Cherry Hill Arts and Music Waterfront Festival shifts start time as heat hits holiday weekend
HERE TO HELP YOU BEAT THE HEAT. JUST HEAD TO THE WBAL TV 11 NEWS APP AND THE HEAT IS IMPACTING SOME PLANS FOR THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THE CHERRY HILL ARTS AND MUSIC WATERFRONT FESTIVAL IS ADJUSTING ITS HOURS AS IT RETURNS THIS WEEKEND. THE FESTIVAL WAS SCHEDULED TO START AT 1 P.M., BUT NOW IT WILL BE FROM 5 P.M. TO 10 P.M. TO AVOID THE HOTTEST PARTS OF THE DAY, AND IT WILL INCLUDE LIVE MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT, INTERACTIVE HISTORY EXHIBITS, CULTURAL DEMONSTRATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING DESIGNED FOR ALL AGES. JOINING US TODAY ARE FESTIVAL FOUNDER FANNON HILL, AN EDUCATOR, AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN, DOCTOR. SABATER, WHOSE GREAT PERSONS INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION WILL BE FEATURED AT THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL. THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW THAT TYPICALLY THE FESTIVAL IS KNOWN FOR THE MUSIC, THE ENTERTAINMENT, ALL OF THAT. BUT THIS YEAR, HISTORY AND CULTURE IS A BIG FOCUS. WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT TO MAKE EDUCATION A BIG FOCUS OF THIS ONE? RIGHT. WELL, THE CHERRY HILL ARTS MUSIC WATERFRONT FESTIVAL, OF COURSE, IS A ONE DAY EVENT, BUT WE HAVE PROGRAMING THE YOUTH RESILIENCY INSTITUTE. THAT IS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE’RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE SPONSORSHIP FROM SOUTH BALTIMORE GATEWAY PARTNERSHIPS. WE’RE EXCITED THIS YEAR TO HAVE WBAL TV’S VERY OWN MEGAN RIVERS HOSTING THE FESTIVAL, BUT WE SEE HISTORY AS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE HANDS ON AND IN COMMUNITIES SUCH AS CHERRY HILL, WE CALL IT A HISTORIC COMMUNITY WHERE YOU HAD PIONEER RESIDENTS WHO REALLY FOUGHT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM AND OTHER SOCIAL ILLS. RESIDENTS SUCH AS MADELINE MURPHY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE LIKE TO DO IS TO COLLECT HISTORIC ARTIFACTS AND TO HAVE EXHIBITIONS SO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND GUESTS AT OUR FESTIVAL ARE ABLE TO REALLY ENGAGE WITH THE POWER OF HISTORY. YEAH. AND SPEAKING OF EXHIBITIONS, DOCTOR SABATER, YOU WILL HAVE AN INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION THERE AT THE FESTIVAL. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND WHAT FAMILIES CAN EXPECT AS THEY SEE THAT. YEAH. SO WHAT WE’VE BEEN WORKING TO DO FOR THE LAST DECADE PLUS IS HELP TO BRING HISTORY TO LIFE FOR FOLK. AND SO TO HELP THEM LEARN ABOUT UNSUNG HEROES. SO THEY’RE GOING TO BE LEARNING. OF COURSE, THIS IS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, SO THAT WE LEARN ABOUT DOCTOR CARTER G. WOODSON. THEY’LL LEARN ABOUT THE FEARLESS JOURNALIST IDA B WELLS. YOU MIGHT APPRECIATE THAT AS A JOURNALIST THAT WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT THE EDUCATOR HERSELF, NANNIE HELEN BURROUGHS. AND SO REALLY LEANING INTO SOME UNSUNG HEROES SO THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY AND THE TREMENDOUS LEGACY THAT WE COME FROM. YEAH. AND I KNOW YOU ALL BROUGHT SOME WORKS WITH YOU ALL. