Free tickets are available at Stewart/Hunter Leisure Travel offices for Friday's performance by the nationally and internationally known Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble of Denver. The performance opens the Savannah Black Heritage Festival.

The troupe will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Savannah Civic Center. The 2013 festival is the 24th annual and the 14th produced by Savannah State University. For more ticket information, call 912-767-2841 at Fort Stewart or 912-315-3674 at Hunter Army Airfield. For festival information, visit savannahblackheritagefestival.com.