High Point RnB Soul Picnic blends music and mental health support
High Point’s third RnB Soul Picnic packed Oak Hollow Festival Park with Jon B, live yoga and wellness vendors. Organizers cast it as a family reunion built around mental-health support.
High Point’s third annual RnB Soul Picnic turned Oak Hollow Festival Park into a family reunion edition on Saturday, June 27, with Jon B on the lineup and organizers framing the day as a mental-health gathering as much as a concert. The event drew on music, food, games and wellness resources to create a setting that was meant to feel familiar, not clinical.
The official RnB Soul Picnic site described the festival as a soul-healing mental health event built to provide a healthy outlet, involve community leaders and bring families together through soul and R&B music. Visit North Carolina listed food, music, wellness and healing vendors, games and more, while event listings added live yoga to the mix. Organizers also tied the picnic to National PTSD Day on June 27, giving the day a sharper purpose than a standard summer outing.
The setting mattered as much as the programming. Oak Hollow Festival Park sits at 1841 Eastchester Drive in High Point, inside the Oak Hollow Park complex near Oak Hollow Lake Dam. City park materials describe the lake and park facilities as scenic picnic locations for families and groups, a natural fit for an event built around blankets, lawn chairs and long stretches of time outdoors.
The festival’s rules underscored that it was a managed, ticketed gathering rather than an informal cookout. Its FAQ said parking was designated and paid, with two entrances and a rideshare area. Blankets, lawn chairs and coolers with a pass were allowed, while alcohol, liquids, tents and hot or cooked foods were not.
That structure gave the picnic a local test beyond music alone: whether a community-run wellness event can draw people who are looking for connection, not just entertainment. Organizers have pitched the gathering as a place where residents can bring children, sit with neighbors and use the wellness area alongside the performances and vendors.
The event was not new to Guilford County. WXII 12 reported the R&B Soul Picnic’s North Carolina debut at Oak Hollow Festival Park on June 15, 2024, and this year’s edition marked the third annual High Point event. With support from local listings and a growing festival footprint, the picnic has become part of the city’s summer calendar, and a measure of how far music-led wellness programming can go in meeting a real community need.
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