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block party

American

noun

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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Her sculpture park, titled “sister dreamer lauren halsey’s architectural ode to tha surge n splurge of south central los angeles,” opens with a block party Saturday on the corner of Western Avenue and 76th Street.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

The set featured a traditional casita structure, block party salsa dancing, Puerto Rican flags and a mock sugarcane field.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

Mamdani's team has also organized a block party that it says will enable tens of thousands of people to watch the ceremony at streetside viewing areas along Broadway.

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

To celebrate the new headquarters, Dimon threw a block party on Park Avenue for over 1,000 construction workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

You can pick up this block party and put it anywhere in the world.

From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson

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