The Life is Living Festival is back!

This is an awesome festival- don't miss it! Totally free festival that celebrates urban life. Hip hop, health, environmental action and a kick ass graffiti battle. Sports, live music, and youth poetry.

2015

October 10, 2015
deFremery Park
10:00am – 8:00pm
In honor of how music and dance have helped sustain life in our city, this year Life is Living will feature many of the best DJs, Dancers, Dance companies and Music happening in Oakland. Included in this exhibition will be interactive opportunities for attendees of all ages to engage and participate ranging from a World Record Soul Train Line, live Dance Classes, Health, Wellness and Beauty zones. Also included will be live theater, poetry and our renowned Free Breakfast Program featuring The Bigger Picture Project and other special guests. http://youthspeaks.org/lifeisliving/

2014

Life is Living Festival, Saturday October 11, 10 am - 8 pm, DeFremery Park, 1651 Adeline St (btw 16th & 18th), Free

A free celebration of urban life through hip hop, intergenerational health, and environmental action. LIFE IS LIVING establishes a new model for partnerships between diverse and under-resourced communities, green action agencies, and the contemporary arts world. 

Info: youthspeaks.org/lifeisliving

2013

October 12, 2013

deFremery Park - 18th & Adeline

10:00am - 6:00pm

EXTERNAL LINK: life is living 

  • Dead Prez
  • Food Justice Stemposium
  • Hood Games Skate Competition
  • Estria Graffiti Battle
  • Kids Zone
  • Favianna
  • way more cool stuff!

youth spoken word poet from 2011, by greenkozi