"Lift every voice" music concourse, golden gate park

Celebration: The Alterverse

Lift Every Voice - Dana King
Wednesday, 12/1/2021
4:00 - 7:30
Music Concourse

Music Concourse Drive, near Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118
United States

Music Concourse

Be there for the opening night celebration when James Weldon Johnson’s soaring words “Lift Every Voice” from the Black National Anthem are elevated and illuminated atop the revived bandshell. Enjoy live music, spoken word and special messages from U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo and U.S. Congressman James Clyburn. Also, see the unveiling of de Truth, an exhibition of scrolling poetry lasered across the entire 450-foot façade of the de Young Museum.

Poetry performances from James Siegel and Greg Pond.

Musical Performance Martin Luther McCoy.

 

 

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This program is sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

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