{"id":186567,"date":"2026-02-20T21:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/186567\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T21:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:08:08","slug":"celebrating-black-joy-gives-behind-the-scenes-look-at-annual-black-joy-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/186567\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Celebrating Black Joy&#8217; gives behind the scenes look at annual Black Joy Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KGO logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-kgo.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Friday, February 20, 2026 8:13PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Celebrating Black Joy: Behind the scenes at Black Joy Parade\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">OAKLAND, CA (KGO) &#8212; ABC7 is &#8220;Celebrating Black Joy&#8221; ahead of the annual Black Joy Parade and Festival! The annual event, in its ninth year, celebrates Black culture and history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">VIDEO<a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/2025-black-joy-parade-highlights-oaklands-annual-day-celebrating-community-culture-experience\/15949780\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025 Black Joy Parade: Best of Oakland&#8217;s day celebrating community, culture and Black experience<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Join ABC7 as we introduce you to the founders and volunteers who make the event happen. Hear about the entrepreneurs who bring their wares and tasty treats to the festival and meet some of the parade&#8217;s participants&#8211; including community members like Black cowboys on horseback and the soulful Black Joy Choir.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">WATCH: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/blackjoyparade\/?userab=abcn_du_cat_topic_feature_holdout-474*variant_b_redesign-1939,abcn_news_for_you_exp-528*variant_c_bptt-2205\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025 Black Joy Parade in Oakland<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Join us as we come together to celebrate the unique participants who draw thousands of people to Downtown Oakland.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KGO-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Friday, February 20, 2026 8:13PM OAKLAND, CA (KGO) &#8212; ABC7 is &#8220;Celebrating Black Joy&#8221; ahead of the annual&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[87847,143,145,144],"class_list":{"0":"post-186567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-87847","9":"tag-oakland","10":"tag-oakland-headlines","11":"tag-oakland-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}