The 4th Annual Celebrate Black Austin is a city-wide cultural wellness festival hosted by Third Spaces. In 2025, we brought over 1,000 people together to celebrate Black history, community, wellness, and creativity through immersive activations, storytelling, and art. CBA honored the history, achievements, and labor of Austin's Black community with a vibrant Block Party Festival featuring DJs, a higher education and career fair, food trucks, a vendor market, and historical walking tours of East Austin.

Event Run of Show

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM: Free East Austin Walking Tours - The tour will highlight landmarks and street art of historic significance and amplify the voices and stories of those from the community.

(10am Tour features guided somatic mindfulness, led by Third Spaces )

(10:30, 11:30, 12pm Tours led by Black Austin Tours)

1:00 PM - 6:00 PM: BLOCK PARTY AT KENNY DORHAM’S BACKYARD

✨ All Day Activations (1:00 PM – 6:00 PM)

🎓 Higher-Ed & Career Resource Fair – Explore opportunities in education & career development, resume + linkedin coaching. Contributed by Seminary of the Southwest.

🏥 Health Screenings-Blood Pressure + Blood Glucose by Austin Public Health (1-4PM)

—-Cancer Prevention Education provided by Vibrant Living Lymphatics

🛍️ Vendor Marketplace – Support Black-owned businesses & artisans

🍗 Cookout Menu by Victory East – Burgers, Fried Wings, Hot Dogs, Jerk Chicken, & Fish Fry.

🍲 Food Trucks- Community Vegan + Hippie Picnik + Tony's Jamaican

☕️ Radio Coffee Specialty Menu- 10% of proceeds will be donated to Six Square by Radio Rosewood

🎨 Pop-Up Art Exhibits – Featuring Riches Art Gallery & Daprophet.

🎲 Community Games – Double Dutch, Tug of War, Races, etc. Play for prizes. Hosted by @weoutsideATX

✨Workshops & Performances

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

🎨 Passion Board Activation – Create a collage of your passions, explore your gifts and visualize how following your passion can feel less like labor and more like purpose. Presented by Beyond The Happy

🎷 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM

🎶 Urban Contemporary Jazz Performance- by The HT Collective from Huston-Tillotson University

🎧 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

🎵 DJ Jaz-E Set – Curating the vibes!

🕺🏾 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

💃🏾 Line Dance Class – Hosted by @weoutsideATX (Tamia Dance/Can’t Get Enough, Electric Slide, and more!)

🎧 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

🎵 DJ Jamie Dred Set – The ultimate Block Party Turn up

This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department.