P.E.I. black culture festival receives $15K from Canada 150

A new festival celebrating where many in Charlottetown's black community once lived, called the Festival for the Bog,received $15,000 in funding from the federal government Monday.

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Charlottetown MP Sean Casey, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, announced the funding to the Black Cultural Society of P.E.I. via a written release.

"It is projects like this that strengthen the bonds that unite us and help build a welcoming Canada where there is a place for everyone," Casey said in the release.

The festival will include artistic and cultural activities, and a heritage walk of sites significant to the original black community in Charlottetown, known as the Bog.

The money comes from the $200 million Canada 150 Fund, which supports projects celebrating 150 years since Confederation.

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