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Liberation Park

Akoma Market

July 26, 2022 by Fayola Perry Leave a Comment

August 21 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Our last Certified Farmer’s Market is a celebration and thanksgiving to all of our amazing vendors, exhibitors, partners and patrons who helped make this iteration of our iconic Akoma Market the immersive cultural experience that it is. This is not goodbye at all but a transition and expansion. Akoma 2.0 will feature: 5 Cultural, artisanal and or themed markets per year – February, May, June, August, and December Akoma On The Road Akoma at Liberation Park Events Akoma Seasonal Subscription Box Akoma Digital Marketplace Akoma Night Market Stay connected by visiting us at https://linktr.ee/allthingsakomamarket

Free Entry is free, vendor prices vary

Black Cultural Zone

Liberation Park

7101 Foothill Boulevard
Oakland, California 94605 United States
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Tagged With: Akoma, Akoma Market, farmer's market, Liberation Park, Market, Oakland, Resources, roller skating, Shop Oakland, Shopping, Social, Umoja Roller Rink, Vendors

Liberation Park Experience at the 21st Annual Laurel Street Fair & World Music Festival

August 9, 2022 by Fayola Perry Leave a Comment

August 13 @ 11:00 am – 7:00 pm

Join us for another amazing Liberation Park Experience on the road! From 11am until 7pm in the historic Laurel District of Oakland, our Akoma vendors will be there with the items you love for one of a kind festival fun. We will also have our Umoja Roller Rink and DJ KG with us so that you can get your roll on this Saturday. We can’t wait to see you there!

#AkomaOnTheRoad #AkomaMarket#LaurelStreetFair#RollerSkating#UmojaRollerRink #LiberationParkExperience#BlackCulturalZone

Free admission is free, vendor prices may vary

Black Cultural Zone

Laurel District

4222 MacArthur Blvd
Oakland, California 94619 United States
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Tagged With: Akoma Market, Black Cultural Zone, community, Liberation Park, Oakland, roller skating, Umoja Roller Rink, Vendors

Read Watch Do Summer – OPL

July 19, 2022 by Fayola Perry Leave a Comment

August 6 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Read Watch Do: Summer at Oakland Public Library continues its series of events at Liberation Park. Bring your family out for some storytelling, music, skating and crafts. Join us 7/25 and 8/6 for some family fun.

Join us for a Summer Reading Party you won’t want to miss!

Unique Derique returns for another special performance. There will be mural painting, roller skating, story time and so much more.

Free

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Oakland Public Library

(510) 238-3134

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Liberation Park

7101 Foothill Boulevard
Oakland, California 94605 United States
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(510) 470-0183
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    August 17 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Tagged With: Black Cultural Zone, community, Liberation Park, Oakland, Oakland public library, Read Watch Do, roller skating, Summer Reading Party, Umoja Roller Rink

Liberation Park Experience at First Friday

April 7, 2022 by Fayola Perry Leave a Comment

August 5 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

We’ve got some exciting news! We will be bringing our Liberation Park experience to First Fridays. We know it’s short notice but we hope to see you there! We will have some Akoma vendors, Fo’Show Friday vibes, Outdoor Play party and of course, Umoja skating rink is coming with us too! Find us on 23rd & Telegraph to play and 25th & Telegraph to skate!

Free Entry is free, vendor prices varied

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First Friday

2633 Telegraph Ave Ste 109
Oakland, California 94612 United States
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Read Watch Do Summer – OPL

July 19, 2022 by Fayola Perry Leave a Comment

July 25 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Read Watch Do: Summer at Oakland Public Library continues its series of events at Liberation Park. Bring your family out for some storytelling, music, skating and crafts. Join us 7/25 and 8/6 for some family fun.

Tacuma King of Bay Area Youth
Arts will host an African drumming
demonstration.
Tacuma teaches us that West
African drumming is much more
than music; it is a spiritual manner
of communicating that reconnects
people to history, heritage, and
each other.

Free

Black Cultural Zone

Oakland Public Library

(510) 238-3134

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Liberation Park

7101 Foothill Boulevard
Oakland, California 94605 United States
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(510) 470-0183
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    August 17 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Tagged With: African Drumming, Black Cultural Zone, community, Liberation Park, Oakland public library, Read Watch Do, summer reading, Tacuma, Umoja Roller Rink

Liberation Park Experience at Art + Soul 20th Anniversary Festival

July 19, 2022 by Fayola Perry Leave a Comment

July 23 @ 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm

This weekend, we’re bringing our Akoma Market on the road and Outdoor Playday too!  Join us this Saturday at the 20th Anniversary Art+Soul Festival as we bring the Liberation Park experience to downtown Oakland once again! Our friends from the Black Arts, Music and Business District will be joining us as well! From 12pm-6pm, in downtown Oakland, we will have a dozen of our vendors, a host of children’s activities, Umoja Roller Rink on the road and  food all around!  We will be located on 14th st. between Clay St. and Jefferson St.  We can’t wait to see you there!

