The Mann's Community Engagement and Festival programs allow us to bring lively performances to annual community events including the Lancaster Avenue Jazz and Arts Festival, Odunde Festival, and Community UNITY Music Festival, among many others. Our annual Community Festival produces original programming that impacts the community through a platform of special events.
Community Festivals
2018 | Brilliantly Bernstein: Beyond the Baton
A six-month festival exploring the legacy of legendary composer Leonard Bernstein.
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2017 | New Frontiers: Launch, Explore, Discover
A six-month project inspired by the 75th birthday of pioneering NASA Astronaut and Philadelphia native son, Colonel Guion Stewart Bluford, Jr.
Learn more, 2017 | New Frontiers: Launch, Explore, Discover
2016 | Firebird: Spirit Rising
A five-month celebration of the human spirit's boundless capacity for good, imagination, creativity, and freedom.
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2015 | Liberty Unplugged!
A six-month festival celebrating Douglass, King, and Mandela and their powerful messages regarding human rights, voting rights, and freedom from slavery.
Learn more, 2015 | Liberty Unplugged!
2014 | Philadelphia Freedom Festival