Taste of Soul 2026：西岸最大免费街头节10月17日回归Crenshaw大道
洛杉矶消息：被誉为“西岸最大免费单日街头节”的 Taste of Soul 家庭节将于 10 月 17 日（周六）上午 10 点至晚上 7 点重返洛杉矶 Crenshaw 大道，今年是第 21 届。据主办方 Bakewell Media 与《洛杉矶哨兵报》（Los Angeles Sentinel）公布的信息，活动免费入场、无需门票。
本届音乐节将封锁 Crenshaw 大道 Stocker 街至 Obama 大道段、绵延近三英里，设三个现场音乐舞台：位于 Crenshaw 与 Stocker 路口的 Bakewell Media“灵魂之声”舞台、Radio Free KJLH 音乐舞台，以及 Brenda Marsh-Mitchell 福音舞台，演出横跨 R&B、灵魂乐、福音、嘻哈等多种风格。据官网 tasteofsoulla.com 已公布的演出时间表，格莱美传奇 Thelma Houston、放克乐团 Midnight Star 与 Switch、灵魂歌手 MAJOR.、Coline Creuzot 等 8 组艺人将登上主舞台。
美食是另一大看点：现场预计有 300 多家零售与餐饮摊位，从慢烤牛胸肉到嘉年华式爆米花，汇聚洛杉矶本地风味。St. John's Community Health 呈现的“儿童世界”（Children's World）提供亲子游戏、手工体验、感官友好活动，并为儿童提供免费视力与牙科检查。
交通方面，主办方建议搭乘 Metro：E 线与 K 线的 Expo/Crenshaw、Martin Luther King Jr.、Leimert Park 三站均在活动沿线；另有接驳巴士每天 7 点至 20 点往返多个接驳点。
Taste of Soul 由民权领袖 Danny J. Bakewell Sr. 于 2005 年创办，21 年来累计吸引超过 300 万人次，每年约 40 万人到场，已成为南洛杉矶的年度传统。“21 年来，Taste of Soul 始终把社区聚在一起，展现我们最好的一面——我们的家庭、我们的商家、我们的音乐、我们的文化和我们的精神。”Bakewell Sr. 在声明中说。
更多演出时间与摊位地图可查官网 tasteofsoulla.com。（来源：Secret LA、洛杉矶哨兵报；GSM 整理报道）
Taste of Soul 2026: West Coast's Largest Free Street Festival Returns to Crenshaw Blvd. on Oct. 17
LOS ANGELES — Taste of Soul, billed as the West Coast's largest free one-day street festival, returns to Crenshaw Boulevard on Saturday, October 17, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., organizers Bakewell Media and the Los Angeles Sentinel announced. Admission is free and no ticket is required.
The 21st annual family festival will take over nearly three miles of Crenshaw Boulevard between Stocker Street and Obama Boulevard, with three live music stages: Bakewell Media's Sounds of the Soul Stage at Crenshaw and Stocker, the Radio Free KJLH Music Stage, and the Brenda Marsh-Mitchell Gospel Stage, spanning R&B, soul, gospel and hip-hop. Confirmed performers on the main stage include Grammy-winning Motown legend Thelma Houston, Midnight Star, Switch, inspirational soul singer MAJOR., and Coline Creuzot, according to the official schedule at tasteofsoulla.com.
More than 300 retail and food vendors are expected, serving Southern favorites and creative dishes from across Los Angeles' food scene, from slow-smoked brisket to carnival-style kettle corn. St. John's Community Health presents Children's World, with games, hands-on educational activities, sensory-friendly experiences, and free eye and dental exams for children.
Organizers encourage attendees to take Metro: the E and K Lines serve the festival at the Expo/Crenshaw, Martin Luther King Jr. and Leimert Park stations, and festival shuttles run from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Founded in 2005 by civil-rights leader Danny J. Bakewell Sr., Taste of Soul has drawn more than three million guests over 21 years, with 400,000-plus attendees each year, becoming a South Los Angeles tradition. "For 21 years, Taste of Soul has been about bringing our community together and showcasing the very best of who we are — our families, our businesses, our music, our culture and our spirit," Bakewell Sr. said in a statement. (Sources: Secret LA, Los Angeles Sentinel; reported and compiled by GSM)
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