The Festival will take place in Dallas on Labor Day weekend, September 1-3, 2017 at the TEXAS HORSE PARK in Dallas, Texas. Already set to perform; Jonathan Butler, Oleta Adams, Rachelle Ferrell, Euge Groove, Jeff Lorber, Chuck Loeb, Pault Taylor, Keiko Matsui, Phil Perry, Najee, Will Downing, Alex Bugnon, Erykah Badu, Maysa, John Secada, Ruben Studdard, Kim Waters, Joseph Vincelli and many more! Curtis King, founder and president of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Inc.