OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – As Juneteenth approaches, communities throughout the Sooner State are making ready to have a good time.
Juneteenth is the oldest identified celebration commemorating the tip of slavery in the USA that befell on June nineteenth, 1865.
Guthrie
- June 19, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.: Juneteenth “FREEDOM” Celebration at Mineral Wells Park.
Norman
- June nineteenth, 6-10 p.m.,: Juneteenth Pageant at Reaves Park- The occasion is free
Oklahoma Metropolis
- June 19, 12-5 p.m.: Juneteenth Household Occasion at NE OKC Group & Cultural Heart.
- June 19, 7 p.m.: Juneteenth Out of doors Live performance at NE OKC Group & Cultural Heart. Tickets are $10 prematurely and $15 the day of the occasion.
- June 19, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.: Juneteenth Music & Arts Pageant at Booker T. Washington Park, 400 N. Excessive Ave. The occasion is free and open to the general public.
- June 19, 2-11:59 p.m.: “Blooming into Juneteenth with Gapelii Model” will maintain a number of trend reveals, performances, and actions on the Myriad Botanical Gardens. This occasion is free & open to the general public.
- June 19, 3-9 p.m.: Juneteenth on the East at NE twenty third St. between Kelham Ave. and Hood St. This occasion is free and is hosted by native artist and activist, Jabee.
- June 20, 8 p.m.: Juneteenth Film Screening of Soul on the Love’s Journey Stops Nice Garden at Scissortail Park.
Stillwater
June 19, 11 a.m.: Juneteenth 2023 will probably be held at Southern Woods Park. This occasion is free and open to the general public.
Tulsa
The 2023 Tulsa Juneteenth Pageant takes place June 16 – June 20 on Greenwood Ave.
- June 16, 7:30 p.m.: Screening of Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson’s Summer time of Soul at Circle Cinema.
- June 17, 6:30-9:30 p.m.: Tulsa Juneteenth Block Occasion on Greenwood Ave.
- June 17, 7:30 p.m.: Screening of Pink Tails on the Juneteenth Foremost Stage on the Greenwood Ave. competition garden.
- June 18, 4 p.m.: Artwork exhibit In Bloom opens on the OSU-Tulsa Temp Library.
- June 18, 6-9 p.m.: Music performances happen on the Juneteenth Foremost Stage on Greenwood Ave.
- June 19, 9-10:30 a.m.: “In Our Being” wellness occasion on Greenwood Ave.
- June 19, 12-4 p.m.: Black Well being Counts will probably be on Greenwood Ave. to supply free COVID-antibody testing and well being screenings.
- June 19, 5-9:30 p.m.: Extra music performances on the Juneteenth Foremost Stage.
- June 20, 11 a.m.: Church within the Park on Greenwood Ave.
KFOR will proceed so as to add to this checklist as extra occasions and data turns into out there.
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