Taste of Soul L.A. Returns for the Sixth Year

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Taste of Soul L.A. will feature three stages and crowds of a few hundred thousand this year. The annual Crenshaw Boulevard event attracts soul, hip hop, R&B, jazz, and gospel musicians from across the country, along with hundreds of food vendors and artists. Phyllis Tucker is one of the people from The L.A. Sentinel planning the big event.

"It was really started to give the community a chance to come together and celebrate being a community. It was about enjoyment, respect, community pride, and that's really how it came about."

What started as a basic street festival has now reached epic proportions. Tucker says Taste of Soul could even set a world record on Saturday.

"This year we're going for the Guinness Book of Records for the world's largest line dance. So it's gonna be the world's largest cupid shuffle."

And at the heart of all the dancing, eating, and shopping, the free event is a huge economic stimulator.