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Juneteenth Event Listings

Thursday Jun 16, 2022

Juneteenth Event Listings

Friday, June 17

Juneteenth Boston March to Freedom

Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex, 120 M.L.K. Jr Blvd, Boston, 3pm— 5:30pm

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King Boston's Nubian Square Juneteenth Celebration

King Boston, a nonprofit continuing the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the city, is hosting an Embrace Ideas Festival at area sites, such as Harvard Medical School and the ICA.

Blair Parking Lot, Palmer Street, Harrison Ave, Boston, 4 — 9pm

Embrace Ideas Festival

Mass College of Art, 621 Huntington Ave., Boston 6pm

Saturday, June 18

Juneteenth Joy: Focus on Freedom. A Hyde Park Celebration

Francis D. Martini Memorial Shell Park and Moynihan Recreation Area

1015 Truman Pkwy, Boston 10am—2:30pm

Art on the Plaza: Celebrating Juneteenth

MassArt Art Museum, 621 Huntington Ave, Boston, 4pm

Juneteenth Family Beach Day

Carson Beach, 165 HarborWalk, Boston 1p-7pm

Juneteenth Slam - In-person & Online!

Nubian Gallery, 2164 Washington St., Boston, 7:30pm—9:00pm

Sunday, June 19

Juneteenth: ICA Free Admission

The Institute of Contemporary Art, 25 Harbor Shore Dr, Boston, 10am—5pm

The Canadian Consul honors Harriet Tubman

The Canadian Consul will be laying a wreath at the Harriet Tubman statue in the South End on Juneteenth Day in recognition of Tubmans connection to St. Catherines, Canada where she led some enslaved people to freedom. Harriet Tubman Square, 450 Columbus Ave., Boston, 1pm

Juneteenth Royalty Gala

Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building, 2300 Washington St, Roxbury, 7p-12m

Thursday, June 23

Explore Boston: Museum of African American History & Black Heritage Trail

INTO Suffolk, 73 Tremont St, Boston, 1p