The Memphis Juneteenth Festival is held each year in the city during Father’s Day weekend for two fun-filled days and complete with eclectic music (soul, R&B, gospel, hip-hop and other genres), choirs, entertainment, arts & crafts, food vendors (funnel cakes, turkey legs, barbeque, snow cones, hot dogs, burgers, chicken, etc.), majorettes, dancers, steppers, cheerleaders, a car and bike show, activities for seniors and kids, and more.

Juneteenth is one of Memphis’s longest running African-American celebrations for children, adults and entire families frolicking each year to the park to commemorate the end of slavery after President Lincoln signed into law the Emancipation Proclamation. The newly minted holiday now affirms the importance of Juneteenth and its cultural significance to African Americans and the broader community.

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