{"id":340959,"date":"2026-06-18T06:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/340959\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T06:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:14:07","slug":"what-to-know-about-leander-cedar-park-juneteenth-block-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/340959\/","title":{"rendered":"What to know about Leander, Cedar Park Juneteenth Block Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe cities of Leander and Cedar Park are hosting a joint <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leandertx.gov\/746\/Juneteenth-Block-Party\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Juneteenth Block Party<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leandertx.gov\/Facilities\/Facility\/Details\/Robin-Bledsoe-Park-15\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robin Bledsoe Park<\/a> on June 19 from 5 to 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Before you go<\/p>\n<p>The party will be free to attend and family-friendly, city communications staff said.<\/p>\n<p>Parking will be available at the park and neighboring North Austin Pediatrics, according to the city of Leander\u2019s website. When those lots fill up, overflow parking will be available at Camacho Elementary School, with transportation provided between the overflow parking lot and the event.<\/p>\n<p>The event<\/p>\n<p>A \u201cfun zone\u201d for kids, live art, food vendors and a basketball tournament will be open from 5 to 9 p.m, according to the website. The park\u2019s pool and splash pad will also be open.<\/p>\n<p>A series of musical performances and speeches by local elected officials will begin at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>What they\u2019re saying<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJuneteenth is an opportunity to come together as a community\u2014to reflect on our history, celebrate how far we\u2019ve come, and continue the work of building a future where everyone has the opportunity to thrive,\u201d Leander Mayor Na\u2019Cole Thompson said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019m encouraged that Leander and Cedar Park are partnering on this year\u2019s celebration because it reminds us that the values of unity, understanding and community don\u2019t stop at city limits. When we learn from our shared past and celebrate together, we strengthen the communities and opportunities we\u2019re building for the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cedar Park Mayor Jim Penniman-Morin encourages residents to attend the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCedar Park is honored to join Leander in celebrating Juneteenth this year. Our two cities are better together, and events like this one are proof of that,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cThe diversity of our communities is one of our greatest strengths, and Juneteenth calls us to honor that by remembering where we&#8217;ve been, celebrating how far we&#8217;ve come, and recommitting to a future where everyone belongs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The cities of Leander and Cedar Park are hosting a joint Juneteenth Block Party at Robin Bledsoe Park&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,5565,64,7218,121613,121612,121611],"class_list":["post-340959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-community-events","tag-events","tag-juneteenth","tag-juneteenth-block-party","tag-juneteenth-cedar-park","tag-juneteenth-leander"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}