Goombay Festival
Cultural Heritage· 1982· Asheville

Goombay Festival

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Free four-day African-Caribbean cultural festival hosted by the YMI Cultural Center every September at Pack Square Park; West African drumming, gospel, reggae, funk, soul, plus jerk chicken, oxtail stew, goat curry. Name from the Bahamian goombay drum.

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  • ·Started 1982. Cancelled some years during YMI funding crises.

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