Join us in celebration of Black PRIDE Black JOY Black EXCELLENCE
19-20 August, 2023
Eugene, Oregon

The Black Cultural Festival is an opportunity for people of Afro descent, our families, and close friends to join together in celebration of our vibrant culture and community. It is an event created for us by us, and supported by organizations, companies, and people like you – who want to aid in unifying and uplifting our local Black community.

We encourage you to join us on August 19-20, 2023 for this amazing family friendly event. There will be food for your soul (and stomach), entertainment, and black businesses, artists, and artisans to discover. This event will be a safe space for all that attend and will be accessible to those with disabilities. We encourage you to bring your love and positive energy!

If you are interested in financially supporting this event, donating products or services please see our Sponsorship Page.

If you are a black business, artist or organization and you wish to have a booth or table at this event to showcase your product or services visit our Vendors Page.

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BUY TICKETS TODAY!

Saturday & Sunday, Aug. 19-20, 2023
1pm – 6pm

Alton Baker Park Picnic Shelters,
Eugene, Oregon

Children 18 and under, and Elders 70+ are FREE

A ticket includes the cost of admission, entertainment,
activities, games and snacks.
No folks of Afro descent turned away for lack of funds!

The whole family and close friends, a chair,
a picnic blanket, smiles and love!

Black Cultural Festival

Mission

To cultivate a healthy and connected Black community in Eugene and beyond by creating welcoming spaces that attract Black people, while also centering and celebrating our culture.

“Healing is a practice. It’s not a one-time thing.”

~Marnita Schroedl

“Sometimes you have to raise a little hell to get some heaven.”

~Joe Madison

“I love my people. And I love all people.”

~Black Elder

“Give light, and people will find the way.”

~Ella Baker

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”

~Rosa Parks

“The triumph can’t be had without the struggle.”

~Wilma Rudolph

“The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.”

~Malcolm X

“I love being Black! Racism and white supremacy is what it is. I still love being Black.”

~Kokayi Nosakhere

“You need not carry the heavy, hollow burden of racism any longer.”

~Jesse Williams

“Life is full of pain. Let the pain sharpen you.”

~Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Healing isn’t fully healing if it doesn’t in some way connect the individual to the community.”

~Susan Raffo

“Healing is not just about what we experience in the present, it’s also about how we understand the past, how we name our histories and frame the times in which we live.”

~Susan Raffo

“When I dare to be powerful — to use my strength in the service of my vision — then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”

~Audre Lorde

“Turn your wound into wisdom.”

~Oprah Winfrey

“Healing must be collective.”

~William Oliver

“I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.”

~June Jordan

“Nobody’s free until everybody’s free”

~Fannie Lou Hamer

“The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions.”

~James Baldwin

“In the world you know, there’s a million boys and girls who are young, gifted and black, and that’s a fact.”

~a Nina Simone song, from Lorraine Hansberry’s play

“To sit back and do nothing is to cooperate with the oppressor.”

~Jane Elliott

Join us in celebration of Black PRIDE Black JOY Black EXCELLENCE 19-20 August, 2023 Eugene, Oregon

Join us in celebration of Black PRIDE Black JOY Black EXCELLENCE
19-20 August, 2023
Eugene, Oregon