The holiday Juneteenth is June 19, but one Tri-Counties community is celebrating it with a huge block party this weekend.
What’s being called Juneteenth Santa Barbara will take place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. The block party will be on the 100 block of Gray Avenue in Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone.
There will be live music performances, a return of the Black Artisan’s market, food trucks, booths with community groups, and kids activities.
It’s Santa Barbara’s seventh annual Juneteenth celebration. Juneteenth is a federal holiday which celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.
