The first annual Gospel Music Festival is coming to Nevada City this Saturday bringing groups like the Motivators, Scott Hickman and -The Bethel AME Choir which has come to Nevada City for the past 31 years to celebrate Martin Luther King Day at the Miner’s Foundry.   Artistic Director, Joshua Jones says Bethel AME also has a very active youth choir and they will open the festival.
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The adult Bethel AME Choir will perform in the afternoon along with other gospel groups from the Bay Area and beyond.  Grass Valley’s own Paige Anderson and The Fearless Kin will also be on stage. The festival opens at 11 a.m. and ends at 6 p.m. Saturday May 25th at  Nevada City United Methodist Church at the top of Broad Street.  Jones says  this is an all ages event and there is a suggested donation of $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and children.   Southern food will be served for a small fee.  All funds raised will go to support the efforts of the United Methodist Committee on Relief to refurbish the old Mutare Hospital in Zimbabwe.