Santa Cruz Juneteenth Celebration
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Saturday, Jun 13, 2026 12pm - 6pm
Location
Laurel Park behind London Nelson Community Center
Details
Santa Cruz Juneteenth celebrates Black Liberation and Freedom for our 35th year at Laurel Parkbehind the historic London Nelson Community Center in downtown Santa Cruz, 12 - 6pm.
Our theme is: RESILIENCE Join us for Music, Dance, Poetry from the Diaspora, nourishing soul food, craft booths,
🙏🏽 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 and 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.
