Summer Discover Finale Festival

Join us for a Summer Discover celebration in downtown Jackson on August 3!


Party in the Park: 11 AM-2 PM, Horace Blackman Park

Enjoy live music, yard games and a bounce house.

Music Line-Up:

There will be a 15-minute break between sets.


Movie Matinee: 2:30 PM, Michigan Theatre

Free showing of IF (PG, 2024) with popcorn.

All activities are free and open to the public!

Author Talk with John Jennings

Join Dr. John Jennings on May 6 at 2 PM at the Michigan Theatre in downtown Jackson as he dives into the themes of Afrofuturism. The free event is presented in partnership with Concatenation Convention.


About the Author: John Jennings is a professor, author, graphic novelist, curator, Harvard Fellow, New York Times Bestseller, 2018 Eisner Winner, and all-around champion of Black culture. Some notable works include The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art and Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation. He is also the author of the current Silver Surfer: Ghost Light comic series.