🖤 35th Santa Cruz Juneteenth 2026 🖤
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Santa Cruz Juneteenth celebrates Black Liberation and Freedom for our 35h year on June 13h at Laurel Park behind the historic London Nelson Community Center in downtown Santa Cruz, 12 - 6pm.
Our theme this year is: ✊🏾 Resilience ✊🏾
Join us for Music, Dance, Poetry from the Diaspora, nourishing soul food, and craft booths.
🙏🏽 Honor our Ancestors at our Ancestors Altar 🕊
💪🏽 Move your body with our Moments of Movements instructors
💃🏽Dance to the park in our 2nd Line Sidewalk Parade starting at noon at the BLM Mural with a live brass and drum band led by our Honorary Grand Marshal. 🎺🥁
Gracing our stage this year:
🎵 The Joint Chiefs
🎶 Phreeborn & the Phreequency
🗣️ Gina René and the Juneteenth Choir
🎷 Karlton Heston & the Hesperians
🎸 Down Home Blues Duo
🎤 Lee Earl
🎤 Mesha L
💃🏽 Tannery World Dance Youth dancers
🔊 DJ Sparkle provides the beats
🎙️ MC Maiya Lanae our host
Always FREE, there's plenty of activities for children, including the sack race and the basketball clinic starting at 1:30pm.
Our theme this year is: ✊🏾 Resilience ✊🏾
Join us for Music, Dance, Poetry from the Diaspora, nourishing soul food, and craft booths.
🙏🏽 Honor our Ancestors at our Ancestors Altar 🕊
💪🏽 Move your body with our Moments of Movements instructors
💃🏽Dance to the park in our 2nd Line Sidewalk Parade starting at noon at the BLM Mural with a live brass and drum band led by our Honorary Grand Marshal. 🎺🥁
Gracing our stage this year:
🎵 The Joint Chiefs
🎶 Phreeborn & the Phreequency
🗣️ Gina René and the Juneteenth Choir
🎷 Karlton Heston & the Hesperians
🎸 Down Home Blues Duo
🎤 Lee Earl
🎤 Mesha L
💃🏽 Tannery World Dance Youth dancers
🔊 DJ Sparkle provides the beats
🎙️ MC Maiya Lanae our host
Always FREE, there's plenty of activities for children, including the sack race and the basketball clinic starting at 1:30pm.
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Where is it happening?
301 Center St., Santa Cruz, CA, United States, California 95060
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