There Are Juneteenth Celebrations All Around Town

Sat 6/19

Juneteenth is June 19 and it lands on a Saturday this year. Check out the list of events that keep you celebrating from all day long.

What is Juneteenth?

A holiday celebrated on 19 June to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the US. The holiday was first celebrated in Texas, where on that date in 1865, in the aftermath of the Civil War, slaves were declared free under the terms of the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation.

 

JUNETEENTH IN THE GARDENS

African American Cultural Garden

890 Martin Luther King Drive

9am-1pm

FREE

The Association of African American Cultural Gardens

 

JUNETEENTH RUN

Rockefeller Park (Cultural Gardens)

10823 Magnolia Drive

10am

FREE

Sponsored By: Run With The Winners & Courtney Covers Cleveland

 

JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION: GARDEN PARTY

Village Family Farms

1662 Crawford Road, Cleveland

Noon-10pm

FREE

Sponsored by: Little Africa Food Collaborative

 

JUNETEENTH BICYCLE RIDE AROUND THE CIRCLE

Meet for ride: 928 Wheelock Rd, Cleveland

10:30am-1:30pm

Sponsored By: Juneteenth Freedom Rides

Free

Tickets: juneteenth-bicycle-ride-around-the-circle-tickets

 

JUNETEENTH FLASH MOB

11am-1pm

Shops at Glen-Village

1400 East 105th Street, Cleveland

Sponsored By: The Real Black Friday + Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Incorporated – Beta Lambda Omega Chapter

FREE

 

JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION

12-3pm

Apex Academy

16005 Terrace Road, Cleveland

FREE

 

JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION

The Box Spot

8005 Kinsman Road, Cleveland

12-5pm

Sponsored By: Stoney of My Loud Radio

FREE

 

BUCKEYE SUMMER SOUL SERIES

12-6pm

Art & Soul Park

17720 Buckeye Rd – Cleveland

Sponsored By: NAACP

FREE

 

CLEVELAND’S JUNETEENTH FREEDOM FEST

Mall C, Downtown Cleveland

Noon-10pm

More info:  juneteenthcle.com

FREE

Sponsored By: Karamu House, The Downtown Cleveland Alliance and Ingenuity Cleveland

 

MX. JUNETEENTH: A BLACK & QUEER LIBERATION CELEBRATION

4701 Perkins Avenue, Cleveland

3-7pm

Tickets: mxjuneteenth-a-black-queer-liberation-celebration-tickets

 

JUNETEENTH BLACK BUSINESS EXPO

Grand Ballroom Cafe Sausalito

3-9pm

10808 Granger Road, Garfield Heights

FREE

Tickets: juneteenth-black-business-expo-tickets

Sponsored By:  Sevynteenth Foundation

 

JUNETEENTH WITH CHEF ERIC WELLS

Edwins Too

13220 Shaker Square, Cleveland

6pm

$125/person

Reserve Tickets: 216.921.1333 or edwinsrestaurant.org

 

JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION

Marion Meadows & the Black Pearl Band

Hosted By: Mark Ribbons

Another Place Banquet Hall & Event Center

28600 Ridgehills Drive, Wickliffe

Two Shows: 6pm, 9pm

$50

 

LAND BEFORE RHYME – JUNETEENTH SHOW

2728 Lancashire Rd, Cleveland

Door: 7:30pm; show 8pm

$15 advance, $20 Door

Tickets: land-before-rhyme-juneteenth-show-tickets

Sponsored by: Land before Rhyme

 

IT’S GAME NIGHT – JUNETEENTH EDITION

2820 East 116th Street – Cleveland

8pm-midnight

$10

Sponsored by: Brothers, Family and Friends of the Cleveland Alphas

Tickets: its-game-night-juneteenth-edition-tickets

 

OLE SKOOL CABARET FOR JUNETEENTH: THE RED, THE BLACK & THE GREEN

4600 Carnegie Avenue – Cleveland

8pm-midnight

(Wear Red, Black and Green Attire)

$15

Tickets:celebrating-juneteenth-cabaret-style-wear-your-red-black-green-tickets

 

JUNETEENTH SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL

Grand Ballroom Cafe Sausalito

10808 Granger Road, Garfield Heights

9:30pm-2am

$20, VIP $30

Tickets: juneteenth-summer-music-fest-tickets

 

JUNETEENTH BLOCK PARTY & VENDOR FAIR

Unbar

12635 Larchmere Blvd, Cleveland

12-6pm

Sponsored by: Lokul

 

CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH AT CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY June 12-19, 2021

Celebrate with a week of Zoom programs and community conversations

Cleveland Public Library

Tickets: https://CPL.org

 

 

Let’s get supporting.  No excuses. — Dru

 

About the writer: Dru Thompson is a fashion designer who owns and operates Dru Christine Fabrics and Design, a design studio located in Lake Affect Studios in the Superior Arts District. Through community involvement, Thompson has firmly established herself in the arts and fashion community as a writer, educator at the Cleveland School of the Arts and the North Coast College (formerly Virginia Marti), and mentor for aspiring entrepreneurs. To learn more about the design, visit druchristine.com, on Instagram:@druchristine, Twitter @druchristine and Facebook: Dru Christine Fabrics and Design.  You can also visit Dru’s YouTube channel: Dru Christine: Hustle & Sew, by clicking here.

Dru Christine Fabrics & Design 1615 East 25th Street (Within Lake Affect Studios) Cleveland 44110; 440.941.0052; www.druchristine.com Appointments: druchristine.com/schedule_an_appointment

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