Exciting News! Our 2nd Annual Juneteenth Celebration is relocating to Huston-Tillotson University, Austin's own HBCU! ️ Join us from 12-6 pm for a jubilant celebration of freedom, creativity, and entrepreneurship! The Black Makers Market will take over the Huston-Tillotson with 50+ vendors and tunes by DJ...
Join us at the Carver on Tuesday, June 18th for the Carver Freedom Poetry Slam from 7:00PM - 10:30PM. We'll be bringing you 12-13 local poets battling it out for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place! You don't want to miss this one-night only event. Doors...
Introducing our premier Stay Black & Live Juneteenth Free Your Mind Symposium speaker, Amanda Johnston presenting, "An Artist's Duty". Join us on Monday, June 17, 2024 from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM for a reading and brief talk with 2024 Texas State Poet Laureate, and...
Join us on Saturday, June 15, 2024, From 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., a community cookout and music festival will take place in the historic Rosewood Neighborhood behind the Carver Museum. Starting at 3 p.m., the Carver MC will open the festival followed by DJs...
Every year, Greater East Austin Youth Association hosts Austin’s historic Juneteenth Parade. The historic parade route starts at 10am on the corner of E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and Leona Street and concludes at Rosewood Park with a festival (which lasts from noon to...
Join Abode Press at The Future Front House for poetry readings by renowned Black poets, KB Brookins, Enzo Silon Surin, and Mirakol Jade. Each poet will reflect on Juneteenth, its cultural significance in Texas as well as read from their works. There will be books available...
Learn more about the roots of Black Seminoles (descendants of former Black slaves) and their journey into Mexico to find freedom. Sponsored by H-E-B and SixSquare: Austin's Black Cultural District. #HEBHelpingHere Join us for a Juneteenth event that explores the intersectionality of Black Seminoles and Mexican food culture. Speakers...
Join us for a fun-filled evening at Freedom + Juneteenth! Engage in a panel, Curating Community: Nurturing Black Joy and Business Growth in Austin, featuring experts sharing insights on Black community curation and businesses. Dance to the beats of our live DJ. Check out live art by a...
The Paramount Theatre Monday, June 17, 2024 Doors: 6pm Film: 7pm 1985 | 152 min. | Color | DCP Directed by: Steven Spielberg Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong and Oprah Winfrey You can get your ticket here. Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey star in director...
Celebrate this Juneteenth at the 5th annual Black History Social Ride and Block Party! Meet at the capitol for a 6pm bike ride, touring sites of historical significance to Austin's Black and BIPOC communities. Bring your own bike, helmet, and water bottle. After the ride we will...