Experience Charles Town

Living Maroon Heritage

Charles Town offers a year-round cultural destination experience, with Conference 18 as its featured annual gathering.

Maroon Cuisine

Wild hog jerk, chicken, run dung, curry, bussu soup, crayfish, bammy, roti, boil food, rice and peas, vegetables and traditional sweets.

Drummers & Dancers

Abeng, libation, Kumina, Nyabinghi, West African drumming, dance workshops and live cultural performance.

Taíno Day

Sacred fire, animal relatives, Yucahuna Kachi Areito, teachings, ceremony, songs and dance.

Stay with us

Camp-In & community stays

The Charles Town Camp-In offers tent space, space plus food, four-day specials and food village booth rental.

Bring your own tent
Tent space
Food Village
River experience
Community atmosphere
Asafu Yard access

Why this is different

This is not a hotel-and-stage festival. It is a community-rooted cultural journey: river, food, fire, drumming, storytelling, ceremony, scholarship, and legacy.