Berkeley Juneteenth Festival

Left: The Berkeley Juneteenth Festival, held Sunday on Adeline Street and Alcatraz, Right: Rome Westley and his daughter Aaliyah enjoy the giant slide at the Juneteenth Festival in Oakland. (Sarah Brennan/Staff)
Performers dance through the Berkeley Juneteenth Festival. (Sarah Brennan/Staff)
The smell of grilled chicken permeates the air at the Juneteenth Festival.(Sarah Brennan/Staff)
Linda Jackson, Keisha (who preferred not to give her last name), and Shantay Wesley pose with a fake sandwich during the festival. (Sarah Brennan/Staff)

Linda Jackson, Keisha (who preferred not to give her last name), and Shantay Wesley, all of Berkeley, pose with a fake sandwich which was mysteriously sitting unattended on a curb at the Juneteenth Festival in Berkeley./File

Berkeley High School cheerleader, Mikkala McGill (right), takes a shot at the dunk tank.The dunk tank was set up to raise money to send the Berkeley High School cheerleading team to a summer camp in Santa Cruz. (Sarah Brennan/Staff)
Barbecue from Ribs-N-Things, one of the many participating food vendors at the Juneteenth Festival. (Sarah Brennan/Staff)
Carolyn's Creole Kitchen, a catering business based in Oakland, was one of the many participating food vendors at the Juneteenth Festival. (Sarah Brennan/Staff)
Tracy Cruz performs during the festival. (Sarah Brennan/Staff)
Michael O'Hara sits on his low rider bike (Sarah Brennan/Staff)

By | Senior Staff on Monday, June 25, 2012

On Sunday, Berkeley celebrated Juneteenth – the date the last state emancipated slaves – by having a festival with outdoor music, games and food. The festival was located at the corner of Alcatraz Avenue and Adeline Street.

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