Heritage Days

Save the Date: 42nd Annual Penn Center Heritage Days Celebration 

November 13-15, 2026 

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Held in November, Penn Center’s Heritage Days Celebration is a three-day cultural event celebrating Penn School/Penn Center, and the Gullah Geechee history, folk arts, food, music, crafts, and West and Central African cultural legacy of the region.

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Heritage Days participants will experience the West African connections to Gullah/Geechee traditions through:

  • De Gullah Roots Village including p

    resentations by Gullah/Geechee artisans and re-enactors

  • Center Stage performances

  • An educational symposium 

  • Genealogy Workshop

  • Fish fry, crab crack, & oyster roast with Motown and R&B music and dancing

     

  • Artists and Authors Row

  • Vendors Market

  • Parade

  • Youth & Family Day in particular features lots of educational "fun fuh de chillun and famlee" (fun for the children and family)."

We need friends like you to support Heritage Days!

For sponsorship opportunities, call (843) 838-2474, or email info@penncenter.com with "Heritage Days Sponsorship" in the subject line.