All People’s Day Diversity Festival

The annual free Florida All People’s Day® Diversity Festival (APD) is seventeen years old!  The festivities begin on Saturday, March 28, 2026 indoors at Pompey Park, 1101 NW 2nd Street and NW 10th Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33444 and the food tastes are free again! The main event is from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm with a wide variety of live performances and connective activities for the whole family.  The festival is presented by All People’s Day®, Inc., Lake Worth Interfaith Network, and Delray Parks and Recreation.

“At this particular time of increased fear and cultural injustices it’s important to take a stand for connections among all groups,” explains APD Founder Susan Berkowitz Schwartz, “The Diversity Festival celebrates the unique beauty of every person connecting us thorough Art, Words, Music, Food, and Dance.”

At 11 am the Main Event showcases many colorful performances including a variety of dance from Jaya Devi Arts mixed Indo Caribbean dance, Delray Divas – African American Step Dance, to the bright, silken beauty of Chinese Performing Arts. 

This year there’s a very special performance by David Hall, the creator of the category for Marathon Whistling in the Guiness Book of Records and holder of the title for 40 years. David whistles show tunes, TV themes, and popular songs. Also, there will be an array of music from Cecila St. King-inner peace troubadour, and Pink Slip Duo – playing US folk music, the South Florida Taiko Dojo – playing huge Japanese drums, Carol Garrett singing Jewish songs, special abilities performers, The Spotlighters, and others. All performances take to the stage in 15-minute intervals treating the attendees to a vast range of cultural experiences all day long.  

The food tastes are free again this year and provided by over a dozen generous restaurants including –Thai Ziree, Bud’s Chicken, Anthony’s Wood Fired Pizza, and caterers A Taste of Africa, Spanish Paella, Haitian Goldstein’s, and Arms of Hope. In addition, over 50, not for profit interactive and merchandise booths offer artwork, clothing, and jewelry for sale.  Kids will find arts projects and activities such as puppet making with a puppet stage, creating images of their families that connect to others on a mural, and paper Peace Crane folding. Adults enjoy the Issues Mural where they identify issues important to them, and selfies taken with the hand painted APD life size cultural figures. Prizes donated by local artists and businesses will be raffled off throughout the day as well, so there’s something for everyone.