Capital Metropolis Kwanzaa Pageant returns to Richmond for 2022

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Capital Metropolis Kwanzaa Pageant can be returning to Richmond on Friday, Dec. 30.

The occasion will function performances, workshops, kids’s actions, meals and extra in a celebration of the 12 months’s-end Kwanzaa vacation. In line with the Elegba Folklore Society, there may even be thanksgiving, development and a cultural affirmation of values.

Capital Metropolis Kwanzaa is the most important Kwanzaa celebration in Virginia — and subsequently, one of many largest on the East Coast — in response to the Elegba Folklore Society. The society’s first Richmond Kwanzaa competition was held in 1990 following the creation of the Kwanzaa program in 1986.

The occasion will run from 5 to 11 p.m. on the Higher Richmond Conference Middle.

For extra particulars in addition to admission costs, go to the Elegba Folklore Society’s website.