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5 Oakland events from June 19 to the 22

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Many JuneteENTH EVENTS to current this week. Along with the celebration marked under, OMCA organizes a number of occasions, together with the longer term -proof dinner within the Oaklandside earlier this week. Additionally don’t miss at Lakefest, a big outside competition that takes over the northeast facet of Lake Merritt with music, sellers and meals.

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JuneteENTH in Oakland

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An aerial picture of Lake Merritt. Credit score: Richard H. Grant for the Oaklandside

One of many largest JuneteENTH events takes place at Lake Merritt. This 12 months, DJ’s Ice Chilly, Slowpoke and others shall be behind the turntables with this exterior celebration of the black tradition.
Thursday, June 19, 3 p.m. Free, Grand and Euclid Avenues

The Juke Joint at Wolfe Pack Studios

Paintings by Rachel Wolfe-Goldsmith

Ryan Coogler’s film Sinner Helped within the presentation of black tradition and historical past within the south, and the Bay Space group has taken observe. Subsequent Friday, in honor of JuneteENTH, the staff on Wolfe Pack StudiosThe artwork gallery led by artist Rachel Wolfe-Goldsmith, organizes a Juke joint Occasion impressed by the particular person organized by the twins Elia “Smoke” Moore and Elias “Stack” Moore from the movie. Anticipate scrumptious fried fish, a reside band, a DJ and far more. A clothes instruction from the Nineteen Twenties-1130 is required to occasion on the Joint.
Friday, June 20, 7 pm to 12 pm, $ 37.29 and $ 49.391308 Broadway

sixth annual LAKEFEST OAKLAND

The GTC band that carry out in Lakefest in 2023. Credit score: Azucena Rasilla

This Saturday Grand Avenue shall be blocked from Fairyland to Perkins Avenue and round Bellevue Avenue at Perkins as a part of the 6th annual LAKEFEST OAKLAND. The free Buitenfestival gives household actions, meals and retailer sellers, reside music and DJs, together with Ladyryan with Lake Merritt as a background. The primary stage is organized by Prentice Powell and DC is Chillin. Oakland Rappers Mistah Fab and Kamaiyah are deliberate to carry out on the primary stage.
Saturday, June 21, 11 am to 7 pm, Free up to $ 10Entry to the Pageant on Grand Avenue and Bellevue

Grown Ladies Dance Collective presents sixteenth annual JuneteENTH Efficiency: ‘Surviving Lengthy Covid: I am. Nonetheless. Right here’

Grown Dance Ladies Collective Inventive Director Tonya Marie Amos. Credit score: Courtesy of Robbie Sweeny

In accordance with the collective, the present, Surviving lengthy covid: I’m. Nonetheless. Right here“Honors Lengthy Covid survivors by dancing to iconic music” by legends comparable to Ray Charles, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, Teddy Pendergrass and Nina Simone. The inventive director of the group, Tonya Marie Amos, fights Lengthy Covid and understands the additional precautions to be taken to make artists and public members really feel secure. All these current obtain an individually packed N95 masks, which is required to enter the studio.
Saturday, June 21, 11 am, 3 pm and seven pm and Sunday 22 June, 11 am and three pm, free, RSVP Online494 ninth St.

Sizzling tickets within the metropolis this week: the operate: Too $ Hort, Scarface and DJ Quik

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Oakland Rappers Mistah Fab (left), and Te $ Hort on the Too $ Hort Method Avenue Naming in December 2022. Credit score: David Meza for the Oaklandside

The wait is to catch this Oakland legend for this present within the hometown. Anticipate particular performances from Richie Wealthy, Mistah Fab and B-Legit.
Friday, June 20, 8 p.m., $ 83 to $ 3151807 Telegraph Ave.

Quickly to the town: Leisure within the Fox Theater

Spare time. Credit score: Courtesy or Sheva Kafai

The New Zealand Electronic project collective performs a present in Oakland as a part of them The Temper Tour In November.
Wednesday 5. 19.00, $ 43- $ 1681807 Telegraph Ave.

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