Celebrate Juneteenth in Manhattan by honoring Black history, culture, and freedom through the city's many vibrant events!

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.