Join Black History Bike Ride on Thursday, June 19th, 2025 for our biggest celebration yet! Meet at 10am at the African American History Memorial (11th & Congress) for an all abilities guided bike ride with hundreds of cyclists touring sites of historical significance to Austin's Black communities. Bring...
Celebrate Juneteenth with a parade (starting at 10am at MLK Blvd. and Leona St.). The parade will be followed by a festival at Rosewood Park. Enjoy delicious food, lively music, and plenty of fun at the festival from 12 noon to 9 p.m., topped off...
In the past, the annual Juneteenth Parade in east Austin has generated plastic waste along the route. In an effort to divert material and encourage plastic recycling, Austin Resource Recovery is seeking volunteers to help collect recyclable material, while walking with our community recycling truck....
Day 2 of the 2025 Free Your Mind Lecture Series continues with a screening of Little Trumpet, directed by Megan Trufant Tillman and produced by Kimiko Matsuda-Lawrence on June 11, 2025 from 12-1:30pm. Little Trumpet is a short film set in Tillman's hometown of New Orleans and tells the...
The 2025 Free Your Mind Lecture Series kicks off on Tuesday, June 10 from 12-1:30pm with a film screening of Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom, an unscripted documentary that invites viewers into the story of Juneteenth through the eyes of a Black man learning about the...
Join us on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at the Carver Museum's 6th Annual Stay Black & Live Citwide Juneteenth Celebration! Pull up as early as 11:00 a.m. for the car show & parade, then jump inside for education programming like story time, Juneteenth arts &...
Bring your lawn chair and blanket and enjoy an evening at the park for Juneteenth! Our theme is Family Reunion-- we’re inviting the community to relax, connect, and celebrate together with music, games, food, and fun. You can RSVP here. Hang out with Where Y’all At...
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...