For more than 25 years, the City of Chicago has hosted one of the largest free outdoor festivals in the country with its Gospel Music Festival. The biggest and the best gospel artists perform year in and year out for gospel music lovers at gospel fest.
For more than 25 years, the City of Chicago has hosted one of the largest free outdoor festivals in the country with its Gospel Music Festival. The biggest and the best gospel artists perform year in and year out for gospel music lovers at gospel fest.
Although, the festival was initially conceived by L. Stanley Davis and Sasha Dolton, it was Pam Morris of the Mayor’s Office of Special Events who was responsible for taking the gospel music celebration to unprecedented levels.
“I care about people and changing lives, and gospel is my life,” Morris said.
Hundreds of artists have graced the city’s gospel fest stages, including The Winans, Yolanda Adams, CeceWinans, The Clark Sisters, the Rev. Al Green, Pastor Shirley Caesar, Rance Allen, Darius Brooks and the Canton Spirituals. Morris also tapped talented local groups like Alfred Wheeler and Blessed, The Brown Sisters, The Douglas Singers as well as Deacon Reuben Burton and the Victory Travelers.
“I have probably booked a little over a couple of thousand (artists),” Morris explained. The gospel music guru has also seen audiences amass well into the millions during her 20-year tenure.
Gospel music lover and fans gather each year during the first week of June for a gospel experience unlike any other.
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