Black Liberation Month Celebration Events
Each Thursday of February 6-8 p.m. | 2/6, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27
Humboldt Hot Air Radio Takeover
Weekly radio show presented by Black community members. Locally curated music, poetry and more.
Saturday, February 1, 2025 8:30 p.m. doors
Black Excellence Party
Dance party starts at 9:30pm
Community wide event $5-$20
Richards Goat- 401 I St Arcata
Thursday, February 6, 2025 5 p.m.
Umoja BLM Kickoff & Black Community Mixer
Food| DJ | Games | Raffles | Community Groups
Cal Poly Humboldt, Gutswurrak Student Activities Center 225- Kate Buchanan Room (KBR)
Friday, February 7, 2025 5-8pm
“The Black Hall” Marketplace with Mother’s Cooking
Free, community wide event with music and vendors available.
Tasty Hub- 1935 5th St, Eureka
Saturday, February 8, 2025 5-8 p.m.
“The People’s Mic”
Food | Live performances | Open mic | Community wide
Hosted by Sarai Bordeaux. Performances by Mo’love, RA, Bamidele. Headliner- Bay Davis
Cal Poly Humboldt, Gutswurrak Student Activities Center 225- Kate Buchanan Room (KBR)
Friday February 14, 2025 6 p.m.
Black Family Skate Night
Exclusive event for those identifying as Black/Afro-Latine/African American/Afro/African or from within the African Diaspora & their family and friends.
First 50 skaters are free and pizza is provided.
Fortuna Skating Rink- 9 Park St, Fortuna
Sunday, February 16, 2025 2 p.m.
Juneteenth Collaborator Info Session
Looking for collaborators interested in: Tabling at the Day Festival, performing, organizing a festival area, partnering on a pre-festival event, donating, sponsoring. Food will be provided, kid friendly space.
Juneteenth is an American Holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865 announcement of the abolition of slavery and the emancipation of enslaved African American throughout the former confederate states of America
Diversity Temple- 335 E St, Eureka
Friday, February 21, 2025 at 7 p.m. | $5-$20 tickets
Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 2 p.m. | free show
“Rhythms of the Land” Screening
Rhythms of the Land is a valentine to generations of Black farmers in the United States from the enslavement period to the present, whose intense love of the land and dedication to community enabled them to survive against overwhelming odds.
Community wide event, pay what you can, 35 minute film discussion afterwards.
North Coast Repertory Theater- 300 5th St, Eureka
Friday, February 28, 2025 6-9 p.m.
“Greenbook” Zine Crafting Mixer
Traditionally, the annual guidebook was first published in 1936 and helped African Americans safely navigate the roads of a segregated country. Green wrote this guide to identify services and places relatively friendly to African Americans so they could find lodgings, businesses, and gas stations that would serve them along the road. The zine created by Black Humboldt will represent local places Black & Brown community has been able to feel belonging and joy.
Free event, Black & Brown exclusive, food by The Vile Co
Hosted by The Diversity Temple- 335 E St, Eureka
Friday, February 28, 2025 5pm
Saturday, March 1, 2025 TBA
Live Dance Performances
Hip-Hop stepping, Hip-Hop Lyrical, Afro Hip-Hop Fusion. $5 suggested donation.
Friday | Cal Poly Humboldt-West Gym
Saturday | Arcata Farmers Market
Available all February
Black History Timeline Tour at Humboldt County Libraries
Visual displays reviewing Black History spanning 500 BC through today. Created by the College Corps fellows of Black Humboldt.
Fortuna, Eureka, Arcata, Blue Lake, Mckinleyville
Enjoy Black Liberation Month while listening to some tunes curated by Black Humboldt
