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September 27, 2025

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Cornbread Fish and Collard GreensAnthony Hamilton
00:00 / 04:30
MISSION

OUR MISSION

We are a global community driven festival celebrating culture, movement, music, and healthy living.  Help us keep the spirit going by donating!

To celebrate the traditions, culture and historical contributions of African Americans while promoting family unity and the importance of healthy eating and living for the well-being of future generations.

COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS

 

  • Season's Women (fac)

  • Pearl Academy Agriculture Environmental Center

  • black achievement fund

  • pafm | atlanta chapter

  • Davis Bozeman law

  • The RBG lOFT

2023 Promised Land Festival Picture with Tents and mini stage

REGISTER TO JOIN

We invite you to come and celebrate the rich culture, history and traditions of African & African-American food and Music

Educate Yourself on How to Live Green Sustainable Healthy Lifestyles

HOSTED BY:

ORIGINAL COLLARD GREENS CULTURAL FESTIVAL PLANNING COMMITEE

GREEN-FRIENDLY

FOODS & VENDORS

COMMUNITY, COMPETITIONS

& WORKSHOPS

LIVE MUSIC, DJs

& PERFORMANCES

Featuring Collard Green Ice Cream, Sustainability Pavilion, Wellness Pavilion, African Market Place, Farmer’s Market, Arts & Crafts Vendors, Children’s Sprout Land, Live: Gospel, Blues, Reggae, Jazz, R&B, Hip Hop, DJs, and More!

COMMUNITY

FEEL THE VIBE

We want to make sure that you tell your friends and family that they don’t want to miss a moment of the mouth watering, hot water corn bread dripping food, live music from soul stirring Gospel to soothing Jazz, Arts & Crafts marketplace, Wellness and Sustainability pavilion, Children’s Sproutland and Edutainment being planned for this day-long virtual celebration.

EAT MO' GREENS

Why a Collard Greens Cultural Festival? Our food is an expression of our love. Today we must learn to take favorites, like collard greens, and prepare them in healthier ways. This festival highlights the different ways collard greens can be used and prepared, while extending the celebration of culture from food to music, wellness, sustainability and activities for youth. Additionally, we offer a collard green cook-off as a fun and engaging way of highlighting culinary masters of the collard greens craft and crowning a winner as the best collard greens cook in Georgia while inspiring everyone to eat healthier. 

 

 

What makes this festival different? It is all in the greens -- an exciting platform on which to build a better awareness about overall wellness. We plan to feed not only the senses and body with good food and music, but also feed the soul. Be prepared to feast on our vegetarian collard green dinners (greens, yams, black-eye peas, collard green muffins) and don't forget to leave room for the piece de resistance, collard green ice cream!

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We are talking about more than just your Mother’s cooking. One of our festival’s highlights is the Collard Greens Cook-off, geared towards all persons who can cook the meanest greens in Georgia! Keep your recipes secret, but bring your best cooking game to the table! Additionally there will be vegetarian cooking demonstrations and recipe sharing. It is simple, you will leave wanting to “Eat Mo’ Greens!

Charity Volunteers

We LOVE
VOLUNTEERS!

The 16th Annual 2025 Original Collard Greens Cultural Festival in Downtown Decatur needs you! We are in need of volunteers in the following areas:

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