block party

American  

noun

1. an outdoor festival, usually held in a closed-off city street, often to raise money for a local organization or for a block association.

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block party

During the U.S.’s opening match against Paraguay on June 12, the city hosted the Wood Cup, a block party on Market Street that brought in more than 5,000 people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

New York’s generational basketball run–after decades of agony, frustration and futility–has turned the sharp-elbowed city into a collective block party, raucous, celebratory and oddly good-natured.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

On Thursday, tenants and organizers gathered outside the theater at the New York City College of Technology for a block party, but not just any block party.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

"We'd have a block party and things like that, and then… some of the people started putting up Trump flags," Democratic golfer Thomas Bacher says.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

By late afternoon, our apartment is a smoky sauna of Mama’s cooking for the block party.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi