Eastern NC City to Reveal Juneteenth Headliners Via Mobile Marketing
Released by Tameka Kenan-Norman, City of Rocky Mount
The city of Rocky Mount’s annual Juneteenth Community Empowerment Festival will be held Friday, June 2, 2017, from 7:30-9pm, and Saturday, June 3, 2017, 11:45am-8pm.
The festival, coordinated by the city’s Parks and Recreation Department and the Community Empowerment committee, includes a bike rodeo, a keynote speaker, information about Juneteenth, and headlining acts on Friday night and Saturday evening.
This year, the city will announce the two headlining acts via mobile messaging on Thursday, March 30, 2017, at 4pm. To find out who will be performing at Juneteenth, text CITYBEAT to 55469.
Says Public Affairs Manager Tameka Kenan-Norman:
“We always try to find an innovative way to let those interested know first who is performing at our annual Juneteenth festival. In previous years, we have done trivia and made the announcement on Facebook and Twitter. This will be the first time we have utilized our mobile messaging campaign.”
According to Kenan-Norman, subscribers to the city’s text messaging feature will be notified Thursday, March 30, 2017, while others won’t receive the information until Monday, April 3, 2017. Once individuals are signed up for this announcement, they may continue to be among the first to receive information about upcoming city events and initiatives.
More information, including vendor forms, is online at downtownrockymount.com/events/juneteenth. Vendor application links — for commercial, nonprofit, and food vendors — may be found on that page.
Rocky Mount NC is a city in Eastern North Carolina, split across Nash and Edgecombe counties. The Rocky Mount NC Metropolitan Statistical Area includes approximately 200,000 residents.
