The Fredericksburg Black Arts Festival has been here for five decades and celebrated the late Clarence Todd’s Harambee 360 Theatre on its 50th anniversary this past weekend. The Black Arts Festival kicked off at the Fredericksburg Area Museum on Friday. “People enjoyed the performances, but everyone doesn’t know the ties a lot of the performers have to the theatre,” Todd added. On the festival’s opening day, Catlett told the audience the Harambee 360 Theatre, Miss Black Teenage Pageant and the Black Arts Festival “all gave members cultural identity, social cohesiveness, joy, love and precious memories.”Go-go music was introduced to the Black Arts Festival last year when Xpress Band closed the show. In the future, Todd hopes to expand the Black Arts Festival by adding new acts and performances.