Wa Na Wari's Walk the Block Festival

(Seattle – July 15, 2025) Wa Na Wari is pleased to announce the return of Walk the Block, its signature art and culture festival that transforms Seattle’s Central District into a vibrant celebration of Black creativity, resilience, and community. This year’s event unfolds in two parts and begins with a 4-week virtual Institute launching on August 8 focused on building with and uplifting legacy community members. The Institute is followed a week later by a one-day public culminating event on September 27.
This year’s theme, Gratitude, honors thankfulness as a living practice – not simply a gesture, but as a way of being. This year’s theme serves as an invitation to tend to the land, care for one another, and carry forward the legacy of those who came before. In alignment with Wa Na Wari’s mission, Walk the Block 2025 channels this spirit through art, music, and performance, encouraging the community to engage gratitude as a form of stewardship.