Somer Fest 2022

Produced by 2020 and 2021 BIPOC Grant Series winner Sur5ILL, Somer Fest exists to produce culturally rich entertainment for the local community by highlighting people of color.

The fourth annual iteration of the free performance art festival occurs on Friday, September 9th from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM (rain date 9/16) at Seven Hills Park behind the Davis Square MBTA station. It features a live DJ as well as folk, R&B, Hip-Hop and genre-fusion performances from soloists and bands alike.

The City of Boston boasts only a few Black-owned performance venues despite a quarter of its residents identifying as Black according to the US Census Bureau. Somer Fest emerged in 2018 out of a dearth of performative platforms and outlets which people of color are able to leverage. Somer Fest exists to produce annual, culturally rich entertainment for the local community while also highlighting people of color among its vendors, volunteers and other associated personnel.