DENVER — Juneteenth weekend is here and the festivities have already begun. The holiday recognizes the day, June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free.

Juneteenth is almost here! The party kicks off this weekend in Denver ahead of the holiday, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Black-owned businesses nestled inside Denver's ...

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DENVER — One of Denver's iconic celebrations of Black culture and freedom is scaling back it's festivities as sponsorships decline. The Juneteenth Music Festival (JMF) will shift to a single-day ...

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Decades before Juneteenth was declared a federal holiday in 2021, there were celebrations in Five Points. June 19 was the day in 1865 when federal troops reached Galveston, Texas, telling the enslaved ...

Denver’s Juneteenth Music Festival takes over Welton Street in Five Points Saturday, June 18, and Sunday, June 19. The newly anointed federal and historically Black holiday started as a Texas-based ...

Juneteenth is our newest federal holiday, commemorating June 19, 1865 – the day when enslaved people in Texas discovered they were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, a full two and a half years ...

DENVER (KDVR) — On June 17, 2021, then-President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law, making it a national holiday. Colorado ‘stands united’ against divisiveness, ...

Denver’s Juneteenth Music Festival and Parade continued on Sunday. Organizers expected more than 50,000 people to come out over the course of the weekend. Juneteenth, which celebrates the end of ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver’s Juneteenth Music Festival is asking the public to help ensure the event can continue after a sharp decline in corporate sponsorships. This year’s festival will be scaled back ...