Amid a highly successful rollout of the performance line up for this year’s Emancipation Festival in Tortola, the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee has confirmed the theme and slogan for this year’s Festival.
The 2023 Emancipation Festival will be held under the theme “A celebration of our freedom with cultural flair and creativity, while embracing our unique diversity”, along with the slogan“ It’s a cultural jamboree so let’s fete and be free for Festival 2023”.
The theme was submitted by Anjanique Cheltenham and the slogan by Asia Rivére.
Each of the teens walked away with a prize of $250.00 for their winning submission.
This year’s Emancipation Festival is already picking up traction on social media as the public positively responds to the slate of performers who will take the stage throughout the season.
Confirmed performers at the time of this report are Morgan Heritage, Jada Kingdom, Valiant, Samuel Medas and Kairos, The Grand Masters Band, Monea, Patrice Roberts, Ova Drive Band and Kes the Band.
Ticket sales so far have been remarkably successful, with all the available tickets selling out within an hour of their release at CCT Stores on Tuesday.