'Letting God Do His Thing': Umoja Village Hosts 16th Annual ShoutFest as Part of Unity Weekend

Saturday may have been the 16th year that ShoutFest has gone down, but it was only the second time that Aiken nonprofit Umoja Village has hosted it.

ShoutFest is the CSRA’s largest gospel festival and previously was put on by a local gospel radio station before that station was sold last year. At which point, Umoja Village took it up and rolled it into its Unity Weekend-an extended weekend centered on unity and inclusion across all cultures.

“Just showing up and letting God do His thing,” is how Santana Carter, of Aiken, described it.

This was her second time at ShoutFest, and she brought her husband, Joshua Carter, for whom it was a first-time experience. Both said the music, which this year included nearly 20 different gospel artists, was the biggest draw.

-Via The Aiken Standard