Colorful umbrellas dotted the landscape outside Alabama A&M University’s Louis Crews football stadium even though no rain was forecast for the 18th annual WEUP Black Arts Festival.

With the temperature reaching 96 degrees, it was a scorcher, but it didn’t stop people of all ages from enjoying the music, art and food at the new location for the festival, which had been held at the WEUP studio on Jordan Lane since its inception.

People came from miles around. Quaya Sheppard and Melissa Hogan drove from Kentucky to see the group Chunk A Change perform Saturday afternoon.

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