Program

November 12, 2026: Opening of Jazz to Junkanoo

Reception followed by a performance of Russ Spiegel’s Jazz to Junkanoo. Location to be announced. 

Tickets to this event will be available for purchase in October.

November 13, 2026: Program at FIU’s Modesto Maidique Campus

This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of Albert Gomez, and the Dorothea Green Lecture Series, the Green Family Foundation, The Ten North Group, the Kimberly Green Latin America and Caribbean Center and Humanities Edge. 

11am-1:30pm: Workshops in Green Library Room 220. 

Exploring the Library of Congress Collections with Allina Migoni (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)

Creating Community-generated Collections with Shelly Justement (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)

2:00pm-6:15pm: Panel Discussions in SIPA II 102

Preserving the history of the diaspora.

Panelists: Keith Moore (Profiles in Black Miami), Helen Gage (The Bethel House Bahamian American Museum), Kamila Pritchett (The Black Archives History & Research Foundation of South Florida Inc.), Dr. Andy Ingraham (Bahamas Diaspora Association).

Panel Chair: Enrique Rosell (Knight Foundation)

Women in Junkanoo.

Panelists: Kishlane Smith (former Deputy Co-Chair of the National Youth Junkanoo Committee), A’Keitha Carey (Florida International University), Sasha Wells (University of the Bahamas).

Panel Chair Marya Meyer (The Women’s Fund Miami-Dade).

From the 'Baa Haas' to the Bay: Histories of Bahamian Migration, Displacement, and Resilience in South Florida.

Presented by Ten North Group

Panelists: Lea Nickless (Artist and Curator), Dr. Valerie Patterson (Clinical Professor of Public Administration, FIU) and Gene Tinnie (Artist and Cultural Activist).

Panel Chair: Dr. Willie Logan (Ten North Group)

6:30pm-8pm: Evening reception, musical performance and Junkanoo Rush in the Green School Courtyard

South Florida PBS will be in attendance to cover the event for the upcoming season of their Emmy award-winning program Art Loft. The segment will bring the Junkanoo's dynamic experience to audiences across South Florida and beyond. 

November 14: Exhibition and Cultural Resource Fair

1pm-5pm: Jazz to Junkanoo at the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center

A family-friendly day of music, food, Junkanoo Rushes and a Culture Fair at the Marshall Davis African Heritage Cultural Arts Center.

Culture fair participants will include: 

• American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
• The Bethel House Bahamian-American Museum
• The Black Archives
• Digital Library of the Caribbean
• Exceptional Educational Outreach Bahamas
• FIU Kimberly Green Latin America and Caribbean Center
• Goombay Festival Planning Committee
• Museum of Miami
• Profiles in Black Miami 
• Vizcaya Museum and Gardens