NORTH MIAMI – It’s Essence Music Festival meets Miami Carnival meets big tent revival! The Urban Gospel Fest, slated for June 18, 2011 at Oasis Church Miami on 12905 NE 8th Ave. in North Miami, is a free event that aims to celebrate a genre of music that remains unrecognized by the world and shunned by the church that gave it birth.
Presented by Soul Movement Crew in association Oasis Church Miami, NEWD Magazine, F-N-F Live and Vision Music, the first ever Urban Gospel Fest is an outdoor community festival and high-energy block party that promises to showcase and celebrate the pioneering artists of the Urban Gospel genre.
Redeemed from the streets of The Bronx, Miami, San Juan, Kingston and Havana, to name a few, Urban Gospel music is an umbrella genre comprised of diverse styles, linking urban communities around the world. It is the popular music of the youth who have been redeemed, yet still feel the rhythms of their ‘hoods, barrios and garrisons.
Hear the sounds of Hip-hop, Reggaeton, Dancehall, Soca, Merengue, and R&B being used as tools for Christian ministry as we showcase both popular and up-and-coming artists within the genre.
Feel the rhythms of the street as we also present various dance styles, graffiti, and live deejaying.
View videos and publications of the respective nations representing Urban Gospel music and culture from around the world.
Artists such as former Soca King, Nigel Lewis of Trinidad, Dre Marshall of New York, Mark Lee of Fort Lauderdale, Kristine Alicia of Jamaica, Rey King of The Dominican Republic, CUDS Music of Miami, LaVie of Haiti, Eddie Corona of Port St. Lucie, Sekajipo of Liberia, West Africa, Troy Genius of Jamaica, Paul Morris of Jamaica, Mr. E of Colombia and others will heat up the stage with live performances and testimonies about how their music is revolutionizing their communities for Christ.
For more information, sample music and to be considered for the 2011 Urban Gospel Music Fest, visit www.soulmovementcew.com.