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU BROUGHT AND HOW THAT KIND OF TIES INTO WHAT WE’LL SEE AT THE FESTIVAL. SURE. SO ONE OF THE EXHIBITS WE’RE GOING TO HAVE THIS YEAR AT OUR FESTIVAL IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AFRO CHARITIES, AND WE’RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SHINE A VERY BRIGHT LIGHT ON THOSE EARLY PIONEER CHERRY HILL RESIDENTS. ONE OF THEM BEING MADELINE WHEELER MURPHY, WHO WAS AN AMAZING AUTHOR, WHO WAS AN AMAZING ACTIVIST AND ORGANIZER. AND SHE BELIEVED IN EXCELLENCE IN EVERYTHING SHE DID. SO WE LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY UNDERSTAND THAT EXCELLENCE IS OUR TRADEMARK, AND TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO LAID A STRONG FOUNDATION, EXCUSE ME, FOR EXCELLENCE IN CHERRY HILL, BUT NOT JUST CHERRY HILL, BUT NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. YEAH, NO, I AGREE, EXCELLENCE IS TRULY ABOUT OUR OUR HISTORY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE’LL FEATURE SOME OF THE, THE SECRET SAUCE THAT WE UNVEIL IN OUR BOOK TELLING CHILDREN OUR STORY, WHICH IS A INTERACTIVE AND HANDS ON WAY FOR FAMILIES TO HAVE FUN WHILE ENGAGING WITH HISTORY. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE FOLKS TO NOT ONLY LEARN ABOUT CARTER G. WOODSON, BUT HELP TO TEASE OUT ONE’S OWN FAMILY HISTORY. YOU KNOW, LEARNING THEIR OWN LEGACY FROM THEIR LINEAGE. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE FOLKS ENVISION WHAT WOULD THEIR SCHOOL LOOK LIKE IF THEY HAD TO BUILD OUT A SCHOOL LIKE NANNIE HELEN BURROUGHS? THEY’LL LEAN INTO SOME EXCITING HISTORY OR STORIES THAT THEY MIGHT COVER IF THEY WERE A JOURNALIST LIKE IDA B WELLS. SO REALLY HAVE HANDS ON THINGS THAT YOUNG FOLK MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET IN INVOLVED WITH AS THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT OUR OUR HISTORY MAKERS. YEAH. AND HOPEFULLY THAT INSPIRES SOME YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL. THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US. THE 10TH ANNUAL CHERRY HILL ARTS AND MUSIC WATERFRONT FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE JULY 4TH AT MIDDLEBRANCH PARK. FESTIVAL HOURS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED ONCE AGAIN FROM 5 P.M. TO 10 P.M., AND ADMISSION IS FREE. THE EVENING WILL CULMINATE WITH A DRONE SHOW AT 9 P.M. OVER MIDDLEBRANCH PARK, SPONSORED BY MAYOR BRANDON M SCOTT, WBALTV. AS WE MENTIONED, WE ARE THE PROUD MEDIA PARTNER FOR THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL AND OUR VERY OWN MEGAN RIVERS WILL BE HOSTING THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. FOR THE FULL F
Updated: 12:44 PM EDT Jul 2, 2026
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Cherry Hill Arts and Music Waterfront Festival shifts start time as heat hits holiday weekend
Updated: 12:44 PM EDT Jul 2, 2026
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The heat is impacting some plans for this holiday weekend.The Cherry Hill Arts and Music Waterfront Festival is adjusting its hours as it returns this weekend. The festival will now go from 5-10 p.m. to avoid the hottest part of the day.It will include live music, entertainment, interactive history exhibits, cultural demonstrations and educational programming designed for all ages.The festival’s founder, Fanon Hill, and educator, author and historian Dr. Ayize Sabater, whose “Great Persons” interactive exhibition will be featured, preview the festival.
BALTIMORE —
The heat is impacting some plans for this holiday weekend
The Cherry Hill Arts and Music Waterfront Festival is adjusting its hours as it returns this weekend. The festival will now go from 5-10 p.m. to avoid the hottest part of the day
It will include live music, entertainment, interactive history exhibits, cultural demonstrations and educational programming designed for all ages
The festival’s founder, Fanon Hill, and educator, author and historian Dr. Ayize Sabater, whose “Great Persons” interactive exhibition will be featured, preview the festival
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