Penn Center Heritage Days
Penn Center’s Heritage Days Celebration is a three-day cultural event celebrating Penn School/Penn Center, and the Gullah Geechee history, folk arts, food, music, crafts, and West and Central African cultural legacy of the region.
Visitors enjoy demonstrations of West African/Gullah cultural connections, including:
Live cultural demonstrations
Gullah storytellers and re-enactors
Singers, African drummers, and dancers
Educational Symposium
Fish fry, crab crack, & oyster roast
Back in the Day Jam
Parade
Center Stage entertainment
Craft Fair
Youth & Family Day in particular features lots of educational “fun fuh de chillun and famlee” (fun for the children and family).
Furthermore, be sure to attend the Pre-Heritage Days Event, Screen on the Green. The Penn Center will be showing a 30th Anniversary Screening of Daughters of the Dust on Friday, October 21, 2022, honoring Julie Dash and members of the St. Helena Island Community.
The Heritage Days Celebration is a unique event that will help you to appreciate the unique cultural traditions and diversity that make the Lowcountry so special.