Florida Emancipation Day Block Party, Saturday, May 23, 2026 from 4:30 to 9:00 p.m., at Ali Cultural Arts Center, 353 NW 1st Street, Pompano Beach, FL 33060. Free and open to the public
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Hued Songs presents a free community block party honoring May 20, 1865, the day Florida’s enslaved Black population learned of their freedom. The afternoon features a movement and percussion workshop, live DJ, vendor village, free bites and drinks, and a featured outdoor performance with Wilkie Ferguson III, Miriam King, Arsimmer McCoy, Inez Barlatier, and Quiana Major.