From the soul-stirring bass drums beating under Friday night football lights at West Charlotte High School to the sizzling sounds of some of history’s greatest musicians playing at the legendary Excelsior Club and art shows featuring local artists at Johnson C. Smith University, art, music and culture have long been the soul of Historic West End.

Soul Junction, the free, two-day music festival, where the city meets the village returns to Johnson C. Smith University September 15 and 16 to celebrate the vibrancy of Charlotte’s Historic West End neighborhood.

Friday, Sep. 15, 5-10 p.m.

J Prag

DJ Smitty

Menastree

G Yamazawa

Arsena Schroeder

Joanna Teters

Derrick Hodge

Saturday, Sep. 16, 3-10 p.m.

Chirl Girl

DJ Marcus Wade

5th & York

Prime

Funkrush

Lovell Bradford Quartet

Georgia Anne Muldrow

Micki Miller & The X-Men

Shelby J