‘‘From Toronto's Little Jamaica to Africville, Nova Scotia and the fields of Saskatoon, FreeUp! Emancipation Day 2021 will stream on Sunday, August 1st at1 pm ET on CBC Gem and YouTube. Canadians are invited to join in on the coast-to-coast festivity filled with music and performances from artists expressing how they celebrate this day and the journey it took to get there.

Hosted by award-winning stage actor, writer, director and producer Ngozi Paul, FreeUp! Emancipation Day 2021 is a performance-driven and youth-led celebration of spoken word, dance, theatre and music. " Says CBC Arts.