Three free public celebrations of Juneteenth are planned this weekend in Santa Barbara County, one each in Lompoc and Solvang on Saturday and another on Sunday in Santa Barbara.
Set for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Ryon Park, 800 W. Ocean Ave., the celebration will feature keynote speaker Brooke Russell, an experimental particle physicist working as an Owen Chamberlain Postdoctoral Fellow at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Physics Division in Berkeley.
A bake-off will also take place for peach cobbler, sweet potato pie and red velvet cake, and food will be available for purchase from vendors. It is financially supported by the Fund for Santa Barbara’s Racial Equity Fund and Santa Barbara County.Sign up to receive headlines in your inbox! Breaking News | Local Sports | Daily Headlines | Local Obituaries | Weather | Local Offers Click to Sign up! All of Santa Ynez Valley will celebrate Juneteenth from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Solvang Park on Mission Drive at First Street downtown.
“Caring for the People” is the theme of this year’s event that will feature free food for up to 200 people, live performances by local groups and individuals, the return of the Black/African-American Artisan Market and a Kids Zone with Princess Tiana.
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