Sun, Jun 14
|Needful Things- Corner of Chestnut&Main
Harlem Renaissance Fashion Show and Community Clothing Drive
The For the Culture series is kicking off Juneteenth Week in celebration of Black art, fashion, and community at Needful Things! Join us for the Harlem Renaissance Fashion Show and Clothing Drive feat live band outside! Plus, Exile on Main will host a dance party inside for the kids!
Time & Location
Jun 14, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Needful Things- Corner of Chestnut&Main, 100 N Chestnut St, Champaign, IL 61820
About the event
Join us on Chester Street in Downtown Champaign as we kick off Juneteenth Week with the Harlem Renaissance Fashion Show and Clothing Drive, part of the expanded “For the Culture” summer series connected to The Beat. Hosted at Needful Things, this event celebrates the history, beauty, resilience, and creativity of Black culture through fashion, music, art, and community gathering.
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was one of the most influential and iconic cultural movements in American history. Centered in Harlem, New York, it was a time when Black writers, musicians, performers, designers, and artists used creativity as a form of pride, resistance, storytelling, and empowerment. It gave the world legendary voices in jazz, poetry, literature, dance, and fashion while creating spaces where Black identity could be celebrated boldly and unapologetically.
As we begin Juneteenth Week, this event honors that legacy by bringing the community together through style, self expression,…