By Megan Sayles, AFRO Enterprise Author, msayles@afro.com
The Black-owned Célebréz en Rosé wine and music competition will return to the Washington metropolitan space on Could 28. This 12 months’s gathering will happen in Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods in Columbia, Md.
This 12 months’s musical visitors embody R&B singer-songwriter Jacquees, rapper Mannie Recent, DJ 5’9 and go-go band UCB.
“‘Célebréz en rosé,’ is French for ‘rejoice in pink,’ We actually centered on the business energy of rosé, which has had an explosive evolution,” stated Cleveland Spears III, founder and govt producer of Célebréz en Rosé.
Attendees are inspired to don pink and white apparel to enhance the theme of the competition.
“We noticed the way it was not simply related to wine, however a way of life. Folks affiliate rosé with summertime, good climate, open air, hanging out with buddies and a sure sort of aesthetic. We began this competition as a singular technique to get individuals to come back out and luxuriate in it collectively.”
In 2018, the primary Célebréz en Rosé competition befell in Atlanta. Since then, the competition has expanded to cities, together with Houston and Washington, D.C., to attract extra attendees.
D.C.’s first competition was held in 2019 and, in earlier years, it befell on the Nationwide Harbor. However Célebréz en Rosé outgrew the venue, drawing greater than 8,000 attendees final 12 months.
Spears stated he selected Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods as a result of its expansive out of doors area paired nicely with the picnic-style competition.
Throughout Célebréz en Rosé, attendees can have the prospect to sip on cocktails, champagnes and wines, many from Black-owned wineries, and eat from native meals vehicles. Garden video games and greater than 15 picture installations shall be obtainable to doc attendees’ expertise this 12 months.
Célebréz en Rosé can be permitting attendees to convey their very own meals to get pleasure from.
Common admission and VIP tickets are nonetheless obtainable for buy. Each include a memento wine glass and picnic blankets.
“Our hope is for everybody to be protected and for everybody to have an excellent time, make reminiscences and meet new buddies,” stated Spears.
Megan Sayles is a Report for America Corps member.
