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Champaign-Urbana Days (CU Days)
August 7 @ 10:00 am – August 9 @ 8:00 pm
Celebrate Champaign-Urbana Days, a long-standing cherished tradition that brings our community together to honor shared heritage and culture!
This three-day event features live music, local cuisine, and a vibrant marketplace with community outreach vendors, nonprofit organizations, and merchandise vendors selling goods.
Kids can enjoy face painting, caricatures, balloon animals, and a variety of fun activities throughout the event.
Basketball fans won’t want to miss the CU All Stars tournament on the court.
Please note: no pets allowed, except for service animals.
Youth Night: Friday, August 7, 6-8:30pm
Live Entertainment:
DJ Silkee
Event Happenings:
- School supplies drive – While supplies last!
- Bike raffle (free to enter!)
- Games and activities
- Free hot dogs for kids!
- Gaming truck
- Food trucks
- Open basketball
- Pen decorating
- Post card writing
- Inflatables
Family Day: Saturday, August 8, 11am-6pm
Live Entertainment:
- DJ Fireproof
- Ther’Up.y
- Fashion Show
Event Happenings:
- Vendor resource fair
- Senior Luncheon & Bingo (12-2pm)
- Inflatables
- Airbrush tattoos
- Balloons
- CU Allstars
Gospel Fest: Healing from Gun Violence: Sunday, August 9, 3-6pm
Live Entertainment, with Special Guest
Zacardi Cortez!
- Darius “D ROC” Jackson
- LaJason Parker
- Appointed – from Atlanta, Georgia
- Laquisha Burries-Finn
Headliner: Zacardi Cortez, known for hit song ‘Lord Do It For Me.’
CU Days School Supplies Drive
We are giving away free school supplies at this year’s CU Days!
If you would like to contribute, we are accepting new and gently used school supplies like colored pencils, kids’ scissors, notebooks, folders, rulers, glue, markers and backpacks at the Hays Recreation Center between 9am and 3pm.
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