Phoenix Fest Music Festival, Food Truck Rodeo & Africana Market

Phoenix Fest is an annual cultural celebration of the business and cultural legacy of Durham’s Hayti community, one of North Carolina’s oldest African American communities.

• Food Truck Rodeo opens at 11 am

• Africana Vendor Market opens at 11 am

• Music Festival from 11 am – 6 pm

In celebrating Hayti's legacy, Phoenix Fest will again live up to its reputation as Durham's funkiest street music festival when Fayetteville Street is blocked off and transformed into a bustling bazaar with all-day music, delicious food and dazzling vendor displays that will deliver a fun-filled day for thousands of festival goers. We bring the music and the business to the streets free for all to enjoy.

The all-day festival features some of the best musical talent from North Carolina and the southeast entertaining festival goers with non-stop reggae, gospel, R&B, blues, jazz and hip-hop. Food and merchandise vendors will offer lip-smacking delicacies and eye-pleasing vending displays to delight festival goers of all ages -- all taking place on historic Fayetteville Street under the warm Carolina sun. Bring your lawn chairs and umbrellas and stay the whole day.

Join in the fun! Join in the celebration! Phoenix Fest is free, it’s fun and it’s for the whole family! Phoenix Fest will honor Hayti’s dual legacy of business and the arts by hosting some of North Carolina ’s finest musical talent and some of the nation’s best business people! Please join us at this year’s Phoenix Fest on Saturday, October 1, 2022 from 11 am til 6 pm on historic Fayetteville Street.

Contact Denise Hester for more information or to receive registration information at [email protected].

Host or Publisher The Phoenix Shopping Centers