Juneteenth Events Set for June

Community partners and City agencies - including the Greensboro Public Library, Creative Greensboro, Greensboro History Museum, and Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department - will host a number of events to celebrate Juneteenth. Events will include live music and performances, food, art, educational programs, wellness activities, and family-friendly programs.

The festivities begin on Thursday, June 11, with the Juneteenth: Freedom, Health, and Community event at the Glenwood Branch Library, 1901 W. Florida St, and continue through the Juneteenth Gospel Interfaith Celebration and Rhythm & Praise After Party at Barber Park on Sunday, June 21.

Current events* include:

• Juneteenth: Freedom, Health, and Community
• Color the Culture Tie-Dye
• Legacy in Living Color: Celebrate and Create at the BLM Mural Repaint
• Juneteenth Remembrance and Roots Processional
• Juneteenth Triad Farmers Market
• Juneteenth Black Food Truck Festival
• Juneteenth Freedom Forward 5K and Family Fest
• Historical Bicycling Tour of Black Businesses
• The Root and the Fruit: A Juneteenth Celebration of Library History in East Greensboro
• Lifted Voices
• The Soul City Production
• Juneteenth Gospel Interfaith Celebration and Rhythm & Praise After Party

*Note: this list is reflective of events offered by or in collaboration with the City. It is not a fully inclusive list of Juneteenth activities and events happening throughout the community.

"It's known across the state and country that Greensboro is a city deeply rooted in the fight for civil rights," said Gina Fisher, the special event coordinator for Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department. "Getting to celebrate and remember that history with the wide variety of upcoming Juneteenth events is incredibly exciting and offers our community a chance to come together."

For more information about the upcoming events, visit the Juneteenth Greensboro 2026 website hosted by Greensboro Parks and Recreation.