In Denver, for example, more than a dozen companies backed out of supporting the Juneteenth Music Festival, which is one of the city’s biggest celebrations of the holiday, according to Norman Harris, executive director of JMF Corporation, which puts on the event.

Juneteenth, a national holiday celebrating the final emancipation of enslaved people, prompts many Austin communities to host celebrations in the weeks around June 19.

Austin Community College District’s (ACC) will hold its Juneteenth Celebration on Wednesday, June 18, at the Eastview Campus from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Hosted by the ACC’s African American Cultural Center, the communitywide Juneteenth celebration will include music, games, giveaways and more. This event is free and open to the public.

Several events in the Austin-area will celebrate Juneteenth with festivals, parades, markets and cook-offs. This is not a comprehensive list.

Explore the vibrant Juneteenth celebrations in the Washington, D.C. region, despite funding gaps and political shifts elsewhere.

AUSTIN, Texas — For the fourth year in a row, Juneteenth will be celebrated as a federal holiday in the U.S. The date honors the moment when the last group of enslaved people in the country ...

After its 2024 world premiere at the South By Southwest film and music festival in Austin, Texas, the project won Best Documentary at Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival and was also the opening-night film at the New Orleans Film festival.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Juneteenth is coming up June 19, with various events and celebrations happening across Central Texas. The Central Texas Juneteenth Parade, organized by the Greater East Austin ...

Juneteenth was of course an occasion for feasting. In her book “High on the Hog,” historian Jessica B. Harris wrote that “the backbone of Juneteenth festivities has always been the table. In the early years, those who had toiled in sorrow’s kitchen commemorated their liberty with some serious eating.”