BLK Joy Open Mic

Mark your calendars and come on out to North Brewing for the second annual BLK JOY event, created and organized by the wonderfully talented Leah A. Finlay and hosted by North Brewing.

This year’s event will be fundraising for the Boys and Girls Club of Preston’s “Fruits of Our Labour” program! Leah has organized baskets full of amazing prizes to raffle off, the Boys and Girls Club of Preston will be conducting a 50/50 fundraiser and North Brewing will be donating 25% of all proceeds from the taproom and releasing Cherrybrook Wheat with $0.50 from every can being donated. Change is Brewing will also be present at the event serving their non-alcoholic beverage creation that the Boys and Girls Club of Preston developed with them.

It’s going to be a great day of entertainment and community bonding to raise funds for an excellent cause while celebrating Black excellence in the arts.

Last year, the event raised $1660 for the Pearleen Oliver Education Fund of the Black Cultural Center of Nova Scotia we are hoping to break that record this year, with your support!

The BLK Joy event is intended to bring together Black artists who practice all art forms and stand on all levels in terms of professional designation, recognition, etc. It will be a space for people to share and bask in the joy of Black excellence in art, such as poetry, spoken word, passage reading, storytelling, song, dance, musical instrument performance, comedy, etc. This will be an open mic event for individuals of all cultural backgrounds, communities, racial and gender identities, sexual orientations, religions, beliefs, and abilities. The BLK Joy event is intended to create an inclusive space for all, but in celebration of Black artists throughout our region. This celebration is meant to be shared with all!

There will be many talented participating artists, including @charlenecarrauthor, @mkate_f, @pheeny_foxx, @risentalent, @russelabrooks22, and @ogooluwa_91 .