June 11   Wade In The Water

Smale Park

2-4 pm

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

Driving Directions to Smale Riverfront Park

June 13- 16  Raising the Juneteenth Flag

Flag ceremonies at The Cincinnati Art Museum (6/13, 11:00 am), Hamilton County Courthouse, and  Cincinnati City Hall (6/16, 12 pm).

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 (Check Out the Menus!)
● 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.

Vendors Are Welcome at the

Juneteenth Festival

Food      Crafts     Clothing    Jewelry   Information

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June 19    Juneteenth Parade

(not sponsored by Juneteenth Cincinnati. Details not yet known)

• Downtown Cincinnati
• Bands
• clowns
• dignitaries
• step teams
• drill teams