The Chicago Gospel Run 5K becomes official part of the 29th Annual Chicago Gospel Music Festival

Written by zenmochaGR on March 24, 2014. Posted in News.

March 2014 – Public health nonprofit, Gospel Run, has announced that it will partner with the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). The post-race concert of the annual Chicago Gospel Run 5K will be a part of the 29^thannual Chicago Gospel Music Festival.

The Gospel Run 5K is a music-filled regional health event. The 2014 Gospel Run 5K, Gospel Kids Run, and post-race gospel concert will take place in the historic Jackson Park on the south side of Chicago. The post-race concert will include Stellar-award winning Fellowship Chicago Church Choir and Kierra Sheard’s BRL.

Chicago is credited as the birthplace of gospel music, and Thomas Dorsey, former music director of Pilgrim Baptist Church in the Bronzeville community, is regarded as the “godfather” of gospel music.