The Juneteenth Music Festival returns to Denver’s Historic Five Points neighborhood on Sunday, June 15, 2025, for a celebration of Black culture, freedom and community.

Entrance fees to all 63 of the nation’s national parks will be waived on Thursday as the National Park Service commemorates Juneteenth.

Two full weekends of action at the Alamosa Round-Up. Ranch Rodeo Friday, Demolition Derby Saturday, Local Barrels and Mutton Bustin' June 19, PRCA Rodeo June 20, PRCA Rodeo and Chancey Williams concert, June 21. rodeoticket.com

Magazine recently spoked with Juneteenth Music Festival organizer Norman Harris about the festival's history, impact and much more.

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.

A federal holiday is coming up that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Here's everything you need to know about Juneteenth.