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2022 Juneteenth ‘Caring for the People’ Block Party
June 19 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
JUNETEENTH SANTA BARBARA
“CARING FOR THE PEOPLE”
BLOCK PARTY, SUNDAY JUNE 19, 2022
Celebrating the Emancipation of formerly enslaved Black/African Americans
SANTA BARBARA, CA – Juneteenth Santa Barbara welcomes the community at large to the fifth year of celebrating Juneteenth in Santa Barbara! The free block party celebration will be on Sunday, June 19, 2022, from 12 pm to 5 pm, in historically Black Santa Barbara also known as the Funk Zone. On the 200 block of Gray Avenue in Santa Barbara, California.
The celebration includes free food for up to 200 people at Shalhoobs Funk Zone Patio, local live performances, the return of the Black/African American Artisan Market, a kids zone with Princess Tiana from Princess & the Frog and so much more! As the celebration coincides with Father’s Day, the event will acknowledge the caregivers in our lives through the theme, Caring For the People.
Coming to the stage for this event is local Black talent, Vivian Storm, Miriam Dance, Talitha Garbielle, The Knew Vibe, Sojourner Kincaid Rolle, DJ Tim Stone, and MC Jacquelyn Chin. The Black Artisan Market includes: Aiku Apothecary, Angela Cantu, Baked by the Hoods, Cali Moss LLC, COVID-19 Mobile Vaccine Clinic, Elf Kraft, Gateway Educational Services, Healing Justice SB, Healing Space (UCSB), High Resonance Rocks, MLK Jr. SB, Mo Sama, NAACP Santa Barbara, R-Evolution: Dialogues in the Diaspora, The Sea League, UCSB Black Grad Association, Valley in Film, and Warrior Mother Essential Oils & Blends.