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.
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