DNC CarolinaFest 2012 9/3/12

Update: James Taylor will be headlining at the festival. Also featured will be Jeff Bridges and the Abiders, Janelle Monae, The Blue Dogs, Chairmen of the Board, Simplified and West End Mambo.

Charlotte in 2012 Host Committee has announced a free family festival CarolinaFest 2012 that will kick off the DNC convention week. The festival will take place on Labor Day, Monday, September 3rd, 2012, starting with a Labor Day Parade from 10am until 12pm, and then a festival until around 6:15pm. Festivities will take place on Tryon Street between Stonewall and Trade streets and on The Green. The Charlotte Observer reports some details: Museums in this area, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Mint Museum Uptown and Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture will offer free admission. Nearby Discovery Place and NASCAR Hall of Fame will have half price admission, and Levine Museum of the New South will have a discounted admission of $5. The entertainment schedule will be announced soon.