Santa Cruz Juneteenth Celebration
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Saturday, Jun 14, 2025 12pm - 5pm
Location
London Nelson Community Center
301 Center St
Details
Santa Cruz Juneteenth celebrates Black Liberation and Freedom for our 34th year at Laurel Park behind the historic London Nelson Community Center in downtown Santa Cruz, 12 - 5pm.
Our theme this year is:
Body, Mind and Soul.
Join us for Music, Dance, Poetry from the Diaspora, nourishing soul food, craft booths, help create the Ancestors Altar. Move your body with our Moments of Movements instructors and dance to the park in our 2nd Line Sidewalk Parade with a live brass and drum band.
Samba Ngo and Mandjou Kone, Rastan, the Juneteenth Choir, Lyrical-I, the Monterey Peninsula Gospel Choir, Alwa Gordon, Queen Jasmeen and DJ Sparkle will grace the stage.
Our Honorary Grand Marshall, Don Williams, will lead the Second Line Sidewalk Parade, starting at noon at the BLM Mural.
Always FREE, there's plenty of activities for children too, including the sack race and the basketball clinic.
For more info go to santacruzjuneteenth.com
