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Augusta Gears Up for 160th Juneteenth with Free Festival, Museum and Community Events

Local gatherings celebrate emancipation through concerts, exhibits, scholarship raffles, educational workshops, vendor showcases.

Dancers with the Royal Divas, Saturday, June 18, 2022, at the day’s Juneteenth parade through IUPUI’s campus in Indianapolis.
DENVER, CO - JUNE 17: Crowds gather along Welton Street in Five Points for the Juneteenth Music Festival on June 17, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. Organizers say its one of Denver's longest running parades dating back to the 1950's where "nearly 3,000 people march to honor the struggles and social progress achieved through marches and demonstrations organized for freedom, justice, and equality in our country's history".
A view of a section of the 1865 Juneteenth General Order No. 3 that is displayed by the Dallas Historical Society at the Fair Park Hall of State in Dallas, Friday, June 6, 2025.
Blythewood, South Carolina Mayor Sloan J. Griffin III

Overview

  • The 9th Annual Juneteenth Festival will run from noon to 9:30 p.m. Thursday at the Augusta Exchange Club Fairgrounds with free soulful-conscious speakers, health screenings, musical and spoken-word performances, kids’ activities and vendors.
  • The Augusta Museum of History will open at 10 a.m. Saturday for complimentary Juneteenth events including a one-act play, children’s readings, historical performances and a museum-wide scavenger hunt.
  • Additional Friday highlights include a vendor showcase and hair competition by the South Eastern Youth Organization atop the Truist parking deck, a free trainer-led celebration by Lululemon and Endurance Fitness in North Augusta, and a Juneteenth karaoke edition hosted by The Pedal Pub.
  • Band of Brothers Augusta Inc. is sponsoring a raffle for Juneteenth Augusta Scholarships to support local students pursuing higher education.
  • Celebrations mark 160 years since Union troops freed the last enslaved people in Texas and reflect Juneteenth’s 2021 designation as a federal holiday and recent adoption by states like Alabama.