5th Annual Lincoln Park Music Festival Kicks-Off Newark's Largest Outdoor Concert Series

5th Annual Lincoln Park Music Festival Kicks-Off Newark's Largest Outdoor Concert Series

NEWARK, N.J., July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- To kick-off the internationally anticipated 5th Annual Lincoln Park Music Festival, Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District will host a press conference on Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 11:00am at the Russell Aldo Murray Gallery. Every year, the free three-day music festival draws tens of thousands of visitors to Newark all seeking world-class live music (Jazz, Gospel, House, Hip Hop), dance, arts and culture, green consciousness and family fun. For a complete list of this year's performances and attractions for seniors, families, and children please visit www.lpccd.org/mf2010.

WHO: Baye Adofo-Wilson, Executive Director, LPCCD
Theresa Hooper-Marshall, Board Chair, LPCCD
Lauren Craig, Esq., Director, Russell Aldo Murray Gallery
Caryl Lucas, Newark Community Health Centers
Zanetta Glover, State Farm

Invited Speakers:
Governor Chris Christie, State of New Jersey
Steven R. Runk, Executive Director, The New Jersey State
Council on the Arts
Mayor Cory A. Booker, City of Newark
Donald M. Payne Jr., President, Newark Municipal Council
Ras Baraka, Newark Municipal Councilmember, South Ward
Darrin Sharif, Newark Municipal Councilmember, Central Ward

A press conference to kick-off the 5th Annual Lincoln Park
WHAT: Music Festival.

WHEN: July 29 at 11:00am

Russell Aldo Murray Gallery, 460 Washington Street, Newark,
WHERE: NJ 07102

Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District is a non-profit 501c
(3) organization with a mission to plan, design and build a
comprehensive arts and cultural district in the Lincoln
Park/Coast area of the City of Newark, New Jersey. Lincoln
Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) is transforming a low-
income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey from blighted lots
into an urban eco-village. Leading the revitalization of an
emerging arts and cultural district, LPCCD is one of the
nation's best practices in sustainable urban development.
The project includes 125 LEED United States Green Building
Council certified units, music festivals, historic
restoration projects and the Museum of African American
WHY: Music, a Smithsonian Affiliate.

Source: Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District

CONTACT: Kimberlee Williams of FEMWORKS, +1-973-494-9705,
kwilliams@femworksllc.com

Web Site: http://www.lpccd.org/mf2010

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