One of the East Bay's most popular free festivals made its return Saturday as Art + Soul Oakland celebrated its 20th anniversary after taking a pandemic pause.
Art + Soul Oakland returns after a two-year pandemic hiatus.Shauncy Jackson has memories of visiting Art + Soul as a festival attendee. This year, she made her debut as a vendor.
"Oakland Don't Play essentially started off as a clothing line, for us to voice basically our stance. There was a lot of things going on with gentrification and discrimination and I wanted to find a way to say something about it," said owner Jackson. "So this is a new drop:"Oakland don't play we skate." There's a big skate population in Oakland, and this is my way of paying homage. Just real Oakland," she said.
"It was amazing, literally I only had a couple of opportunities to eat and drink water like nonstop people learning about the company, making purchases," she said of Saturday's business. "My community's here, my friends are here, the culture is here, the arts are here, everything's here, why not," said Vernie Yong of Marin.
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