 1866 as the Fisk Freed Colored School, only three years ...

Jubilee features 13 singers performing spirituals that form a living legacy ... Lisa Arrindell played the pivotal role of Ella Sheppard, a former slave on Andrew Jackson’s plantation and tireless ...

Alan Jackson, Eric Church, Lainey Wilson, Luke Bryan and Trisha Yearwood were among those who took part in the annual awards gala. By Jessica Nicholson Many of country music’s top artists ...