Celebrate Juneteenth in NYC by honoring Black history, culture, and freedom through the city's with Parades, Festivals and more!
Manhattan:
Carl Hancock Rux’s Oh Sankofa: A Juneteenth Celebration at Lincoln Center | 7pm: The annual celebration at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts returns this year with a powerful multidisciplinary performance by Carl Hancock Rux. Through music, choral performance, dance, and storytelling, Oh Sankofa pays tribute to the use of African-American folklore as a vital means of survival during the trauma of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Broadway Celebrates Juneteenth | 4pm-5:30pm: Corbin Bleu from Broadway’s The Great Gatsby, will host the LIVE concert in Times Square featuring an all-Black Broadway cast performing Broadway musical numbers and honoring Black artistry, culture, and unity.
6th Annual Historic Harlem Parks Juneteenth Festival | 10am-1pm: Harlem Library, The Children’s Storefront, Studio Museum and Historic Harlem Parks present jumbo games, Puppetmobile, kids’ activities on the Mt. Morris Oval and musical performance on stage.
The Shabazz Center presents Juneteenth: A Celebration of Excellence | 2pm-7pm: Celebrate history, culture, creativity, and building community at the Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial & Educational Center. Enjoy music, book signings, workshops, a live auction, snacks, beverages, and so much more.
Juneteenth Celebration at Rockefeller Park | 11:30am-2:30pm: Celebrate Juneteenth, Emancipation Day, with the Federation of Black Cowboys as they share history, horsemanship and riding (ages 3+). Enjoy a dance workshop on hip hop and soul line dancing with Go Hard Dancers.
Brooklyn
BRIC Celebrates Brooklyn: Juneteenth: Infinity Song + Annie and the Caldwells + Victory Boyd + DJ Duane | 3pm-8pm: Celebrate Juneteenth with a celebration of Black freedom and creativity. The program is a family affair with Infinity Song and Victory Boyd being siblings, the Boyd family sharing a stage & Annie and the Caldwells, a Mississippi family band, completing a bill where family is not just a theme. It is the lineup.
Juneteenth: Brooklyn and the Abolitionist Movement | 2pm-3:30pm: Join the Urban Park Rangers to learn about the Abolitionist movement in Brooklyn and the Brooklynites that fought against slavery. Walk from Historic Fulton Ferry Landing through the old village of Brooklyn and learn about the Freedmen community that would turn a town built on slave labor to an urban hotbed of abolition.
5th Annual Juneteenth Food Festival | 12pm-8pm: Weeksville Heritage Center and Black-Owned Brooklyn are proud to present the 5th Annual Juneteenth Food Festival. This year’s event brings together 31 Black food vendors for a gathering rooted in the food traditions that have been central to Juneteenth since its earliest observances.
Juneteeth in Brower Park | 11am-3pm: Celebrate Juneteenth with the Brooklyn Childrens Museum! Move to live music, create art together, and enjoy storytime with Tammy Hall!
Ogemdi Ude: MAJOR: Juneteenth Performance | 6pm-8pm: Prospect Park Alliance and Danspace Project present MAJOR: Ogemdi Ude‘s dance project exploring the physicality, history, and interiority of majorette dance.
The Cookout Party, Juneteenth in Prospect Park | 11am-6pm: Get ready for a day full of laugher, Games & Activities, Amazing Music from some of the city’s best DJs, the hottest food vendors and great drinks, while you celebrate freedom, culture, community, and Black joy.
The Bronx:
Juneteenth Celebration at the Van Cordlandt House | 4pm-8pm: Van Cortlandt Park Alliance and Bronx Arts Ensemble invite you to an outdoor celebration of Juneteenth at the Enslaved Burial Ground and the Van Cortlandt House Museum with musical performances and libations followed by a Musical Procession to the Museum.
Juneteenth Celebration 2026 at Wave Hill | 12pm-4pm: Celebrate Juneteenth in the Garden with a free afternoon of community, culture, and family fun. Enjoy performances, artmaking, and picnicking on the Great Lawn with complimentary hand-rolled ice cream, courtesy of Only Rare NYC!
Queens:
Juneteenth in Queens 2026: Black to The Future! | 12pm-8pm: Get ready to celebrate Juneteenth like never before! Join for a day full of culture, community, and good vibes. This event is all about honoring the past while looking ahead to an amazing future. Expect music, food, and plenty of moments to connect and celebrate Black excellence.
Juneteenth at JCAL Presents A Screening Of: The Inkwell | 7pm-9:30pm: Join for a celebration of black joy with a free screening of the underrated film, The Inkwell! The film will be followed by an interactive Q&A.
Under a Plantain Tree: Notes on Liberation Opening Reception | 6pm-8:30pm: Join Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning for a Visual Voices Exhibit. Beneath the broad, sheltering leaves of the plantain tree—a diasporic archive rooted across the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Black Atlantic—liberation is neither singular nor complete.
Juneteenth & Black Music Celebration! | 12pm-5pm: Join the Queens Public Library to celebrate Juneteenth and Black Music Month with live performances across genres, highlighting their historical roots and cultural impact.