Weeksville Heritage Center

Weeksville Heritage Center is excited to announce our summer 2026 programming season, opening June 19 with the 5th Annual Juneteenth Food Festival.

The season brings free public programming to our historic grounds in Crown Heights, including a new community shade structure, a special screening of HBO's "The Gilded Age," the launch of Weeksville Watch Nights, and the return of the Weeksville Green Community Market.

Full details here: https://bit.ly/3SqDeoQ

We’re excited to welcome you to the Juneteenth Food Festival this Friday, 12-8 PM!

Swipe through our FAQ for tips on navigating the festival, what to bring, and everything else you need to know.

We can’t wait to celebrate with you.

LAST CHANCE: "Fanal - Fè Limyè" leaves Weeksville after this week!

Don't miss your last chance to see this stunning sculpture by artist Fitgi Saint-Louis in Brooklyn. Composed of wood, acrylic, and paint, this "Fanal- Fé Limyé" connects tied traditions from Southern American quilting to West African ironwork to embellished Caribbean homes, celebrating the range of local cultures present in New York City.

Illuminating each night thanks to a solar panel on its roof, "Fanal - Fè Limyè" stands as a reminder of the enduring light we each hold and can build upon with our kaleidoscope of collective action.

On view now through June 10th. Tues–Sat, 10–5.

Come say goodbye before it heads to Baltimore!

Photo credits: Tony Turner

On Saturday, June 6, 2026, from 10 AM to 6 PM, the 5th annual Black Man’s Health Festival returns to Weeksville.

This free community experience, presented by Heart, Body & Soul, Inc. in partnership with the Office of Councilmember Chi Ossé and Weeksville Heritage Center, centers Black men’s wellness, joy, and transformation through culture, creativity, and connection.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4v9ReBk

Join us on Wednesday, June 3, at 6 PM for the opening reception of "Peace in Destruction: Art from Rikers Island," presented by Groundswell at Weeksville Heritage Center.

Between 2008 and 2019, Groundswell created murals at Rikers Island alongside young people impacted by the carceral system. Few of these works have ever been seen outside those walls.

This exhibition brings them into public view for the first time in images by celebrated street photographer Martha Cooper, alongside new works created in direct conversation with the murals by youth impacted by incarceration.

Free and open to the public.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4eXKxOb

Pleasure as history. Pleasure as resistance.

On June 4th, "Black & Free: Pleasure Histories" comes to Weeksville Heritage Center with an evening of film and live performance honoring Black q***r and trans legacies of pleasure that are so often left out of dominant narratives.

The program begins with a screening of the short film "Mary of Ill Fame" (2020–2021) by Tourmaline–a fictional story shaped around the real life of Mary Jones, a Black trans woman and s*x worker living in New York in the 1830s–alongside excerpts from the "We Been Here" showcase, which pays tribute to Black burlesque legends Sahji (1940s) and Jean Idelle (1950s-60s) and features live performances from two of New York's current Black burlesque stars: Queerly Femmetastic and Aurora Boobrealis.

We hope you’ll join us!
RSVP: https://bit.ly/4djbf1m

Weeksville Heritage Center and Black-Owned Brooklyn are proud to present the 5th Annual Juneteenth Food Festival! This year’s event brings together 31 Black food vendors for a gathering rooted in the food traditions that have been central to Juneteenth since its earliest observances.

In addition to food from the American South and Black diaspora, the festival will include DJ sets by Saint James Joy, DJ Tara, Donwill, DJ Monday Blue; line dancing with Kendra J. Ross; performances by The Jazzy Jumpers and Brooklyn United drumline; and Black food literature from BEM | books & more.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/49fwrUL

Were you in the room? Because something special happened at Weeksville Heritage Center’s 4th Annual Spring Benefit, "Preserving Home: Past, Present, and Future."

From heartfelt tributes to joyful moments, music, art, and community, the evening was a beautiful reminder of what it means to come together in support of preserving history, culture, and home.

To everyone who joined us, supported, donated, and helped bring this evening to life, thank you for being part of history at Weeksville!

There is still time to make a gift: https://bit.ly/4dImMbH

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