Belleville News-Democrat
Courtney Woolery and Lauren Brooks are the co-founders of the Black Woodstock Festival in East Louis that will take place on Sunday at the intersection of 83rd and State Street in East St. Louis from 2 pm to 7 pm. The event will feature a variety of vendors.
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Belleville News-Democrat, a news partner of St. Louis Public Radio.
EAST ST. LOUIS Courtney Woolery was born and raised in Springfield, Illinois. Although her hometown is about an hour drive from East St. Louis, she remembers the numerous occasions in which her family would travel to the city simply for having fun.