Florida Emancipation Day Block Party

Florida Emancipation Day Block Party, Saturday, May 23, 2026 from 4:30 to 9:00 p.m., at Ali Cultural Arts Center, 353 NW 1st Street, Pompano Beach, FL 33060. Free and open to the public The post Florida Emancipation Day Block Party appeared first on The Westside Gazette.

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Florida Emancipation Day Block Party, Saturday, May 23, 2026 from 4:30 to 9:00 p.m., at Ali Cultural Arts Center, 353 NW 1st Street, Pompano Beach, FL 33060. Free and open to the public

RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/floridas-emancipation-day-a-block-party-celebration-tickets-1986564435704

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Hued Songs presents a free community block party honoring May 20, 1865, the day Florida’s enslaved Black population learned of their freedom. The afternoon features a movement and percussion workshop, live DJ, vendor village, free bites and drinks, and a featured outdoor performance with Wilkie Ferguson III, Miriam King, Arsimmer McCoy, Inez Barlatier, and Quiana Major.

 

 

 

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