Denver’s Juneteenth Parade marched through the Five Points neighborhood, kicking off the Juneteenth Music Festival on Sunday, June 15, 2025. Juneteenth celebrates the day African Americans

Denver has one of the longest-standing Juneteenth celebrations in the country, dating back to the 1960s. The holiday marks the end of slavery in the United States. It's a celebration of African Americans' long fight for freedom and this weekend,

African American Resource Center on June 14, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis., featured a parade, live music, vendors, a basketball tournament and other family activies. The sixth annual Juneteenth celebration hosted by We All Rise: African American Resource Center on June 14,

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.

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