2023 36th Annual
Juneteenth Festivities
2023 will be Cincinnati’s 36th Annual Juneteenth Festival
Juneteenth Cincinnati has produced the annual Juneteenth Festival since 1988. It began in Daniel Drake Park in Kennedy Heights and moved in the early 1990’s to Eden Park in partnership with the Cincinnati Park Board.
Although not the first celebration of Juneteenth in Cincinnati, it has been Cincinnati’s only annually celebrated Juneteenth event.
Feb 25 March 4 March 11 March 18
7:30 pm
Kennedy Heights Arts Center
Artists focused on the quest for freedom throughout the African Diaspora. Visual art, spoken word, dance and music used to interpret this centuries-long struggle.
Presented in collaboration with the Kennedy Heights Arts Center, it was a series of four Saturday evenings at the Arts Center.
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See Art from the 2022 Voices of Freedom
June 11 Wade In The Water
Join the participatory dance along the Ohio River to acknowledge the significance of water to the 400+ year trek into and beyond enslavement. Read More With Video
Vendors Are Welcome at the
Juneteenth Festival
Food Crafts Clothing Jewelry Information
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June 12- 16 Raising the Juneteenth Flag
Flag ceremonies at The Cincinnati Art Museum, Hamilton County Courthouse, and Cincinnati City Hall.
June 17 Juneteenth Festival in Eden Park 12-9:00 pm
Celebrate the End of Slavery
● Free!
● 2 stages of Great Music
● Supervised children’s area with many activities
● History
● Historical re-enactors
● Health Screening
● Shopping
● Art
● Food
● Fun
ChessTime, a new Cincinnati chess club, is staging its “First Annual Juneteenth Chess Tournament” at the festival. Cash prizes for the winners. This promises fast-paced fun & competition for the players and entertainment for the rest of us. Click HERE for details.
June 18 June Fest:
A Father’s Day Concert
Eden Park 2-6:00 pm
In 2005 Juneteenth Cincinnati revived June Fest, a concert series that served the African American community, from the late 1920s through the early 1950’s, when African American performers and audiences were not welcome in Music Hall and other venues. The Juneteenth weekend ends on Sunday afternoon with the June Fest Father’s Day Concert, featuring a variety of inspirational spiritual music and praise dancing in Seasongood Pavilion
June 19 Juneteenth Parade
- Downtown Cincinnati
- Bands
- clowns
- dignitaries
- step teams
- drill teams
Juneteenth Educational Programs
Short programs of entertainment, self- esteem building and history at area youth & senior centers.
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