Oakland’s Art + Soul Festival

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Louis LaVenture,
Sports and Campus Editor

On Saturday and Sunday the City of Oakland held it’s 15th annual Art + Soul Festival off of 14th street and Broadway in downtown Oakland. The festival featured local jazz music, slam poetry, a barbeque competition, and aerialists, acrobats and clowns from Oakland’s circus school. Along with the live music and local food the family-friendly event also had a Family Fun Zone containing carnival rides, inflatable bouncers, obstacle courses and face painting.