Upcoming Events
We will be walking in the parade and hopefully hanging out with some of our fans after! Come down and meet us at the Akron City Festival and do a TikTok with us, we’ll post you on our social media!
A huge Thank you to Mayor Shammas Malik, Denico Buckley-Knight and the City of Akron for continuing this great event for a 2nd year!
We cant wait to again be a part of the annual WORLD ON STAGE cultural night in Cleveland!
This is a FREE EVENT on September 7th from 6PM – 8PM at the Centennial Peace Plaza
(101 Martin Luther King Blvd. Cleveland, OH 44108)
Join us on September 21st at the Summit Artspace in downtown Akron for the 2nd annual Global Entertainment Expo. This event is presented by Shanti Community Farms in partnership with Asian Services in Akron. Highlighting talents, foods, and entertainment from Akrons talented and diverse community! To learn more, sponsor, or buy your tickets visit www.shantifarmsoh.com. We’ll see you there!
The Black Beanz are managed by David Brooks/36 North Consulting & Tom Crain (Founder/Director Shanti Community Farms). To contact the management team for brand sponsorship opportunities or brand ambassador opportunities use the email below.
info@blackbeanzakron.com
2024 AROPI VILLAGE BALL FUNDRAISER
It was an honor to be a part of the Akron Rites Of Passage Institute Village Ball & Fundrasier. This was an amazing cultural event perfectt for our group! Click below to learn more about this amazing African-Centered Akron-based 5O1c3!
COMMUNITY DANCE DAY
BY DANCECLEVELAND
We had a great time at DANCECleveland’s Student Showcase for Community Dance Day! A day filled with learning from professional dancers culminating with a dance showcase from all of the talented youth dance teams! We look forward to attending this event in the futurel
Dancing Our Way Through The Summer
We have had a bustling few weeks filled with bookings and performances across Northeast Ohio! They showcased their talents at the Rib White & Blue Festival in downtown Akron over the 4th of July weekend, lit up the ILLUMINATE festival in Cuyahoga Falls, and took our talents to Kenmore Ohio’s First Friday event, and graced the stage at the Allen Theater in Playhouse Square for DANCECleveland’s Student Showcase for Community Dance Day. Along with a few private performances in between!
All professional pictures in this section were taken by Tom Scott owner/founder of Tom Scott Photography.
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Click HereOhioDance Festival 2024
It was our 3rd trip in 3 years to the prestigious OhioDance Festiva; in Columbus Ohio! We were humbled to again be a part of this event which is equally fun and educational. We hope to be back in 2025.
*All photos in this section are credited to the OhioDance Official Photographers
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2024 Akron Ohio State of the City Address by the Honorable Shammas Malik
What a humbling and incredible opportunity to dance before Akron mayor Shammas Malik gave his 1st Sate of the City Address. We are so grateful for the opportunity and thank everyone who was involved in making that night possible. A special thank you to Kelly McHood Owner of Radical Curation for providing us with this opportunity.
Phot Credit: 36 North Consulting
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