Celebrate freedom in America this weekend at a Juneteenth event. Juneteenth is Monday, June 19th and there are multiple activities to check out.
New this year, the Monroe Street Midway will celebrate Juneteenth on Monday, June 19th from 12pm to 9pm. The FREE family event will feature live entertainment (poetry performances, African Dance and Drum performance, and Detroit Youth Choir performance), pop-up market and FREE Roller Skating.
This year Metro-Detroit Black Business Alliance is hosting a 3 Day Juneteenth Freedom Weekend in Detroit. Join the Beats & BBQ Block Party at Batch Brewing Company on Friday, June 16th, attend the Juneteenth Jubilee Stroll on Livernois Avenue on Saturday, June 17th and attend Freedom Fest at Eastern Market on Sunday, June 18th. On Saturday, June 24th there will be the 60th Commemorative Freedom Walk at the Detroit Branch of the NAACP.
Thursday, June 15th
- Outdoor Adventure Center, Detroit (6pm to 8pm)
- Juneteenth Family Storytelling Celebration, Detroit (4pm to 5pm)
Friday, June 16th
- Sloan Museum of Discovery, Flint (11am to 4pm)
- Juneteenth Celebration @ Dodge Park, Sterling Heights (5:30pm to 9pm)
Saturday, June 17th
- West Bloomfield High School (10am to 2pm)
- Inkster’s Leanna Hicks Public Library (12pm to 3pm)
- Juneteenth Freedom Fest @ Eastern Market (12pm to 6pm)
- Novi Public Library (12pm to 4pm)
- Nankin Mills Recreation Area, Westland (12pm to 4pm)
- Romulus (12pm to 4pm)
- Downtown Pontiac (12pm to 10pm)
- Heritage Park, Canton (3pm to 10pm)
- Southfield Civic Center (4pm to 9pm)
- Madison Heights Juneteenth Celebration
Monday, June 19th
- Juneteenth @ Monroe Street Midway, Detroit (12pm to 9pm)
- Juneteenth Jubillee @ The Wright Museum (12pm to 6pm)
- Farmington Community Library (2pm to 3pm)
- Juneteenth on the Cut @ Dequindre Cut (2pm to 6pm)
- Juneteenth Run (6pm to 8pm)
LEARN ABOUT JUNETEENTH
Juneteenth commemorates the last group of American slaves learning they were free in 1865. The holiday is the perfect opportunity to celebrate freedom in America and discuss the nation’s history and present with your family. Expand your home library and buy (or borrow from your local library) books about Juneteenth. Support black owned bookstore and shop at Detroit Book City (Southfield), Sources (Detroit) or Black Stone (Ypsilanti).
- Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper
- Freedom’s Gifts: A Juneteenth Story by Valerie Wesley
- All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom by Angela Johnson
- Juneteenth by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
- The Story of Juneteenth: An Interactive History Adventure by Steven Otfinoski
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