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BLACK: A Festival of Joy will take place Saturday, July 13 at Taggart Memorial Amphitheatre at Riverside Park, 1856 Burdsal Parkway, 3-9 p.m. The free festival celebrates Black joy, talent and entrepreneurship in Central Indiana with live music, food, art and community networking opportunities.

Grammy-nominated artist BJ The Chicago Kid and up-and-coming musician Austin Dean Ashford are headlining the festival. Indianapolis acts Soul Lounge Band, 4200 Kory, Forgotten Tribe, Goldie & Friends will also perform, as well as the Asante Children’s Theatre.

While enjoying live music, guests can browse through handcrafted goods from various local vendors, take part in a guided yoga and meditation session, visit a family fun zone and try out some of the best Black-owned food trucks in Indianapolis, including Paul’s Kitchen and Good Vegan Bad Vegan.

The third BLACK: A Festival of Joy event is sponsored by GANGGANG, IndyGo, Mirror Indy and The Indianapolis Foundation.

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Free festival celebrates Black joy in Central Indiana

by Breanna Cooper, Mirror Indy
July 8, 2024

<h1>Free festival celebrates Black joy in Central Indiana</h1> <p class="byline">by Breanna Cooper, Mirror Indy <br />July 8, 2024</p> <p><a href="https://blackjoyindy.com/">BLACK: A Festival of Joy</a> will take place Saturday, July 13 at Taggart Memorial Amphitheatre at Riverside Park, 1856 Burdsal Parkway, 3-9 p.m. The free festival celebrates Black joy, talent and entrepreneurship in Central Indiana with live music, food, art and community networking opportunities.</p> <p>Grammy-nominated artist <a href="https://www.bjtck.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">BJ The Chicago Kid</a> and up-and-coming musician <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXh9qyP9bfI" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Austin Dean Ashford</a> are headlining the festival. Indianapolis acts Soul Lounge Band, 4200 Kory, Forgotten Tribe, Goldie &amp; Friends will also perform, as well as the <a href="https://asanteartinstitute.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Asante Children’s Theatre</a>.</p> <p>While enjoying live music, guests can browse through handcrafted goods from various local vendors, take part in a guided yoga and meditation session, visit a family fun zone and try out some of the best Black-owned food trucks in Indianapolis, including <a href="https://www.chefpaulskitchen.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paul’s Kitchen</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheGoodVeganBadVegan/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Good Vegan Bad Vegan</a>.</p> <p>The third BLACK: A Festival of Joy event is sponsored by GANGGANG, IndyGo, Mirror Indy and The Indianapolis Foundation.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/black-festival-of-joy-riverside/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org&quot;&gt;Mirror Indy&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-Mirror-Indy-square-logo-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=27539&amp;amp;ga4=G-X0R0QW371R&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mirrorindy.org/black-festival-of-joy-riverside/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mirrorindy.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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