Juneteenth Cincinnati has adapted its 2021 celebratory activities to adjust to the health concerns and risks associated with the covid-19 pandemic.

We will not hold the traditional Juneteenth Festival in Eden Park.

As we did last year, we are producing Virtual Juneteenth, a musical celebration video which will appear on all area cable providers and be available for streaming on YouTube and Vimeo. Juneteenth Cincinnati activities began in March and will continue through the airing of the Virtual Juneteenth on June 19.

Celebrating the Harlem Renaissance: In March we collaborated with the Kennedy Heights Arts Center to present art and music reflecting the Harlem Renaissance. Twelve commissioned art pieces were exhibited at the Arts Center. A series of videos featuring the art, as well as jazz by CPS students and faculty, and dance by Revolution Dance Theater, are available on You tube and Vimeo. A curriculum is also available to teachers. Details at www.juneteenthcincinnati.org.

June 13: Wade in the Water: Dancers will cross the Purple People Bridge from Newport to Cincinnati, in a tribute to the significant role of water in African
American history and of a time when the Ohio River was both the symbolic and real boundary between enslavement and freedom .We will be joined virtually by dancers Across the country and beyond, dancers will be dancing near bodies of water to give tribute to water each will video their dance and all the dances will be incorporated into a video that will be shown on Youtube and Vimeo . Details at www.juneteenthcincinnati.org.

June 18: Juneteenth Flag Raising: Join us at Cincinnati City Hall to observe the raising of the Juneteenth Flag.

June 19: Virtual Juneteenth: We are again producing and will broadcast a 2021 virtual Juneteenth concert.