GospelFest Concert 2022 to feature artists,

Mayor Michelle Wu said the GospelFest Concert was an avenue to celebrate the city’s diverse communities (Photo from Michelle Wu Twitter account)

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced the city's 22nd annual GospelFest Concert. The event will take place on Sunday, Aug. 7.

GospelFest 2022

According to the website, the musical event will be held at Playstead Field at Franklin Park. The Gospel concert is now in its 22nd year and will feature national and local gospel singers.

The Mayor's Office of Tourism, Sports, and Entertainment produced the musical event. The concert is free and open to the public.

The concert will have a mixture of contemporary and traditional Gospel music.

Wu said in a statement that she was thrilled to announce the event. She added that it provided an avenue to celebrate Boston's communities.

The mayor pointed out that the concert would support local and national Gospel artists. She invited the community to come and support the event.

Celebrating Communities, Gospel

Travis Greene is one of the featured artists of the musical event. Other performers include Angela Elizabeth, Chris Bender, and Kymberli Joye.

The Mayor's Community Gospel Choir is also scheduled to perform.

Bishop Bobby Perry will host the event. Perry is the pastor of the Kingdom Builders' Worship Center in Dorchester.

Faith Collective founder John Bernier expressed appreciation for Mayor Wu and her efforts to carry the legacy. Bernier explained that GospelFest is one of his favorite annual events because of the impact it gives the community.

Attendees were encouraged to bring a chair or blanket to the venue. A food truck will be available onsite for those who wish to buy food.

The Boston Water and Sewer Commission water truck will provide water for guests.

Entering Politics

In a report with WBUR, Mayor Wu is the daughter of Taiwanese immigrant parents.

She grew up in Chicago. Growing up, she often had to act as an unofficial translator for her Chinese-speaking parents.

Wu admitted that she never imagined entering the world of politics, especially running for mayor of Boston.

She told the news outlet that she was often discouraged from talking about herself when in public. Her traditional Chinese family also told Wu not to be confrontational.

Wu believed she did not have the traits one would associate with being a politician.

"I was none of those things," Wu said. "Not tall, male, angry, loud."

After graduating from Harvard, she would begin a journey that would take her into the world of politics.

She studied contract law at Harvard Law. There, she met Elizabeth Warren, whom Wu described as "brilliant and terrifying."

It was Warren who endorsed Wu for mayor. Warren explained that she remembered the bright young student who sat in the front row.

This brilliant student would soon work on her first campaign for the Senate. Warren pointed out that even back then, Wu was already determined to help those working families who required child care.

Warren explained that she and Wu had discussed the importance of child care so the parents could go to work without worrying about who would care for their children. The women also wanted to ensure that children got the early learning opportunities they needed.