The Soul Food and Music Festival is on Saturday, October 7, 2023, from noon to 7 pm and held at Vera Francis Hall Park. This event includes the Soul Food Parade at noon that runs along Palmetto Avenue and west on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, and features a variety of music and Soulful Artists, Gospel Hour at 2:00 pm, children and adult dance contests, food, jewelry, clothing, fraternities and sororities, vendors, games for kids, foam party, sweet potato pie, bbq ribs contests and so much more!!!