SPONTANEOUS CELEBRATIONS UPDATE
This year we went live with a fully solar building. If you haven’t been to the home base for these festivals, please come visit our space. We are just around the corner at 45 Danforth Street and have open community Fridays multiple times throughout the year. We have maker space for community arts and encourage groups to contact us for space to make banners, buttons, work on collective projects, get affordable meeting space or dance space, or to find out about the public classes happening in our space!
Balletrox, Sing Positive, New Fusion, JP Jitterbugs, and more all meet and teach out of Spontaneous. In the winter and early spring we organize Wake Up the Earth Festival and in the Fall we organize the JP Lantern Parade. We also have a late summer Solfest and a midwinter Tropical Fiesta. We welcome new volunteers and participants.
Fridays are often a good way to get involved, or we welcome volunteers to contact us about volunteer opportunities. Sign up for our mailing list, so we can tell you when things are happening!
Anker Power for the Win!
A wonderful cultural grant we received this year enabled us to purchase ANKER Powerstations. These are now powering our stages with batteries that are being charged from our solar energy! We are hoping to create a path to offer this for rent for other groups. Especially those using SouthWest Corridor park, Franklin Park, Pinebank Promontory, or other local areas without power sources. If your group is interested in renting these “generator” systems please reach out to us. The cost will cover an equipment and labor fee, as one of our team will come with them, and we’re hoping to keep them lower cost than a generator, quieter than a generator and more easily permitted than a generator!
ABOUT SPONTANEOUS CELEBRATIONS
Spontaneous Celebrations is a vibrant community cultural center rooted in the heart of Jamaica Plain. Founded over 30 years ago by Femke Rosenbaum, the center grew out of a grassroots vision dating back to the 1970s. Thanks to community fundraising and dedication, the organization purchased its longtime home at 45 Danforth Street-transforming an old German club into a lively gathering place for creativity, connection, and celebration.
Our mission is to build a joyful, inclusive cultural life that brings people together through the arts and fosters positive change. From longtime traditions like the Wake Up the Earth Festival and the Lantern Parade around Jamaica Pond, to collaborations like our Día de los Muertos events, we celebrate the beauty of diverse cultures and shared experiences.
Throughout the year, our space buzzes with activity-hosting music and dance classes, workshops, youth programs, and community events. Most Friday evenings, we invite neighbors to share food and laughter at our community potlucks, and we're expanding our Friday programming to include family dance parties, concerts, and teen nights.
Spontaneous Celebrations is more than a venue-it's a welcoming, ever-evolving home for anyone who wants to build community through art, culture, and collaboration. Whether you're a longtime resident or new to the area, we invite you to join us, get involved, and help shape the future of this incredible space.
Visit us at spontaneouscelebrations.org or stop by our info table near the community garden next to junk percussion to learn more, become a member, sign up for our newsletter, or just say hello!