Dre Day 2024

Dre Day 2024 took place on June 29th at Nexus Creative Hub in the Historic Springfield neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida.

The amount of LOVE that poured into the block party & the amount of love shared between everyone that showed up was magical to witness. Performances ranged from L.O.V.E Culture & Ebonique to In The Midst & Joré Marshall, and are now some of my new favorite performances by a bunch of the artists.

I’ve said it before & I’ll say it again, the dance community in Jacksonville is INCREDIBLE, and witnessing the progress / growth over the years has been a true gift. A huge congratulations to @AmariMonster & everyone that made the event come to life the way that it did.

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On June 20, 2023, the world lost Andre Marshall in a car accident, a deeply beloved artist / brother / friend in the city. Amongst many things, Andre is also Amari Marshall's brother, who's a globally recognized choreographer, dancer, & director, and happened to be Beyonce's Co-Dance Captain during the Renaissance World Tour. Andre is who she credits as the reason she started dancing, and with Andre's transition taking place last June while she was on tour, so she created an event to honor his memory titled "Dre Day"!

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