Free Free admission, vendor prices vary

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Downtown Oakland

1301 Clay Street
Oakland, California 94612 United States
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Tagged With: Akoma Market, Art + Soul Festival, Black Cultural Zone, community, Liberation Park, Liberation Park Experience, Oakland, Outdoor Play Day, roller skating, Social, Umoja Roller Rink

Read Watch Do Summer – OPL

June 7, 2022 by Fayola Perry Leave a Comment

July 9 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Poet, educator, activist and children’s book author Nancy Johnson will be having a book signing and meet and greet.

Kirk Waller will be telling both well-known and unknown stories. You’ll love his engaging, musical storytelling style. Something the whole family can enjoy.

Constance Moore will be hosting an arts and crafts session as well, designed to delight and inspire everyone in attendance.

Free

Oakland Public Library

(510) 238-3134

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eanswers@oaklandlibrary.org

Black Cultural Zone

Liberation Park

7101 Foothill Boulevard
Oakland, California 94605 United States
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(510) 470-0183
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  • Liberation Park Experience at the 21st Annual Laurel Street Fair & World Music Festival

    August 13 @ 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
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    August 17 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Tagged With: Black Cultural Zone, community, Liberation Park, Oakland, Oakland public library, Read Watch Do, reading, Social, summer

Wellness Wednesdays

June 1, 2022 by Fayola Perry Leave a Comment

July 6 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Get well on Wednesdays with BCZ!  Offering options for your healing ranging from yoga and meditation to $5 community skating and gardening with so much more.  Join us every 1st and 3rd Wednesday for a restorative evening at Liberation Park’s new Healing Hub, starting at 4pm and ending at 8pm. 

There will be a soft launch of the Healing Hub this week, stay tuned for more information.

*Masks strongly recommended

$5 free event, skating is $5

Black Cultural Zone

Liberation Park

7101 Foothill Boulevard
Oakland, California 94605 United States
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(510) 470-0183
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    August 13 @ 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
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    August 17 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Tagged With: art therapy, community, healing, Liberation Park, manifesting, meditation, roller skating, Social, wellness, yoga

Read Watch Do Summer – OPL

June 7, 2022 by Fayola Perry Leave a Comment

Oakland Public Library @ Liberation Park Presents:

Asheba is a musical storyteller who specializes in calypso, the musical and folkloric oral tradition of Trinidad and Tobago, his homeland. Stories of hope and happiness are the focus of Asheba’s songs. You and your little ones will be singing and dancing the minute Asheba starts performing.

Free

Black Cultural Zone

Oakland Public Library

(510) 238-3134

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Liberation Park

7101 Foothill Boulevard
Oakland, California 94605 United States
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(510) 470-0183
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Related Events

  • Liberation Park Experience at the 21st Annual Laurel Street Fair & World Music Festival

    August 13 @ 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
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    August 17 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Tagged With: Black Cultural Zone, community, Liberation Park, Oakland, Oakland public library, Social, summer

Fo’Show Fridays

April 7, 2022 by Fayola Perry Leave a Comment

June 24 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Can y’all kick it?  Yes y’all absolutely can!  Looking for something to do on Friday evenings?  Look no further. Now you and yours can come hang out and chill at Liberation Park during  Fo’Show Fridays from 5pm-9pm.  Come by and grab something to eat from an array of food trucks and kick it. We fo’show finna be there.

Free Entry is free, vendor prices varied

Black Cultural Zone

Liberation Park

7101 Foothill Boulevard
Oakland, California 94605 United States
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(510) 470-0183
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Related Events

  • Liberation Park Experience at the 21st Annual Laurel Street Fair & World Music Festival

    August 13 @ 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
  • Slammin’ Sunday Skate Sessions

    August 14 @ 4:00 pm – 8:30 pm
  • Wellness Wednesdays

    August 17 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Tagged With: Black Cultural Zone, community, Liberation Park, roller skating, Social, Umoja Roller Rink, Vendors

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