I stumbled upon the San Francisco Juneteenth Festival last weekend. It was a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon – and not just because of yummy bar-b-que chicken and roasted corn. The crafts at the festival were so intriguing!
Juneteenth is a traditional African-American celebration which originated in Texas – and SF’s celebration is the largest outside of the founding city! There were African arts, crafts, and traditional dress and accessories. There were also kiosks boasting antique and home-made jewelry, as well as knick knacks, and accessories. I spent some time looking at rings – which are always my downfall. Big, wide rings with gaudy, over sized stones – which are sometimes hard to find. But at this fair, there was a pretty good selection – with pretty reasonable prices. The ones I particularly liked were going for no more than $20.
Some of the other accessories show-cased there were less applicable to me, but never-the-less interesting. For example: the hats – which I as a white girl could never pull off. They were mostly wide-brimmed, straw, pastel colored. Like something you’d see at the Kentucky Derby – and that’s probably the only place I could ever wear one!
Booths at Juneteenth go for as little as $30 per spot, per day on a first come, first serve basis as the Junteenth festival is being planned. Which is pretty reasonable, and it seemed like a great way to display something you’d created, acquired or designed.
